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Environmental Sciences
Chao Guo, Wei Li, Shiqi Li, Zhan Mai, Tanglin Zhang, Jiashou Liu, Adam G. Hansen, Lin Li, Xingwei Cai, Brendan J. Hicks
Summary: Fish community manipulation plays a crucial role in restoring submerged aquatic vegetation in shallow lakes of the middle and lower Yangtze River Basin. In-situ fish exclusion experiments and large-scale lake manipulations demonstrated that removal of benthivorous and herbivorous fish can significantly increase SAV coverage and biomass, as well as improve water quality. This study highlights the importance of considering fish community manipulation alongside nutrient reduction when restoring SAV in shallow lakes.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Kalevi Salonen, Kristiina Vuorio, Mirva Ketola, Juha Keto, Ismo Malin
Summary: The discharge of wastewaters harmed the recreational value of Lake Vesijarvi, but various measures were taken to mitigate this. The diversion of wastewaters reduced phosphorus concentration and intensive fish removal proved to be more successful in reducing cyanobacterial blooms. Later attempts at oxygenation and larger-scale intervention did not have the same positive impact and were eventually abandoned. The evaluation of fish removal intensity for maintaining the lake's current state is still ongoing.
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Ecology
Guogan Peng, Xijie Zhou, Bin Xie, Cheng Huang, Mohammad Mazbah Uddin, Xingxing Chen, Lingfeng Huang
Summary: Integrated biomanipulation, combining traditional and non-traditional methods, was successfully used in Longhu Lake to control cyanobacterial blooms and improve water quality for 20 years. Compared to single-bomanipulation scenarios, integrated biomanipulation showed better ecosystem stability, higher energy flow transfer efficiency, and improved ascendency.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shenghua Hu, Xiaofei Chen, Xiaolong Huang, Chenxi Wu
Summary: Degradation of lake ecosystem is a common issue worldwide, and it is crucial to remediate degraded lakes to ensure water safety and ecosystem health. Restoring submerged macrophyte has been recognized as an important measure, but its contribution to overall ecological remediation is limited. Fish manipulation, which can improve water quality and promote submerged macrophyte restoration, is often overlooked in ecological remediation projects. Future studies should focus on understanding the role of fish in lake nutrient cycle and their impact on submerged macrophyte, in order to guide fish manipulation for effective remediation of shallow lakes. It is suggested that fish manipulation measures should be considered in more ecological remediation projects globally.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Tianying Shi, Yongcan Chen, Hong Zhang, Haoran Wang, Zhaowei Liu
Summary: The study investigates the methods of restoring and maintaining clear-water state in shallow lakes. It finds that controlling non-point source pollution and regulating water levels are crucial management measures for preserving the stability of the aquatic ecosystem. This research provides scientific support for the management of shallow lakes.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jolanta Katarzyna Grochowska, Renata Augustyniak-Tunowska
Summary: The research conducted on Lake Dlugie demonstrated the importance of sewage treatment for improving water quality in lakes. The application of artificial aeration, phosphorus inactivation, storm water inflow cut-off, and biomanipulation methods significantly improved the degraded lake's condition.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yongwei Wang, Meitong Zhuo
Summary: This paper focuses on the study of Lake Taihu, a typical shallow lake in eastern China. By adjusting the parameterization scheme of the lake model, the simulation of lake breeze was significantly improved. The study also found significant differences in lake breeze characteristics between shallow and deep lakes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cong Wang, Yonglong Lu, Bin Sun, Meng Zhang, Ruoyu Mao, Xiaoqian Li, Shuai Song, Jixin Zhao, Mingzhao Yu, Yajuan Shi, Pei Wang
Summary: This study investigated the manipulation of freshwater food web through species introduction to control algae growth in Wuliangsuhai Lake and its impact on food web relationships and contaminant transfer. The results showed that fish in the manipulated area had lower trophic levels and lower concentrations of target pollutants. However, the trophic magnification factors of certain pollutants in fish increased.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zisen Liu, Guoliang Bai, Yunli Liu, Yilingyun Zou, Zimao Ding, Rou Wang, Disong Chen, Lingwei Kong, Chuan Wang, Lei Liu, Biyun Liu, Qiaohong Zhou, Feng He, Zhenbin Wu, Yi Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the long-term effects of sediment improvement and submerged plant restoration on the ecosystem of a sub-tropical shallow urban lake in Hangzhou West Lake, China. The results showed that the restoration project decreased sediment phosphorus and organic matter, increased submerged plant biomass and sediment microbial diversity, and improved the benthic macroinvertebrate communities. These findings have significant implications for the ecological management of shallow lakes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rebecca M. Fillyaw, Melinda J. Donnelly, Jason W. Litwak, Julia L. Rifenberg, Linda J. Walters
