Topic III - Environmental issues > III-5-Resilience and recovery in lake systems across time and space
Conveners
- Roseanna Mayfield (University of Nottingham, UK)
- Richard Walton (University of Southampton, UK)
- Virginia Panizzo (University of Nottingham, UK)
- Timothy Foster (University of Southampton, UK)
Lake ecosystems provide many key services, including food and water security, biodiversity, and carbon storage. These systems are highly susceptible to anthropogenic and natural drivers of stress, such as pollution, over-extraction, and climate change. A range of metrics and studies demonstrate lake ecosystems as one of the most vulnerable ecosystems globally. Recent studies have further indicated many lake ecosystems are approaching, or have passed, thresholds to unhealthy states, creating urgency for the development of well-informed management or restoration plans. Recovery from degraded states is often impeded by hysteresis and the influence of multiple stressors. Pathways to recovery remain largely unknown. Furthermore, there are limited systematic solutions for lake recovery reaching a structurally resilient state, hence, new research in this field could benefit freshwater health and ecosystem management. Here, we invite presentations analysing lake ecosystem resilience and recovery pathways.
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