The Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of physical, chemical and ecological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs, as well as describing their uses and environmental conditions and trends in all parts of the world.

Table of Contents

• About the Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Selected International Journals on Lakes, Dams and Reservoirs
• A
• Acidification in Lakes - Thomas Hellström
• Africa, Lakes Review - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased) and Lars Bengtsson
• Age Determination of Lake Deposits - Barbara Wohlfarth
• Alpine Lakes - Reginald W. Herschy
• Alternative Stable States in Shallow Lakes - Anders Hargeby and Irmgard Blindow
• Amazon Lakes - Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse
• Antarctic Lakes - Dominic A. Hodgson
• Antarctic Subglacial Lake Ellsworth - John Woodward, Martin J. Siegert, Andy M. Smith and George Royston-Bishop
• Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok - George Royston-Bishop, Martin J. Siegert and John Woodward
• Antarctic Subglacial Lakes - Martin J. Siegert, John Woodward and George Royston-Bishop
• Aquatic Plants - Stewart J. Clarke
• Arab Region, Lakes and Reservoirs - Mamdouh Shahin (Deceased) and Lars Bengtsson
• Aral Sea - Peter O. Zavialov
• Arch Dams, Development from Cut-Stone Arches to Modern Design - Hubert Chanson and D. P. James
• Arctic Lakes - Bent Hasholt
• Artificial Wetlands - Jesper Persson
• Asia, Lakes Review - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased) and Lars Bengtsson
• Australia, Climate and Lakes - H. A. Bridgman and Brian V. Timms
• Australia, Coastal Paleolakes of “Swanland” - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased) and Lars Bengtsson
• B
• Baikal, Lake - Laurent Touchart
• Balaton Lake in Hungary - János Józsa, László Rákóczi and Tamás Krámer
• Baltic Sea Basin, Since the Latest Deglaciation - Thomas Andrén
• Basin-Scale Internal Waves - Damien Bouffard and Leon Boegman
• Bathymetrical Survey of the Scottish Freshwater Lochs, 1897–1909 - Robert W. Duck
• Beaver Dams and Ponds - Jean-Marie M. Dubois and Léo Provencher
• Bengal Basin, Sediment Sink - Asok Kumar Bhattacharya, Aparajita Bhattacharya, Santosh Kumar Sarkar and Mousumi Chatterjee
• Brownification of Lakes - Wilhelm Graneli
• C
• Carbon Cycle in Lakes - Amy Myrbo
• Caribbean–Central America, Lakes Review - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased)
• Carinthia Lakes and Reservoirs in Austria - Hans Sampl
• Caspian Sea - Mikhail V. Bolgov
• Chad Lake - Jacques Lemoalle, Jean-Claude Bader and Marc Leblanc
• Chilika Lake - Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Aparajita Bhattacharya, Asok Kumar Bhattacharya, Kamala Kanta Satpathy, Ajit Kumar Mohanty and Satya Panigrahi
• Chinese Lakes - Linus T. Zhang and Xiaoliu Yang
• Circulation Processes in Lakes - Lars Bengtsson
• Classification of Lakes from Hydrological Function - Lars Bengtsson
• Classification of Lakes from Origin Processes - Lars Bengtsson
• Climate Change Effects on Lakes - Thorsten Blenckner
• Climate Change: Factors Causing Variation or Change in the Climate - Cintia Bertacchi Uvo
• Coastal Lagoons - Magnus Larson
• Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) - Alan Howard
• D
• Dam Failures: Impact on Reservoir Safety Legislation in Great Britain - J. Andrew Charles
• Dams and Reservoirs in Macedonia - Ljubomir Tančev
• Dams and Reservoirs, Role - Reginald W. Herschy
• Dams, Classification - Reginald W. Herschy
• Dams, Flood Protection, and Risk - Klas Cederwall
• Dead Sea - Isaac Gertman
• Deltaic Swamps - Reginald W. Herschy
• Dew Ponds - Reginald W. Herschy
• Dissolved Oxygen in Ice-Covered Lakes - Arkady Terzhevik and Sergey Golosov
• Double-Diffusive Convection in Lakes - Bertram Boehrer
• Droughts and Water Management in England and Wales: With Particular Reference to Reservoirs and Lakes - Terry Marsh
• E