Summary: Mangrove living shorelines serve as an effective alternative to hard-armoring in tropical and subtropical regions. This study found that planting adult mangroves and utilizing breakwaters can significantly increase mangrove survival rates in areas prone to high-water seasons. Addressing factors such as mangrove age, breakwater placement, and environmental stressors are crucial in designing successful mangrove living shorelines.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peng Bai, Yongsheng Wang
Summary: This study investigates the impact of heat storage changes on lake evaporation estimates and finds that the effect varies across different time scales. The study identifies the primary controls on heat storage changes and quantifies their role in estimating evaporation at hourly, daily, and monthly time scales. The importance of heat storage changes decreases as the time scale extends, and considering the effect of heat storage improves the accuracy of evaporation estimates.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lei Zhang, Qianjiahua Liao, Rui Gao, Ran Luo, Cheng Liu, Jicheng Zhong, Zhaode Wang
Summary: The study found that eutrophication plays an important role in shaping the spatial distribution of diffusive CH4 fluxes in lakes, with parameters related to eutrophication having a significant positive relationship with CH4 emissions. Distance to shore and water depth are inversely correlated with CH4 emissions and modify the effects of eutrophication.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kenneth Thoro Martinsen, Theis Kragh, Kaj Sand-Jensen, Mikkel Madsen-Osterbye, Emil Kristensen, Jonas Stage So
Summary: This study investigates the drivers of water column light attenuation (K-d) in Lake Fil, Denmark, after its re-establishment in 2012. The findings show that higher wind speed increases K-d on the same day and the next day, with significant influence from wind direction. The fast variations in K-d highlight the importance of wind on the light climate and subsequent biological elements in shallow lakes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Guogan Peng, Cheng Huang, Xingxing Chen, Bin Xie, Lingfeng Huang
Summary: Longhu Lake in southeast China, a shallow eutrophic lake under biomanipulation for around 20 years, exhibits a typical bimodal structure in plankton size spectra, with relatively smaller size classes and low biomass of crustacean zooplankton. Seasonal fluctuations in size spectra are influenced by water temperature (positively) and nutrients (negatively), but the patterns and coefficients of determination remain consistent across seasons, indicating a stable plankton community in this long-term managed eutrophic lake.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Tobias Kuhlmann Andersen, Anders Nielsen, Erik Jeppesen, Karsten Bolding, Liselotte S. Johansson, Martin Sondergaard, Dennis Trolle
Summary: This study investigates the performance of the lake model GOTM-WET in reproducing the dynamics and shifts between turbid and clear water states in Lake Arreskov. The results show that the model is capable of simulating cyanobacteria blooms and zooplankton dynamics, but has limitations in reproducing the timing of shifts between phytoplankton and submerged macrophytes dominance following fish removal.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Inge Christensen, Lisbeth Kjaereby Pedersen, Martin Sondergaard, Torben L. Lauridsen, Sh Tserenpil, Katherine Richardson, Cihelio A. Amorim, Juan Pablo Pacheco, Erik Jeppesen
Summary: This study provides experimental evidence for the significant grazing effect of zooplankton on phytoplankton in brackish lakes, especially at low fish density and salinities below 8 parts per thousand. However, grazing in summer was generally low in most lakes, likely due to high predation pressure on zooplankton.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Han Yang, Mu Xu, Liqing Wang, Xianyun Wang, Erik Jeppesen, Wei Zhang
Summary: Comprehensive studies on the effects of physical and chemical variables, including heavy metals, antibiotics, and microorganisms, on antibiotic resistance genes are rare. This study assessed the spatial distribution of sediment ARGs and identified key variables affecting their abundance. The findings provide new insights into the occurrence and transmission of antibiotic resistance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
John Boyle, Madeleine Moyle, Martin Sondergaard, Erik Jeppesen
Summary: A study found that the Sediment-Inferred lake-water Total Phosphorous (SI-TP) mass balance model can successfully reconstruct long-term mean lake-water total phosphorus (TP) concentrations in lakes with dominant external phosphorus supply. However, its applicability in lakes with high internal phosphorus loading, where sediment diagenesis degrades the sediment phosphorus record, has not been demonstrated. The study tested the SI-TP model in Lake Sobygaard in Denmark, which has high internal P loading, and observed sediment degradation. The resulting SI-TP record was similar to the monitored TP values, indicating the model's potential for wider application in lakes with high internal P loading.
JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying Wang, Xia Jiang, Yan-Ling Li, Li-Juan Yang, Ye-Hao Li, Ying Liu, Long Zhou, Pu-Ze Wang, Xu Zhao, Hai-Jun Wang, Erik Jeppesen, Ping Xie
Summary: Eutrophication and salinization interact to negatively affect freshwater ecosystems. In a study of eight lakes in Southwest China, we found that phytoplankton dynamics were more pronounced in shallow lakes and peaked in the warm season. Total nitrogen and total phosphorus were positively correlated with species number, density, and biomass, but this correlation weakened at high TP and low N:P ratio, indicating nitrogen limitation. Salinity showed a unimodal relationship with phytoplankton characteristics, peaking at 400-1000 mu S/cm (Cond). Different dominant taxa (cyanobacteria and chlorophyta) responded differently to nitrogen and salinity, with chlorophyta dominating at low TN and cyanobacteria dominating at high TN and Cond.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sicheng Yin, Ruohan Huang, Ni Wang, Changxing Li, Erik Jeppesen, Liqing Wang, Wei Zhang
Summary: Eutrophication and global warming accelerate the growth of cyanobacterial blooms and the spread of invasive cyanobacterial species. This study found that phosphorus deficiency inhibits the growth of C. ovalisporum, while multiple pulses of phosphorus promote its growth and phosphorus absorption. Additionally, C. ovalisporum secretes more exopolysaccharides and alkaline phosphatase under phosphorus deficiency. These findings provide new insights into the outbreak and dispersal strategies of C. ovalisporum.
Article
Ecology
Barbara Angelio Quirino, Martin Sondergaard, Torben Linding Lauridsen, Liselotte Sander Johansson, Rosemara Fugi, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Fernando Miranda Lansac-Toha, Erik Jeppesen
Summary: Fish community structure in shallow lakes is influenced by macrophyte cover, which provides important habitats and food sources. This study examined the relationships between fish and macrophytes at both lake and point scales in 88 Danish shallow lakes. The results showed negative relationships between macrophyte cover and fish abundance and biomass, with stronger effects at the point scale. Chlorophyll a, a measure of primary productivity, was positively related to fish abundance, except for certain fish species. The findings highlight the complex interactions between fish and macrophytes, which are influenced by lake characteristics.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Kenneth Thoro Martinsen, Emil Kristensen, Lars Baastrup-Spohr, Martin Sondergaard, Henrik Carl, Erik Jeppesen, Kaj Sand-Jensen, Theis Kragh
Summary: Freshwater ecosystems have suffered from a significant decrease in biodiversity due to eutrophication and habitat loss. However, by re-establishing ecosystems or creating new lakes, nutrients removal, biodiversity, and recreation can be improved. Through the use of structural equation modeling, the impact of environmental variables and landscape features on fish species richness and composition in new and natural lakes in Denmark was investigated. Fish species richness is influenced by basin elevation, lake area, and salinity at the basin outlet.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yuanrui Li, Juan Tao, Yunlin Zhang, Kun Shi, Junjun Chang, Min Pan, Lirong Song, Erik Jeppesen, Qichao Zhou
Summary: Climate change and urbanization have complex interactions with phytoplankton blooms (PBs) in Lake Dianchi. Our study found that PBs in the lake had advanced initiation and longer duration, likely due to increased water temperature and reduced nutrient concentrations. However, the area and severity of PBs showed a decreasing trend, possibly attributed to increased wind speed and/or reduced nutrient levels. Urbanization, with the enhanced land surface temperature, could alter the thermodynamic characteristics and regulate the phenology and severity of PBs in the lake.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Erik Jeppesen, Thomas A. Davidson, Mariana Meerhoff, Luc De Meester, Ivan Gonzalez-Bergonzoni, Nicolas Vidal, Hartmut Arndt, Klaus Juergens, Ruben Sommaruga, Korhan Ozkan, Torben L. Lauridsen, Sh Tserenpil
Summary: With the retreat of glaciers, new ponds and lakes are formed, which become more productive as vegetation develops. Our study in West Greenland found that older lakes had higher nutrient concentrations and organic matter content, as well as higher biomass and richness of certain aquatic organisms. The food web in the older lakes was more complex, with a longer food chain and higher taxonomic diversity, suggesting a succession process following glacial retreat.
