Mountain lakes are often situated in protected natural areas, a feature that leads to their role
as sentinels of global environmental change. Despite variations in latitude, mountain lakes …

Abrupt ecological shifts have become a pervasive feature of aquatic ecosystems with severe
socio-ecological consequences. Yet, it remains uncertain whether these shifts happened …

Lake sediments constitute natural archives of past environmental changes. Historically,
research has focused mainly on generating regional climate records, but records of human …

Over 42 million people rely on Lake Victoria as their primary source of food, employment,
and clean drinking water. The lake's fisheries have produced around one million tonnes in …

Deep lakes south of the Alps (DSL: Maggiore, Lugano, Como, Iseo and Garda) are
characterised by varying trophic states and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations. Some of …

Lakes are essential ecosystems that provide a large number of ecosystem services whose
quality is strongly impacted by human pressures. Optimal uses of lakes require adapted …

Enhanced phosphorus (P) export from land into streams and lakes is a primary factor driving
the expansion of deep-water hypoxia in lakes during the Anthropocene. However, the …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) producing toxic metabolites are increasingly threatening
environmental and human health worldwide. Unfortunately, long-term process and …

High‐throughput sequencing of sedimentary DNA (sed‐DNA) was utilized to reconstruct the
temporal dynamics of microbial eukaryotic communities (MECs) at a centennial scale in two …

Duration and timing of thermal stratification and the period of vertical mixing are crucial for
internal chemical and biological processes of deep temperate lakes. Climatic changes …