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Spatially uneven urbanization shapes various urban-lake spatial patterns; however, the effect of pattern evolution on lake breeze front (LBF) penetration via thermal and aerodynamic mechanisms in inland multi-lake megacities remains unclear. Therefor...

Health assessment and risk factor identification represent the premise and foundation of scientific management and ecological restoration of urban lakes. Based on in-depth understanding of the nature–society duality of urban lakes, a framework...

With the development of urbanisation, the contradiction between urban expansion and lake protection becomes increasingly evident. Particularly, lake reclamation of urban construction causes serious damage to the water system and further affects the e...

Urban riverine networks are hotspots of CO2 and CH4 emissions, due to river impoundment and pollution. The river–lake connection is considered to be an important way to improve the ecological environment of urban rivers; however, its impact on...

The process of urbanization takes up a lot of wetlands, profoundly changing the natural connection of surrounding river–lake systems, all the while causing serious damage to the environment of connected catchments. Urban systems and river–lake system...

Freshwater salinization is an ongoing concern for north temperate lakes; however, little is known about its impacts on microbial communities, particularly for bacteria. We tested the hypotheses that road de-icing salt induces changes in the microbial...

Urban landscape lakes are increasingly at risk of nitrogen-induced eutrophication. Microbial nitrogen transformation plays a crucial role in reducing nitrogen levels in these lakes. However, the relationships between microbial communities, nitrogen f...

Urban lakes play an important role in urban development and environmental protection for the Wuhan urban agglomeration. Under the impacts of urbanization and climate change, understanding urban lake-water extent dynamics is significant. However, few...

The construction of urban agglomerations around Poyang Lake is an important starting point of the strategy for the improvement of central China, but the spatial agglomeration of industry and population brings great pressure to the ecological environm...

Tourist satisfaction of nighttime urban lakes as scenic areas, such as the Daming Lake, is influenced by multiple factors, which are crucial for tourists’ experiences and the sustainable development of these areas. This paper explores the facto...

As highly developed nature, an urban lake park will be a place required to integrate various functions such as health promotion, recreation, and cultural exchange by focusing on ecological aspects. We applied latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify...

Stormwater runoff containing road deicing salts has led to the increasing salinization of surface waters in northern climates, and urban municipalities are increasingly being mandated to manage stormwater runoff to improve water quality. We assessed...

Excessive nutrient input from urban areas increases the occurrence of eutrophication. Control of nutrient loads is perceived as the primary restoration method. Quantifying temporal variation of nutrient loads is essential to understand the dynamic re...

Current studies on microplastic pollution mainly focus on marine systems. However, few studies have investigated microplastics in an urban lake. This research intends to use an urban lake (Songshan Lake) as an example to explore the pollution charact...

Urban lake wetlands play an essential role in providing ecological services, promoting urban sustainability, and enhancing the quality of urban life. This study quantitatively assesses the ecosystem services value (ESV) of the Zhangdu, East, and Ziya...

Wuhan is dotted with lakes, is known as the “City with Hundreds of Lakes”, and the development of the city is inseparable from the river and lake waters, with the evolution of the lakes affecting the construction and layout of the city. S...

This article addresses the challenge of maintaining water quality in urban landscape lakes in water-scarce cities using transparency as the key indicator. The sensitivity of water transparency to nine water quality parameters, including chlorophyll a...

Lake Winona is a 129-hectare urban lake which occupies part of an old side channel of the Mississippi River and has been modified significantly over the past 125 years. The entire shoreline (>8 km) is publicly owned, with current shorelines create...

Eutrophication is prevalent in urban lakes; however, a knowledge gap exists regarding eutrophication influences on carbon dynamics in these ecosystems. In the present study, we investigated the carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) concentration and...

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are photosynthetic bacteria that play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems and are susceptible to changes in temperature. Hence, as global temperatures rise due to climate change, some Cyanobacterial spe...

To grasp the evolutionary characteristics and regularity of urban land expansion patterns in the Poyang Lake Ecological Economic Zone, this study, based on nighttime lighting data, uses the Landsat series satellite simultaneous data and cluster analy...

Environmental assessment of eutrophication or heavy metals in urban lakes is an important reference for identifying the pollution degree and formulating pollution prevention strategies. At present, the most research on lake health states is often eva...

Population constitutes the foundational element of cities, and population migration drives the transfer of production factors among urban areas. The population migration network serves as an objective representation of intercity interactions, bearing...

Water-quality monitoring in urban lakes is of paramount importance due to the direct implications for ecosystem health and human well-being. This study presents a novel approach to predicting the Water Quality Index (WQI) in an urban lake over a span...

Exploring the pollution characteristics and ecological risks of urbanization on lakes in urban fringe areas has guiding significance for the control and scientific management of heavy metal pollution in lakes in urban fringe areas. Taking the West La...

