Evaluation and assessment of freshwater quality of lakes, rivers and reservoirs is a complex technical operation. These assessments at present need to be done at local, regional and global levels (McCarthy et al., 2001). Since aquatic ecosystems worldwide are under anthropogenic stress, limnological studies are necessary for evaluation of these stresses and to develop tools to convert speedily ...

Growth of four species of fish are compared in three different types. of Iowa artificial lakes and reservoirs. The lakes were classified by similarity of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Scale samples and total length measurements were obtained from 14,705 fish at 71 impoundments. Largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, and white crappie growth was greatest in Group I lakes...

• Vulnerability to algal blooms differ among lakes, despite a similar nutrient load. We classified 19,536 including ponds and reservoirs, in China. Eastern lakes are deeper warmer than western lakes. seem typically most vulnerable with few exceptions. Most located areas eutrophication. Chinese increasingly threatened by blooms. Yet, each lake is unique, leading large inter-lake variation vulner...

This special issue consists of fourteen selected articles, that cover a wide spectrum Ecosystem Services (ES) lakes and reservoirs, including: (1) water purification [...]

Trends in metals concentrations in sediment cores from 35 reservoirs and lakes in urban and reference settings were analyzed to determine the effects of three decades of legislation, regulation, and changing demographics and industrial practices in the United States on concentrations of metals in the environment. Decreasing trends outnumber increasing trends for all seven metals analyzed (Cd, C...