Climatic Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters - Impacts and Mitigation for Ecosystems and Societies

List of Contributors xiii Preface xix Part I Impacts on Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes 1 1 Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Arctic Rivers 3 Robert M. Holmes, Michael T. Coe, Greg J. Fiske, Tatiana Gurtovaya, James W. McClelland, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Robert G.M. Spencer, Suzanne E. Tank, and Alexander V. Zhulidov 2 Climate Impacts on Arctic Lake Ecosystems 27 Warwick F. Vincent, Isabelle Laurion, Reinhard Pienitz, and Katey M. Walter Anthony 3 Trends in Hydrological and Hydrochemical Processes in Lake Baikal under Conditions of Modern Climate Change 43 M.N. Shimaraev and V.M. Domysheva 4 Hydrological Analysis of the Yellow River Basin, China 67 Xieyao Ma, Yoshinobu Sato, Takao Yoshikane, Masayuki Hara, Fujio Kimura, and Yoshihiro Fukushima 5 Water Resources under Climate Change in the Yangtze River Basin 79 Marco Gemmer, Buda Su, and Tong Jiang 6 Biogeochemical Ecosystem Dynamics in Lake Biwa under Anthropogenic Impacts and Global Warming 95 Mitsuru Sakamoto 7 Eutrophication, Warming and Historical Changes of the Plankton Community in Lake Biwa during the Twentieth Century 111 Narumi K. Tsugeki and Jotaro Urabe 8 Numerical Simulation of Future Overturn and Ecosystem Impacts for Deep Lakes in Japan 131 Daisuke Kitazawa 9 Model Development to Evaluate the Impacts of Climate Change on Total Phosphorus Concentrations in Lakes 145 Kohei Yoshiyama 10 Recent Climate-Induced Changes in Freshwaters in Denmark 155 Erik Jeppesen, Brian Kronvang, Torben B. Jorgensen, Soren E. Larsen, Hans E. Andersen, Martin Sondergaard, Lone Liboriussen, Rikke Bjerring, Liselotte S. Johansson, Dennis Trolle, and Torben L. Lauridsen 11 Lake Phytoplankton Responses to Global Climate Changes 173 Kirsten Olrik, Gertrud Cronberg, and Hel'ene Annadotter 12 The Influence of Climate Change on Lake Geneva 201 Ulrich Lemmin and Adeline Amouroux 13 Climate Change and Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region of North America: Effects, Management and Mitigation 219 Marley J. Waiser 14 Historic and Likely Future Impacts of Climate Change on Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada, USA 231 Robert Coats, Goloka Sahoo, John Riverson, Mariza Costa-Cabral, Michael Dettinger, Brent Wolfe, John Reuter, Geoffrey Schladow, and Charles R. Goldman 15 Our New Biological Future? The Influence of Climate Change on the Vulnerability of Lakes to Invasion by Non-Native Species 255 Marion E. Wittmann, Ka Lai Ngai, and Sudeep Chandra 16 Long-Term Changes in the Lake Kinneret Ecosystem: The Effects of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Factors 271 Ilia Ostrovsky, Alon Rimmer, Yosef Z. Yacobi, Ami Nishri, Assaf Sukenik, Ora Hadas, and Tamar Zohary 17 Climate Change and the Floodplain Lakes of the Amazon Basin 295 John M. Melack and Michael T. Coe 18 Climatic Variability, Mixing Dynamics, and Ecological Consequences in the African Great Lakes 311 Sally MacIntyre 19 Effects of Climate Change on New Zealand Lakes 337 David P. Hamilton, Chris McBride, Deniz Ozkundakci, Marc Schallenberg, Piet Verburg, Mary de Winton, David Kelly, Chris Hendy, and Wei Ye 20 Global Change Effects on Antarctic Freshwater Ecosystems: The Case of Maritime Antarctic Lakes 367 Antonio Quesada and David Velazquez Part II Impacts on Societies 383 21 Adaptation to a Changing Climate in Northern Mongolia 385 Clyde E. Goulden and Munhtuya N. Goulden 22 Managing the Effects of Climate Change on Urban Water Resources 395 Gabriela da Costa Silva Part III Mitigation Approaches 413 23 Water Management Preparation Strategies for Adaptation to Changing Climate 415 Balazs M. Fekete and Eugene Stakhiv 24 In Search of Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Global Warming on Aquatic Ecosystems 429 Justin D. Brookes, Martin Schmid, Dominic Skinner, and Alfred Wuest 25 Artificial Decomposition of Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen by Electrolysis to Restore Oxygen in Climate Change-Impacted Waters 449 Michio Kumagai and Hiroyasu Takenaka 26 Summary and Conclusions 455 Michio Kumagai Index 461