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Application of subfossil cladocerans (water fleas) in assessing ecological resilience of shallow Yangtze River floodplain lake systems (China)

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Majority of shallow floodplain lake ecosystems of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (China) have gone through serious eutrophication problems over the recent past. The severe environmental deterioration accompanied by cyanobacterial blooms have become major water resource management challenges in the region. An advanced research method is urgently needed to tackle these challenges. The concept of ecological resilience address pressing questions of non-linear dynamics, threshold effects and regime shifts in shallow floodplain lakes, and help manage the ecosystem effectively. Palaeolimnological techniques are important for assessing long term resilience and associated thresholds effects of shallow lake ecosystems. However, the lack of reliable proxy methods available, the assessment of long term ecological resilience of shallow Yangtze River lake systems has become increasingly difficult. Cladocerans (water fleas) play a central role in lacustrine food webs by responding to external drivers and internal ecosystem processes in lakes. Their subfossils are well preserved and becoming one of potential proxy indicators of lake ecosystems change for a longer time scale. This study explores the potential application of subfossil cladocerans and their ephippia in assessing a long term ecological resilience and help better management strategies of lake ecosystems and water resources of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China.

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We would like to acknowledge the two anonymous reviewers whose comments improved the quality of the paper significantly. This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0605200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41530753 & 41772378), and One Hundred Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. Y6SL011001). Giri Kattel would like to acknowledge the CAS-PIFI Professorial Fellowship Program (Grant No. 2016VEA050) at Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS).

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Kattel, G., Zhang, K. & Yang, X. Application of subfossil cladocerans (water fleas) in assessing ecological resilience of shallow Yangtze River floodplain lake systems (China). Sci. China Earth Sci. 61, 1157–1168 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-017-9218-6

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