How long-term water level changes influence the spatial distribution of fish and other functional groups in a large shallow lake

AbstractThe usability of subfossil Cladocera assemblages in reconstructing long-term changes in lake level was examined by testing the relationship between Cladocera-based planktonic/littoral (P/L) ratio and water-level inference model in a surface-sediment dataset and in a 2000-yr sediment record in Finland. The relationships between measured and inferred water levels and P/L ratios were significant in the dataset, implying that littoral taxa are primarily deposited in shallow littoral areas, while planktonic cladocerans accumulate abundantly mainly in deepwater locations. The 2000-yr water-level reconstructions based on the water-level inference model and P/L ratio corresponded closely with each other and with a previously available midge-inferred water-level reconstruction from the same core, showing a period of lower water level around AD 300–1000 and suggesting that the methods are valid for paleolimnological and -climatological use.

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LONG-TERM RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER LEVEL CHANGES FOR LAKE ATHABASCA BY ANALYSIS OF TREE RINGS

JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ◽

10.1111/j.1752-1688.1973.tb05826.x ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 1006-1027 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Charles W. Stockton ◽

Harold C. Fritts

Keyword(s):

Water Level ◽

Tree Rings ◽

Water Level Changes

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Long-term and extreme water level variations of the shallow Lake Poopó, Bolivia

Hydrological Sciences Journal ◽

10.1623/hysj.51.1.98 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 98-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

RAMIRO PILLCO ZOLÁ ◽

LARS BENGTSSON

Keyword(s):

Water Level ◽

Shallow Lake ◽

Extreme Water Level ◽

Water Level Variations

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Phytoplankton response to long-term wind dynamics at large shallow Lake Taihu (shallow lake phytoplankton response to long-term wind dynamics)

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology ◽

10.1007/s13762-020-02827-5 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

A. Jalil ◽

K. Zhang ◽

L. Qi ◽

Y. Li ◽

M. Aleem

Keyword(s):

Shallow Lake ◽

Lake Taihu ◽

Large Shallow Lake

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14th-16th-Century Danube Floods and Long-Term Water-Level Changes in Archaeological and Sedimentary Evidence in The Western and Central Carpathian Basin: an Overview with Documentary Comparison

Journal of Environmental Geography ◽

10.2478/jengeo-2013-0001 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (3-4) ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Andrea Kiss ◽

József Laszlovszky

Keyword(s):

Water Level ◽

Carpathian Basin ◽

Building Structures ◽

Flood Events ◽

Water Level Changes ◽

Present Information ◽

Long Term Changes ◽

Average Water ◽

Morphological Processes

Abstract In the present paper an overview of published and unpublished results of archaeological and sedimentary investigations, predominantly reflect on 14th-16th-century changes, are provided and evidence compared to documentary information on flood events and long-term changes. Long-term changes in flood behaviour (e.g. frequency, intensity, seasonality) and average water-level conditions had long-term detectable impacts on sedimentation and fluvio-morphological processes. Moreover, the available archaeological evidence might also provide information on the reaction of the society, in the form of changes in settlement organisation, building structures and processes. At present, information is mainly available concerning the 16th, and partly to the 14th-15th centuries. These results were compared to the available documentary evidence on 14th-16th century Danube floods occurred in the Carpathian Basin.

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