Welcome to Emerge project!
European
Mountain lake
Ecosystems:
Regionalisation,
diaGnostic &
socio-economic Evaluation
Project of the European Commission Framework
Programme V: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development,
Sub-Programme Environment and Sustainable Development
Remote mountain lakes are the most sensitive aquatic
ecosystems in Europe. They are the focal point of mountain
landscapes, they support unique plant and animal communities and are
headwaters for water resources. In previous projects sponsored by
the EU (AL:PE1, AL:PE2 and MOLAR) we established that although
these ecosystems in arctic and alpine regions represent the least
disturbed environments in Europe, they are threatened and impacted
by acid deposition, toxic air pollutants and by climate
change. Because of their sensitivity remote mountain lakes are not
only vulnerable to environmental change they are also excellent
sensors of change, and their high quality sediment records can be
used to infer the speed, direction and biological impact of changing
air quality and climate. [...more
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