DNA can be preserved in marine and freshwater sediments both in bulk sediment and in
intact, viable resting stages. Here, we assess the potential for combined use of ancient …

Global aquatic ecosystems are under increasing threat from anthropogenic activity, as well
as being exposed to past (and projected) climate change, however, the nature of how …

The term eutrophication broadly refers to the enrichment of aquatic systems by inorganic
plant nutrients (Mason, 1991; Wetzel, 2001). Lake eutrophication occurs when nutrient …

Quantitative evidence of sudden shifts in ecological structure and function in large shallow
lakes is rare, even though they provide essential benefits to society. Such 'regime shifts' can …

Catastrophic regime shifts in various ecosystems are increasing with the intensification of
anthropogenic pressures. Understanding and predicting critical transitions are thus a key …

Submerged macrophyte and phytoplankton components of eutrophic, shallow lakes have
frequently undergone dynamic changes in composition and abundance with important …

The premise of this article is that climate effects on lakes can be quantified most effectively
by the integration of process‐oriented limnological studies with paleolimnological research …

Cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater systems are a global threat to human and aquatic
ecosystem health, exhibiting particularly harmful effects when toxin-producing taxa are …

Eutrophication can initiate sudden ecosystem state change either by slowly pushing lakes
toward a catastrophic tipping point beyond which self‐reinforcing mechanisms establish an …

Floodplain lakes may play an important role in the cycling of organic matter at the landscape
scale. For those lakes on the middle and lower reaches of the Y angtze (MLY) floodplain …