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A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins.

ABSTRACT: Under ongoing climate change and increasing anthropogenic activity, which continuously challenge ecosystem resilience, an in-depth understanding of ecological processes is urgently needed. Lakes, as providers of numerous ecosystem services, face multiple stressors that threaten their functioning. Harmful cyanobacterial blooms are a persistent problem resulting from nutrient pollution and climate-change induced stressors, like poor transparency, increased water temperature and enhanced stratification. Consistency in data collection and analysis methods is necessary to achieve fully comparable datasets and for statistical validity, avoiding issues linked to disparate data sources. The European Multi Lake Survey (EMLS) in summer 2015 was an initiative among scientists from 27 countries to collect and analyse lake physical, chemical and biological variables in a fully standardized manner. This database includes in-situ lake variables along with nutrient, pigment and cyanotoxin data of 369 lakes in Europe, which were centrally analysed in dedicated laboratories. Publishing the EMLS methods and dataset might inspire similar initiatives to study across large geographic areas that will contribute to better understanding lake responses in a changing environment.

SUBMITTER: Mantzouki E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins.

Mantzouki Evanthia E Campbell James J van Loon Emiel E Visser Petra P Konstantinou Iosif I Antoniou Maria M Giuliani Grégory G Machado-Vieira Danielle D Gurjão de Oliveira Alinne A Maronić Dubravka Špoljarić DŠ Stević Filip F Pfeiffer Tanja Žuna TŽ Vucelić Itana Bokan IB Žutinić Petar P Udovič Marija Gligora MG Plenković-Moraj Anđelka A Tsiarta Nikoletta N Bláha Luděk L Geriš Rodan R Fránková Markéta M Christoffersen Kirsten Seestern KS Warming Trine Perlt TP Feldmann Tõnu T Laas Alo A Panksep Kristel K Tuvikene Lea L Kangro Kersti K Häggqvist Kerstin K Salmi Pauliina P Arvola Lauri L Fastner Jutta J Straile Dietmar D Rothhaupt Karl-Otto KO Fonvielle Jeremy J Grossart Hans-Peter HP Avagianos Christos C Kaloudis Triantafyllos T Triantis Theodoros T Zervou Sevasti-Kiriaki SK Hiskia Anastasia A Gkelis Spyros S Panou Manthos M McCarthy Valerie V Perello Victor C VC Obertegger Ulrike U Boscaini Adriano A Flaim Giovanna G Salmaso Nico N Cerasino Leonardo L Koreivienė Judita J Karosienė Jūratė J Kasperovičienė Jūratė J Savadova Ksenija K Vitonytė Irma I Haande Sigrid S Skjelbred Birger B Grabowska Magdalena M Karpowicz Maciej M Chmura Damian D Nawrocka Lidia L Kobos Justyna J Mazur-Marzec Hanna H Alcaraz-Párraga Pablo P Wilk-Woźniak Elżbieta E Krztoń Wojciech W Walusiak Edward E Gagala Ilona I Mankiewicz-Boczek Joana J Toporowska Magdalena M Pawlik-Skowronska Barbara B Niedźwiecki Michał M Pęczuła Wojciech W Napiórkowska-Krzebietke Agnieszka A Dunalska Julita J Sieńska Justyna J Szymański Daniel D Kruk Marek M Budzyńska Agnieszka A Goldyn Ryszard R Kozak Anna A Rosińska Joanna J Szeląg-Wasielewska Elżbieta E Domek Piotr P Jakubowska-Krepska Natalia N Kwasizur Kinga K Messyasz Beata B Pełechata Aleksandra A Pełechaty Mariusz M Kokocinski Mikolaj M Madrecka Beata B Kostrzewska-Szlakowska Iwona I Frąk Magdalena M Bańkowska-Sobczak Agnieszka A Wasilewicz Michał M Ochocka Agnieszka A Pasztaleniec Agnieszka A Jasser Iwona I Antão-Geraldes Ana M AM Leira Manel M Hernández Armand A Vasconcelos Vitor V Morais João J Vale Micaela M Raposeiro Pedro M PM Gonçalves Vítor V Aleksovski Boris B Krstić Svetislav S Nemova Hana H Drastichova Iveta I Chomova Lucia L Remec-Rekar Spela S Elersek Tina T Delgado-Martín Jordi J García David D Cereijo Jose Luís JL Gomà Joan J Trapote Mari Carmen MC Vegas-Vilarrúbia Teresa T Obrador Biel B García-Murcia Ana A Real Monserrat M Romans Elvira E Noguero-Ribes Jordi J Duque David Parreño DP Fernández-Morán Elísabeth E Úbeda Bárbara B Gálvez José Ángel JÁ Marcé Rafael R Catalán Núria N Pérez-Martínez Carmen C Ramos-Rodríguez Eloísa E Cillero-Castro Carmen C Moreno-Ostos Enrique E Blanco José María JM Rodríguez Valeriano V Montes-Pérez Jorge Juan JJ Palomino Roberto L RL Rodríguez-Pérez Estela E Carballeira Rafael R Camacho Antonio A Picazo Antonio A Rochera Carlos C Santamans Anna C AC Ferriol Carmen C Romo Susana S Soria Juan Miguel JM Hansson Lars-Anders LA Urrutia-Cordero Pablo P Özen Arda A Bravo Andrea G AG Buck Moritz M Colom-Montero William W Mustonen Kristiina K Pierson Don D Yang Yang Y M H Verspagen Jolanda J de Senerpont Domis Lisette N LN Seelen Laura L Teurlincx Sven S Verstijnen Yvon Y Lürling Miquel M Maliaka Valentini V Faassen Elisabeth J EJ Latour Delphine D Carey Cayelan C CC W Paerl Hans H Torokne Andrea A Karan Tünay T Demir Nilsun N Beklioğlu Meryem M Filiz Nur N E Levi Eti E Iskin Uğur U Bezirci Gizem G Tavşanoğlu Ülkü Nihan ÜN Çelik Kemal K Özhan Koray K Karakaya Nusret N Koçer Mehmet Ali Turan MAT Yilmaz Mete M Maraşlıoğlu Faruk F Fakioglu Özden Ö Soylu Elif Neyran EN Yağcı Meral Apaydın MA Çınar Şakir Ş Çapkın Kadir K Yağcı Abdulkadir A Cesur Mehmet M Bilgin Fuat F Bulut Cafer C Uysal Rahmi R Köker Latife L Akçaalan Reyhan R Albay Meriç M Alp Mehmet Tahir MT Özkan Korhan K Sevindik Tuğba Ongun TO Tunca Hatice H Önem Burçin B Richardson Jessica J Edwards Christine C Bergkemper Victoria V O'Leary Sarah S Beirne Eilish E Cromie Hannah H Ibelings Bastiaan W BW

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Under ongoing climate change and increasing anthropogenic activity, which continuously challenge ecosystem resilience, an in-depth understanding of ecological processes is urgently needed. Lakes, as providers of numerous ecosystem services, face multiple stressors that threaten their functioning. Harmful cyanobacterial blooms are a persistent problem resulting from nutrient pollution and climate-change induced stressors, like poor transparency, increased water temperature and enhanced stratifica ...[more]

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