Urban centers border western Lake Ontario, the terminus of the Laurentian Great Lakes, impacting water quality on the shores of this oligotrophic lake. The green algae Cladophora proliferates on the shallow lakebed and fouls the shoreline, presenting...

The ecological environment of urban lakes affected by human activities is deteriorating rapidly. As a source and sink of pollutants in the lake environment, sediments have become the focus of environmental assessments. At present, most of the studies...

As human activities increasingly encroach on ecologically sensitive lake zones, China’s lake-ring urban agglomerations struggle to balance the intensifying human footprint (HF) and declining habitat quality (EQ). Addressing the spatiotemporal i...

The ecological urban agglomeration around Poyang Lake represents a critical development area in the Yangtze River basin. The spatiotemporal characteristics of the net primary productivity (NPP) of vegetation are explored from the perspective of the c...

Urban flooding poses escalating threats to socioeconomic stability and human safety, exacerbated by urbanization and climate change. While urban flood resilience (UFR) has emerged as a critical framework for flood risk management, existing studies of...

Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from an ecosystem that have great significance in sustainable development. Urbanization has triggered significant changes on urban spatial patterns, which have had a great impact on the ecosystem services....

This study aims to provide a scientific reference for rural reconstruction and revitalization in the areas covered by Eco-Urban Agglomeration Around Poyang Lake. Rural development and restructuring is a comprehensive process involving multiple elemen...

Urban underground space (UUS) involves multiple stakeholders whose concerns span the entire life cycle of underground space. The government pays more attention to the social benefits of UUS to the region, developers pay more attention to the economic...

The present study investigates the extent and spatial distribution of metal concentration in stream sediments that flow into Keban Dam Lake, Turkey. Sediment samples were analysed for trace and potentially toxic elements (PTEs), including V, Cr, Co,...

Rapid urbanization has given rise to serious urban problems. It is crucial to understand the urbanization process to accurately and quickly identify boundary changes in urban built-up areas and implement planning schemes and adjustments in scientific...

Urban lakes located in densely populated regions are highly vulnerable freshwater ecosystems compared to lakes in rural areas due to intense anthropogenic activities. However, the impacts of intrinsic lake morphometry on the water quality of urban la...

Recent history has been marked by a shift from rural to urban living. Studies show that urbanization is most prevalent at coastal areas and river basins and these are the locations where most megacities are established. However, in the African contex...

The impact of urbanization on lakes in the urban context has aroused continuous attention from the public. However, the long-term evolution of lakes in a certain megacity and the heterogeneity of the spatial relationship between related influencing f...

Urban lakes are important environmental assets that contribute significant ecosystem services in urbanised areas around the world. Consequently, urban lakes are more exposed to anthropogenic pressures. Zooplankton communities play a central role in l...

Urban lakes play an important role in drainage and water storage, regulating urban microclimate conditions, supplying groundwater, and meeting citizens’ recreational needs. However, geographical patterns of algal communities associated with urb...

As emerging pollutants, microplastics have attracted the attention of scholars from all over the world. However, there is a lack of research on freshwater areas, even in densely populated urban areas. This study investigated eight urban lakes in Chan...

Urban lakes play a vital role in the sustainable development of urbanized areas. In this freshwater ecosystem, massive microbial communities can drive the recycling of nutrients and regulate the water quality. However, water bacterial and fungal comm...

This article presents the results of the analysis and estimation of the seasonal variation of heavy metals in the water of urban lakes and the assessment of their environmental state based on the chemical data. The research covered seven lakes in Mur...

Inland lake water–air interfaces, particularly the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2), have become key parameters in the study of global carbon cycle changes. However, there are few studies on short-term daily variations in pCO2 in urbanizing lakes...

Rapid urbanization processes and indiscriminate disposal of urban wastewaters are major causes for anthropogenic lake-sediment deposition and eutrophication. However, information about the spatial and temporal variation of macrophyte and phytoplankto...

Urban and peri-urban lakes are increasingly threatened by water quality degradation due to rising anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability. This study proposes an integrated framework that combines multi-source data and machine learning...

The research was carried out on Karczemne Lake, a water reservoir located in Kartuzy (northern Poland, Pomeranian Lake District). Monitoring of the water and bottom sediment of Karczemne Lake showed a very high level of contamination of the reservoir...

Worldwide, eutrophication and cyanobacteria blooms in lakes and reservoirs are a great concern for water resources management. Coupling a catchment hydrological model and a lake model has been a strategy to assess the impact of land use, agricultural...

In the wake of frequent and intensive human activities, highly urbanized areas consistently grapple with severe water environmental challenges. It becomes imperative to establish corresponding water environment models for simulating and forecasting r...

The construction and optimization of urban green infrastructure (UGI) are regarded as effective strategies for harmonizing the natural landscape with human activities, particularly in ecologically vulnerable areas in the Upper Yellow River Basin, Chi...