A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters

PFM Verdonschot, BM Spears, CK Feld, S Brucet… - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive aims to improve ecological status within
river basins. This requires knowledge of responses of aquatic assemblages to recovery …

Testate amoeba functional traits and their use in paleoecology

K Marcisz, VEJ Jassey, A Kosakyan… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This review provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the morphological and functional
traits of testate amoebae, a polyphyletic group of protists commonly used as proxies of past …

Defining reference conditions and restoration targets for lake ecosystems using palaeolimnology: a synthesis

H Bennion, RW Battarbee, CD Sayer… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
The potential of palaeolimnological methods for establishing reference conditions and
restoration targets for lakes has been recognised for some time, and has received renewed …

The role of palaeolimnology in assessing eutrophication and its impact on lakes

TA Davidson, E Jeppesen - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2013 - Springer
Eutrophication is perhaps the most pervasive form of pollution. Here we first review its effects
on lake ecosystems based largely on modern ecological investigation. The longer time scale …

Freshwaters: openwaters, wetlands and floodplains [chapter 9]

E Maltby, S Ormerod, M Acreman, M Dunbar, A Jenkins… - 2011 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
The hydrological cycle, along with the rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands and groundwaters that
form its terrestrial phases, provides some of the most critical of all resources for human well …

Learning from the past: opportunities for advancing ecological research and practice using palaeoecological data

AE Goodenough, JC Webb - Oecologia, 2022 - Springer
Palaeoecology involves analysis of fossil and sub-fossil evidence preserved within
sediments to understand past species distributions, habitats and ecosystems. However …

Aquatic macrophyte fluctuations since the 1900s in the third largest Chinese freshwater lake (Lake Taihu): Evidences, drivers and management implications

Q Zhang, X Dong, X Yang, E Liu, Q Lin, L Cheng, L Liu… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Diverse aquatic macrophyte communities represent an essential component of healthy
shallow lake ecosystems, and information on changes in macrophytes abundance and …

The role of cladocerans in tracking long-term change in shallow lake trophic status

TA Davidson, H Bennion, E Jeppesen, GH Clarke… - Hydrobiologia, 2011 - Springer
Shallow lakes have been affected by a variety of human activities profoundly altering their
ecological structure and function. Cladocerans have been used to track change resulting …

Palaeolimnological records of shallow lake biodiversity change: exploring the merits of single versus multi-proxy approaches

TA Davidson, MA Reid, CD Sayer, S Chilcott - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2013 - Springer
Shallow lakes are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world and many
contemporary studies have demonstrated declines in biodiversity due to anthropogenic …

Spatial heterogeneity of long-term environmental changes in a large agricultural wetland in North China: Implications for wetland restoration

Y Ge, X Mao, Z She, L Liu, L Song, Y Li, C Liu - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding long-term environmental changes and man-land interactions within wetlands
is important for their ecological maintenance and restoration. However, there has been little …