Climate warming can alter lake zooplankton

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Sourced from the stated research gap and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2022 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 281 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Zróżnicowanie warunków termicznych i wilgotnościowych w sąsiedztwie jeziora i w strefie podmiejskiej w półroczu ciepłym (na przykładzie okolic Jeziora Piaseczno i stacji Lublin-Felin) (2026) · Prace i Studia Geograficzne · doi

  The study identifies a research gap in understanding the specific effects of a lake on local climate. The research gap lies in examining the thermal and humidity conditions near a lake and in a suburban area.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study identifies research gap understanding specific effects lake
• Lake sediment heatwaves under global warming (2026) · Nature Geoscience · cited 1× · doi

  Simulating lake sediment temperatures and heatwaves at a global scale. Capturing the complex interactions between lake sediment and water temperatures. Projecting future changes in lake sediment heatwaves under various climate scenarios.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: simulating lake sediment temperatures heatwaves global scale capturing
• Interacting impacts of hydrological changes and air temperature warming on lake temperatures highlight the potential for adaptive management (2024) · AMBIO · cited 12× · doi

  Globally, climate warming is increasing air temperatures and changing river flows, but few studies have explicitly considered the consequences for lake temperatures of these dual effects, or the potential to manage lake inflows to mitigate climate warming impacts.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate warming temperatures lake globally increasing changing river flows explicitly considered consequences dual effects potential
• Decadal Shifts in Zooplankton Size Structure and Biomass in a Warming Tropical Lake (2026) · Limnological Review · doi

  Climate warming can alter lake zooplankton through changes in thermal structure, oxygen availability, nutrient cycling, and phytoplankton dynamics, but decadal evidence from African lakes remains scarce.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate warming alter lake zooplankton changes thermal structure oxygen availability nutrient cycling phytoplankton dynamics decadal
• Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems (2022) · BioScience · cited 268× · doi

  Below the waterline, aquatic ecosystems are being affected by multiple climate-related and anthropogenic stressors, the combined effects of which are poorly understood and rarely appreciated at the global stage.

  generalabstractevidence 2/5
  Keywords: waterline aquatic ecosystems affected multiple climate related anthropogenic stressors combined effects poorly understood rarely appreciated

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