Anthropogenic eutrophication of shallow lakes: Is it occasional?

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dc.contributor.authorZhou, Jian
dc.contributor.authorLeavitt, Peter R.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yibo
dc.contributor.authorQin, Boqiang
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-11T16:00:30Z
dc.date.available2023-05-11T16:00:30Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-01
dc.descriptionThis is a final peer-reviewed accepted manuscript. The final published version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118728 © 2022 Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)en_US
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding and managing the susceptibility of lakes to anthropogenic eutrophication has been a primary goal of limnological research for decades. To achieve United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, scientists have attempted to understand why shallow lakes appear to be prone to eutrophication and resistant to restoration. A rich data base of 1151 lakes (each ≥ 0.5 km2 located within the Europe and the United States of America offers a rare opportunity to explore potential answers. Analysis of sites showed that lake depth integrated socio-ecological systems and reflected potential susceptibility to anthropogenic stressors, as well as lake productivity. In this study, lakes distributed in agricultural plain and densely populated lowland areas were generally shallow and subjected to intense human activities with high external nutrient inputs. In contrast, deep lakes frequently occurred in upland regions, dominated by natural landscapes with little anthropogenic nutrient input. Lake depth appeared to not only reflect external nutrient load to the lake, but also acted as an amplifier that increased shallow lake susceptibility to anthropogenic disturbance. Our findings suggest that shallow lakes are more susceptible to human forcing and their eutrophication may be not an occasional occurrence, and that societal expectations, policy goals, and management plans should reflect this observation.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusFacultyen_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42177058, 41621002, and 41790423).en_US
dc.identifier.citationZhou, J., P.R. Leavitt, Y. Zhang, and B. Qin. 2022. Anthropogenic eutrophication of shallow lakes: Is it occasional? Water Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118728en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118728
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/15918
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectShallow lakeen_US
dc.subjectEutrophicationen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectDepthen_US
dc.subjectTrophic stateen_US
dc.subjectManagementen_US
dc.titleAnthropogenic eutrophication of shallow lakes: Is it occasional?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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