Climate change affects the whole world, particularly elevated habitats with cascading effects in mountain lakes. However, responses of calcareous lakes around the timberlines are still poorly known. Thus, this work focused on such lakes in the Bavarian Alps, reconstructed past lake warming using diatoms as indicators and extracted lake response patterns. Biotic responses were mainly governed by lake depth, trophic state and altitude. In the future, greatest changes will occur in Alpine lakes, but tipping points will also be reached in montane lakes.
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Climate change affects the whole world, particularly elevated habitats with cascading effects in mountain lakes. However, responses of calcareous lakes around the timberlines are still poorly known. Thus, this work focused on such lakes in the Bavarian Alps, reconstructed past lake warming using diatoms as indicators and extracted lake response patterns. Biotic responses were mainly governed by lake depth, trophic state and altitude. In the future, greatest changes will occur in Alpine lakes, bu...
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