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Shallow Lakes in a Changing World

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Shallow Lakes, held at Dalfsen, The Netherlands, 5-9 June 2005

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2007

Overview

  • Supplements and updates the issues related to eutrophication and pollution problems regarding many shallow lakes in Europe and North America
  • Contains state-of-the art updates on water quality issues and different restoration techniques

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 196)

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Table of contents (41 papers)

  1. Food WEBS

  2. Lake Restoration

  3. Mediterranean Lakes

  4. Climatic Change

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About this book

which method/approach to take for the deter- nation of reference conditions is dependent on The estimation of reference conditions is crucial the condition of the sites available for a certain in any ecological assessment programme (e. g. lake type: (a) where undisturbed or nearly undis- Moss et al. , 1996). These provide the baseline turbed conditions prevail, a validated spatial from which to determine lake change with time, network is preferred; (b) if degraded conditions and are necessary to evaluate a lake’s current prevail then the preferred modelling approach status or potential for change. would be based on establishing a good relation- The most recent European water legislation, ship between stress and ecological response; (c) the water framework directive (WFD), prescribes expert judgement should be used as the last resort the assessment of ecological quality of surface and be accompanied by an acceptable validation waters using an ecological quality ratio (EQR). process. The EQR is de?ned as the ratio between the The TP status of a lake is mainly determined reference value and the observed value for a by its external nutrient supply. Phosphorus export given metric. from a catchment in an undisturbed area will As part of the assessment of ecological quality, depend on the natural fertility of the local rocks many European countries are choosing to devel- or glacial deposits, and the soils derived from op a quality classi?cation scheme for total ph- them.

Editors and Affiliations

  • NIOO/Centre of Limnology, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

    Ramesh D. Gulati, Ellen Donk

  • RIZA, Lelystad, The Netherlands

    Eddy Lammens

  • Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Gent, Belgium

    Niels Pauw

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shallow Lakes in a Changing World

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Shallow Lakes, held at Dalfsen, The Netherlands, 5-9 June 2005

  • Editors: Ramesh D. Gulati, Eddy Lammens, Niels Pauw, Ellen Donk

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6399-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6398-5Published: 15 June 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7626-7Published: 23 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6399-2Published: 03 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 466

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from Hydrobiologia volume 584, 2007

  • Topics: Ecology, Ecosystems, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Applied Ecology, Biodiversity

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