Article
Ecology
Kaarina Weckstrom, Jan Weckstrom, Juliane Wischnewski, Thomas A. Davidson, Torben L. Lauridsen, Frank Landkildehus, Kirsten S. Christoffersen, Erik Jeppesen
Summary: With the help of paleolimnology, the relationship between diatoms and environmental drivers in the Arctic lakes and ponds of Greenland was explored. The study found that climate and lake ontogeny were the main factors determining diatom communities. The species diversity declined towards the North, and diatoms were proven to be an excellent proxy for climate-mediated lake ecosystem change in the Arctic.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Xing Rao, Jichong Lu, Ping Zhong, Xiufeng Zhang, Yali Tang, Jinlei Yu, Hu He, Erik Jeppesen, Zhengwen Liu
Summary: In temperate shallow lakes, submerged macrophytes enhance zooplankton grazing and maintain a clear-water state. However, the role of macrophytes for zooplankton and their grazing potential in tropical lakes remains unclear. Our study in a tropical lake in China found that the dominance of copepods differed between basins, with cyclopoids dominating in the algal basin and calanoids in the macrophyte basins. The biomass ratios of calanoid:copepod and zooplankton:phytoplankton were higher in the macrophyte basins. Our results suggest that restoration measures involving macrophyte transplantation and fish removal can reduce fish predation and maintain clear-water state in tropical lakes, although top-down control may be weaker compared to temperate lakes.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Erik Jeppesen, Miguel Canedo-Arguelles, Sally Entrekin, S. S. S. Sarma, Judit Padisak
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Erik Jeppesen, Meryem Beklioglu, Egor Zadereev
Article
Environmental Sciences
Korhan Ozkan, Mustafa Korkmaz, Cihelio Alves Amorim, Gultekin Yilmaz, Meltem Koru, Yasemin Can, Juan Pablo Pacheco, Vildan Acar, Mehmet Arda Colak, Gul Canan Yavuz, Lucia Cabrera-Lamanna, Onat Arikan, Oyku Tanriverdi, Serhat Ertugrul, Irem Gamze Arik, Hande Nesli, Ilker H. Tunur, Burak Kuyumcu, Zuhal Akyurek, Can Ozen, Meryem Beklioglu, Erik Jeppesen
Summary: Salinization of freshwater ecosystems caused by climate change and water abstraction for agriculture is a major challenge. Understanding how aquatic ecosystems respond to salinization is crucial for climate change adaptation, especially in arid areas. Experimental mesocosm facilities were established in Turkey to examine the effects of salinization and climate change on shallow lake ecosystems. The experiments showed that salinization, modulated by climate, significantly impacted the structure and function of lake ecosystems. The design of the mesocosm facilities, basic results, and recommendations for conducting mesocosm experiments under saline/hypersaline conditions are presented.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Olga Tammeorg, Ingrid Chorus, Bryan Spears, Peeter Noges, Gertrud K. Nurnberg, Priit Tammeorg, Martin Sondergaard, Erik Jeppesen, Hans Paerl, Brian Huser, Jukka Horppila, Tom Jilbert, Agnieszka Budzynska, Renata Dondajewska-Pielka, Ryszard Goldyn, Sina Haasler, Seppo Hellsten, Laura H. Harkonen, Mina Kiani, Anna Kozak, Niina Kotamaki, Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Madura, Silvia Newell, Leena Nurminen, Tiina Noges, Kasper Reitzel, Joanna Rosinska, Jukka Ruuhijarvi, Soila Silvonen, Christian Skov, Tamara Vazic, Anne-Mari Ventela, Guido Waajen, Miquel Lurling
Summary: Sustainable management of lakes requires addressing ecological, economic, and social challenges, with a focus on achieving ecological improvement in a co-beneficial context. In-lake restoration measures can bring rapid ecosystem responses, especially when combined with circular economy practices. However, lake restoration approaches need to be carefully assessed to ensure they effectively address lake-specific problems, are cost-effective, and promote valuable ecosystem services.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2023)
