European Large Lakes Ecosystem changes and their ecological and socioeconomic impacts

Chapter 1 Nutrients and phytoplankton in Lake Peipsi during two periods that differed in water level and temperature

Chapter 2 Pollen, diatom and plant macrofossil assemblages indicate a low water level phase of Lake Peipsi at the beginning of the Holocene

Chapter 3 Water level changes in a large shallow lake as reflected by the plankton:periphyton-ratio of sedimentary diatoms

Chapter 4 Changes in spatial distribution of phosphorus and nitrogen in the large north-temperate lowland Lake Peipsi (Estonia/Russia)

Chapter 5 Recent trends in Lake Ladoga ice cover

Chapter 6 History of anthropogenically mediated eutrophication of Lake Peipsi as revealed by the stratigraphy of fossil pigments and molecular size fractions of pore-water dissolved organic matter

Chapter 7 Seasonality and trends in the Secchi disk transparency of Lake Ladoga

Chapter 8 Silicon load and the development of diatoms in three river-lake systems in countries surrounding the Baltic Sea

Chapter 9 Critical N:P ratio for cyanobacteria and N 2 -fixing species in the large shallow temperate lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv, North-East Europe

Chapter 10 Phytoplankton nitrogen demand and the significance of internal and external nitrogen sources in a large shallow lake (Lake Balaton, Hungary)

Chapter 11 Changes in the water level of Lake Peipsi and their reflection in a sediment core

Chapter 12 Rates of change in physical and chemical lake variables — are they comparable between large and small lakes?

Chapter 13 Increasingly ice-free winters and their effects on water quality in Sweden’s largest lakes

Chapter 14 Phosphorus fractions and alkaline phosphatase activity in sediments of a large eutrophic Chinese lake (Lake Taihu)

Chapter 15 The impact of the invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipod Pontogammarus robustoides on littoral communities in Lithuanian lakes

Chapter 16 Spatiotemporal and long-term variation in phytoplankton communities in the oligotrophic Lake Pyhäjärvi on the Finnish-Russian border

Chapter 17 Plant-associated invertebrates and hydrological balance in the large volcanic Lake Bracciano (Central Italy) during two years with different water levels

Chapter 18 A comparison of zooplankton densities and biomass in Lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv (Estonia): rotifers and crustaceans versus ciliates

Chapter 19 Validation of the MERIS products on large European lakes: Peipsi, Vänern and Vättern

Chapter 20 Relations of phytoplankton in situ primary production, chlorophyll concentration and underwater irradiance in turbid lakes

Chapter 21 Models as tools for understanding past, recent and future changes in large lakes

Chapter 22 The ice cover on small and large lakes: scaling analysis and mathematical modelling

Chapter 23 Effects of warmer world scenarios on hydrologic inputs to Lake Mälaren, Sweden and implications for nutrient loads

Chapter 24 Variability of bio-optical parameters in two North-European large lakes

Chapter 25 Contributions of DOC from surface and groundflow into Lake Võrtsjärv (Estonia)

Chapter 26 Implications of flexibility in European Community environmental law: exemptions from environmental objectives in the Water Framework Directive

Chapter 27 Analysis of long-term ecological status of Lake Balaton based on the ALMOBAL phytoplankton database

Chapter 28 Towards ecological goals for the heavily modified lakes in the IJsselmeer area, The Netherlands

Chapter 29 Environmental awareness of the permanent inhabitants of towns and villages on the shores of Lake Balaton with special reference to issues related to global climate change

Chapter 30 Highlights of large lake research and management in Europe