Impounded lakes are often interconnected in large-scale water diversion projects to form a
coordinated system for water allocation and regulation. The alternating runoff and …

Dam construction for social-economic benefits has raised substantial biological and
ecological concerns. However, contrasting findings have been reported regarding the role of …

Global changes have led to alterations in phytoplankton community structure and dynamics
in aquatic environments. However, limited information is available on the comprehensive …

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. In recent years, the stability of the lake's
ecosystem has been challenged by climate change and human activities. It is important to …

Recent limnic environment on the Tibetan Plateau is fluctuating dramatically due to
anthropogenic warming, significantly affecting primary producers and the stability of aquatic …

Owning to their extreme environmental conditions, lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have
typically displayed a simplistic food web structure, rendering them more vulnerable to …

Sterol-based geochemical proxies are used to reconstruct the historical environmental
evolution of lakes and their catchment areas. However, the reliability of these proxies …

Hydraulic residence time, a key indicator to evaluate the hydrodynamic processes of a lake,
especially a floodplain lake, critically affects environmental processes such as water self …

Riverine floodplains are recognized as centers of biodiversity, but due to intense
anthropogenic pressures, many active floodplains have disappeared during the last century …