European Large Lakes : Ecosystem changes and their ecological and socioeconomic impacts - Nõges, Tiina; Eckmann, Reiner; Kangur, Külli.; Nõges, Peeter; Reinart, Anu.; Roll, Gulnara; Simola, Heikki; Viljanen, Markku; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Large Lakes Ecosystems -- Nutrients and phytoplankton in Lake Peipsi during two periods that differed in water level and temperature -- Pollen, diatom and plant macrofossil assemblages indicate a low water level phase of Lake Peipsi at the beginning of the Holocene -- Water level changes in a large shallow lake as reflected by the plankton:periphyton-ratio of sedimentary diatoms -- Changes in spatial distribution of phosphorus and nitrogen in the large north-temperate lowland Lake Peipsi (Estonia/Russia) -- Recent trends in Lake Ladoga ice cover -- History of anthropogenically mediated eutrophication of Lake Peipsi as revealed by the stratigraphy of fossil pigments and molecular size fractions of pore-water dissolved organic matter -- Seasonality and trends in the Secchi disk transparency of Lake Ladoga -- Silicon load and the development of diatoms in three river-lake systems in countries surrounding the Baltic Sea -- Critical N:P ratio for cyanobacteria and N2-fixing species in the large shallow temperate lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv, North-East Europe -- Phytoplankton nitrogen demand and the significance of internal and external nitrogen sources in a large shallow lake (Lake Balaton, Hungary) -- Changes in the water level of Lake Peipsi and their reflection in a sediment core -- Rates of change in physical and chemical lake variables - are they comparable between large and small lakes? -- Increasingly ice-free winters and their effects on water quality in Sweden's largest lakes -- Phosphorus fractions and alkaline phosphatase activity in sediments of a large eutrophic Chinese lake (Lake Taihu) -- Food Web Interactions and Dynamics in Large Lakes -- The impact of the invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipod Pontogammarus robustoides on littoral communities in Lithuanian lakes -- Spatiotemporal and long-term variation in phytoplankton communities in the oligotrophic Lake Pyhäjärvi on the Finnish-Russian border -- Plant-associated invertebrates and hydrological balance in the large volcanic Lake Bracciano (Central Italy) during two years with different water levels -- A comparison of zooplankton densities and biomass in Lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv (Estonia): rotifers and crustaceans versus ciliates -- Modeling Tools in Large Lakes Research -- Validation of the MERIS products on large European lakes: Peipsi, Vänern and Vättern -- Relations of phytoplankton in situ primary production, chlorophyll concentration and underwater irradiance in turbid lakes -- Models as tools for understanding past, recent and future changes in large lakes -- The ice cover on small and large lakes: scaling analysis and mathematical modelling -- Effects of warmer world scenarios on hydrologic inputs to Lake Mälaren, Sweden and implications for nutrient loads -- Variability of bio-optical parameters in two North-European large lakes -- Contributions of DOC from surface and groundflow into Lake Võrtsjärv (Estonia) -- Water Policy and Socioeconomic Aspects of Large Lake Management -- Implications of flexibility in European Community environmental law: exemptions from environmental objectives in the Water Framework Directive -- Analysis of long-term ecological status of Lake Balaton based on the ALMOBAL phytoplankton database -- Towards ecological goals for the heavily modified lakes in the IJsselmeer area, The Netherlands -- Environmental awareness of the permanent inhabitants of towns and villages on the shores of Lake Balaton with special reference to issues related to global climate change -- Highlights of large lake research and management in Europe.
Keywords: Ecology .; Aquatic ecology .; Environmental monitoring; Environmental management; Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Environmental Management