How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems?

MT Brett, SE Bunn, S Chandra… - Freshwater …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many freshwater systems receive substantial inputs of terrestrial organic matter. Terrestrially
derived dissolved organic carbon (t‐DOC) inputs can modify light availability, the spatial …

Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions

WM Kemp, WR Boynton, JE Adolf, DF Boesch… - … ecology progress series, 2005 - int-res.com
This review provides an integrated synthesis with timelines and evaluations of ecological
responses to eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the USA. Analyses of …

Carbocentric limnology: looking back, looking forward

YT Prairie - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic …, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
Dans cet article perspective, j'avance que le carbone organique dissous joue un rôle central
dans le fonctionnement des écosystèmes lacustres, comparable en importance à celui joué …

Efficiencies of benthic and pelagic trophic pathways in a subalpine lake

MJ Vander Zanden, S Chandra, SK Park… - Canadian Journal of …, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
Alors que l'étude des lacs s' est traditionnellement concentrée sur les voies de production
pélagiques, des données récentes provenant d'études des isotopes stables et des régimes …

Determining critical nutrient thresholds needed to control harmful cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China

H Xu, HW Paerl, B Qin, G Zhu, NS Hall… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nutrient overenrichment has led to dramatic increases in harmful cyanobacterial blooms,
creating serious threats to drinking water supplies, ecological and economic sustainability of …

Recent advances in the understanding and management of eutrophication

DW Schindler - Limnology and oceanography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Major advances in the scientific understanding and management of eutrophication have
been made since the late 1960s. The control of point sources of phosphorus reduced algal …

Light limitation of nutrient-poor lake ecosystems

J Karlsson, P Byström, J Ask, P Ask, L Persson… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Productivity denotes the rate of biomass synthesis in ecosystems and is a fundamental
characteristic that frames ecosystem function and management. Limitation of productivity by …

Zooplankton as indicators in lakes: a scientific-based plea for including zooplankton in the ecological quality assessment of lakes according to the European Water …

E Jeppesen, P Nõges, TA Davidson, J Haberman… - Hydrobiologia, 2011 - Springer
With the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), the member states
have to classify the ecological status of surface waters following standardised procedures. It …

Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos

LA Levin, W Ekau, AJ Gooday, F Jorissen… - …, 2009 - bg.copernicus.org
Coastal hypoxia (defined here as< 1.42 ml L− 1; 62.5 μM; 2 mg L− 1, approx. 30% oxygen
saturation) develops seasonally in many estuaries, fjords, and along open coasts as a result …

Climate change impacts on lakes: an integrated ecological perspective based on a multi-faceted approach, with special focus on shallow lakes

E Jeppesen, M Meerhoff, T Davidson… - Journal of …, 2014 - avesis.metu.edu.tr
Freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity are presently seriously threatened by global
development and population growth, leading to increases in nutrient inputs and …