The dilemma of controlling cultural eutrophication of lakes

DW Schindler - Proceedings of the Royal Society B …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The management of eutrophication has been impeded by reliance on short-term
experimental additions of nutrients to bottles and mesocosms. These measures of proximate …

Control of lacustrine phytoplankton by nutrients: erosion of the phosphorus paradigm

WM Lewis Jr, WA Wurtsbaugh - International Review of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Control of lacustrine phytoplankton biomass by phosphorus is one of the oldest and most
stable paradigms in modern limnology. Even so, evidence from bioassays conducted by …

Phosphorus legacy: overcoming the effects of past management practices to mitigate future water quality impairment

A Sharpley, HP Jarvie, A Buda, L May… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The water quality response to implementation of conservation measures across watersheds
has been slower and smaller than expected. This has led many to question the efficacy of …

Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading–an analysis of contemporary long‐term data from 35 case studies

E Jeppesen, M Søndergaard, JP Jensen… - Freshwater …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This synthesis examines 35 long‐term (5–35 years, mean: 16 years) lake re‐
oligotrophication studies. It covers lakes ranging from shallow (mean depth< 5 m and/or …

Cyanobacteria dominance: quantifying the effects of climate change

C Wagner, R Adrian - Limnology and Oceanography, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
An increase in cyanobacteria bloom formation within lakes has been forecasted as a result
of global warming. We investigated the particular physical and chemical thresholds for …

Can allelopathically active submerged macrophytes stabilise clear-water states in shallow lakes?

S Hilt, EM Gross - Basic and applied ecology, 2008 - Elsevier
Inhibition of phytoplankton by allelochemicals released by submerged macrophytes is
supposed to be one of the mechanisms that contribute to the stabilisation of clear-water …

Resilience to blooms

JD Brookes, CC Carey - Science, 2011 - science.org
Cyanobacterial blooms (see the figure) present health risks worldwide for humans and
livestock that drink or use contaminated water, and also represent substantial economic …

Internal phosphorus loading and its driving factors in the dry period of Brazilian semiarid reservoirs

MJD Rocha, IEL Neto - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the relationships between physical, limnological and climatic drivers
with the internal total phosphorus (TP) loading produced over the dry period in 30 water …

Mitigating harmful cyanobacterial blooms: strategies for control of nitrogen and phosphorus loads

DP Hamilton, N Salmaso, HW Paerl - Aquatic Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Harmful blooms of cyanobacteria (CyanoHABs) have increased globally and cyanotoxins
associated with some CyanoHAB species pose serious health risks for animals and …

Impact of summer warming on the thermal characteristics of a polymictic lake and consequences for oxygen, nutrients and phytoplankton

S Wilhelm, R Adrian - Freshwater Biology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of long thermal stratification events on some key properties in a polymictic lake
was studied by determining the mixing regime of Müggelsee, Germany, using water …