Topic VIII - Type of lake: synthesis and advances > VIII-2-Mountain lakes from extreme environments

Conveners

1. Juzhi Hou, Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation Group (ALPHA), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing , China
2. Julieta Massaferro CENAC, Center for Biodiversity studies in Nahuel Huapi National Park, CONICET Bariloche, Argentina
3. Anders Schomacker, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Department of Geosciences, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway

Located away from human activities, mountain lakes in remote regions represent some of the least disturbed ecosystems in the world. In addition, these environments are extremely sensitive to global climate changes. Recent studies have shown that these ecosystems are crossing ecological thresholds in terms of physical, chemical and ecological states not previously observed. With the recent warming and projected trajectories of environmental change, lake records from remote areas are crucial to better understand how human activities and climatic changes impact the functioning of these ecosystems in order to make better decisions about the future in Earth. We welcome paleolimnological as well as contemporary limnological contributions at different time scales that supports the vision that remote lake ecosystems are excellent and unique sentinel ecosystems of global change.