Freshwater diatom evidence for Southern Westerly Wind evolution since∼ 18 ka in northwestern Patagonia

C Díaz, PI Moreno, LA Villacís… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
We report a fossil diatom record from small closed-basin Lago Lepué (43° S) to examine
past changes in freshwater ecosystems and hydrologic balance in northwestern Patagonia …

Stable isotope proxy records in tropical terrestrial environments

MI Bird, J Haig, X Hadeen, M Rivera-Araya… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 'tropics' refers to an area that is loosely equatorial, characterized by relatively high
temperatures (at low altitude), comparatively low seasonal contrast in temperatures and …

Andean Lakes: a proposal for lake districts

PE Prado, B Modenutti, N Aranguren-Riaño… - Inland Waters, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The Andes, the world's longest mountain system (8500 km), harbour important headwater
systems that constitute crucial water resources for South America. Their complex topography …

Ecological resilience in tropical Andean lakes: A paleolimnological perspective

X Benito, M Luethje, T Schneider… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about whether changes in lake ecosystem structure over the past 150 years
are unprecedented when considering longer timescales. Similarly, research linking …

History of limnology in Ecuador: a foundation for a growing field in the country

M Steinitz-Kannan, C López, D Jacobsen, ML Guerra - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Paul Colinvaux and his Ecuadorian student Miriam Steinitz-Kannan were the first
modern scientists to study limnology in Ecuador in the 1960s and 1970s. Fifty years later …

Identifying temporal and spatial patterns of diatom community change in the tropical Andes over the last c. 150 years

X Benito, MG Feitl, SC Fritz, PV Mosquera… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Lakes in the Ecuadorean Andes span different altitudinal and climatic regions,
from inter Andean plateau to the high‐elevation páramo, which differ in their historical …

Contrasting long‐term changes in lake trajectories linked to differences in wind‐induced mixing in the Peruvian Andes

E Jones, N Michelutti, C Grooms, P Tapia… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, many high‐elevation lakes in the tropical Andes have been observed to mix
frequently, with rare, brief periods of thermal stratification. As temperatures have risen in the …

The long-term impacts of climate and fire on catchment processes and aquatic ecosystem response in Tasmania, Australia

KK Beck, MS Fletcher, PS Gadd, H Heijnis… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impacts of fire and climate on freshwater ecosystems are not well understood, masking
the potential impacts of anthropogenic climate change on these systems. A 9200 year …

Aquatic ecosystem response to climate, fire, and the demise of montane rainforest, Tasmania, Australia

KK Beck, MS Fletcher, BB Wolfe… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The 2019/2020 southeast Australian fires ravaged the environment and threatened endemic
vegetation groups, including the Tasmanian montane rainforest. This endemic biome …

Andean Lakes: endangered by natural and anthropogenic threats

M Campero, E Balseiro, CE Fernández… - Inland Waters, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
The Andes mountains extend north–south in a latitudinal gradient of 8500 km. Because of
the great climatic variety and the peculiar north–south orographic distribution, lakes are …