• Ecological Threat to Lakes and Reservoirs - Reginald W. Herschy
• English Lakes - Reginald W. Herschy
• Estuarine Hydrology - Eric Wolanski, Fernando Andutta and Eric Delhez
• Europe, Lakes Review - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased) and Lars Bengtsson
• Eutrophication in Fresh Waters: An International Review - Malcolm Farley
• Everglades, Florida, USA - Fred H. Sklar and Thomas D. Fontaine
• F
• Fens, England - Reginald W. Herschy
• Finnish Lakes - Esko Kuusisto
• Finnish Lakes, Trends and Regional Differences of Phytoplankton - Lauri Arvola and Marko Järvinen
• Floodplain Wetlands: Focusing on India - Mogali J. Nandan
• Forth and Clyde and Union Ship Canals, UK - Reginald W. Herschy
• G
• Geneva Lake - Ulrich Lemmin
• Gippsland Lakes - Brian V. Timms
• Glacier Jökulhlaup - Jónas Elíasson
• Great Lake Processes: Thermal Structure, Circulation and Turbulent Diffusion Processes - Yerubandi R. Rao
• Great Lakes, North America - Reginald W. Herschy
• Great Salt Lake - Reginald W. Herschy
• H
• Hazards - Simon Dobby
• Health Aspects of Lakes and Reservoirs - David Bradley
• Hydrodynamics and Circulation of Fjords - Anders Stigebrandt
• Hydrodynamics of Very Shallow Lakes - Lars Bengtsson
• Hydrological Sizing of Water Supply Reservoirs - Adebayo J. Adeloye
• Hydropower - Hans Bergh
• I
• Ice Covered Lakes - Lars Bengtsson
• Ice Formation on Lakes and Ice Growth - Lars Bengtsson
• Icelandic Lakes, Physical Characteristics - Hrund Ó. Andradóttir
• Indian Lakes - V. K. Dwivedi
• Initial Mixing of Pollutants - Magnus Larson
• Internal Seiches - Ulrich Lemmin
• J
• Japanese Lakes - Takashi Asaeda and Ryuichiro Shinohara
• K
• Katse Dam: Lesotha Highlands Water Project - Reginald W. Herschy
• Kingairloch Hydroelectric Scheme - Reginald W. Herschy
• Kis-Balaton and its Effect on Lake Balaton Water Quality - István Tátrai and Kálmán Mátyás
• L
• Ladoga Lake and Onego Lake (Lakes Ladozhskoye and Onezhskoye) - Nikolai Filatov and Leonid Rukhovets
• Lake Ice - Esko Kuusisto
• Lake Monster - Reginald W. Herschy
• Lake Outbursts - André Robitaille and Jean-Marie M. Dubois
• Lake Restoration - Martin Søndergaard, Erik Jeppesen and Henning S. Jensen
• Lake Sediments - Reginald W. Herschy
• Lake Shore Nomenclature - Léo Provencher and Jean-Marie M. Dubois
• Lake Surveying - Peter Ulriksen
• Lakes as Archives of Earth History - Barbara Wohlfarth
• Lakes on Earth, Different Types - Lars Håkanson
• Large Dams and Environment - Peder Hjorth
• Large Dams, Statistics and Critical Review - Peder Hjorth and Lars Bengtsson
• Laurentian Great Lakes, Interaction of Coastal and Offshore Waters - Yerubandi R. Rao and David J. Schwab
• Light and Primary Production in Lakes - Donald C. Pierson
• Limnological Studies in Lake Erken Sweden - Kurt Pettersson
• Loch Katrine - Reginald W. Herschy
• Lough - Reginald W. Herschy
• Lough Neagh - Reginald W. Herschy and P. G. Holland (Deceased)
• M
• Macedonian Lakes - Stanislava Dodeva
• Maracaibo Lake - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased)
• Marib Dam and Irrigation Project - Rajib Chakraborty
• Mass Curve and Reservoir Design - Hans Bergh
• Memphremagog, Lake - Armand LaRocque and Jean-Marie M. Dubois
• Meromictic Lakes - Ken J. Hall and Thomas G. Northcote
• Microorganisms in Lakes and Reservoirs - Reginald W. Herschy
• Mixing in Lakes - Magnus Larson
• Myponga Reservoir, South Australia: The Influence of Nutrients, Phytoplankton, Pathogens, and Organic Carbon on Water Quality - Leon van der Linden, Matthew R. Hipsey, Michael D. Burch and Justin D. Brookes
• N
• Nahuel Huapí, Lake - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased)
• Nasser Lake - Mohamed I. Balah
• Nile Basin, Lakes - J. V. Sutcliffe
• North Delta Lakes, Egypt - Mohamed I. Balah
• Nutrient Balance, Light, and Primary Production - Thomas Hellström
• O
• Okeechobee, Lake, Florida, USA - Paul V. McCormick and R. Thomas James
• Origin of Lakes and Their Physical Characteristics - Lars Håkanson
• P
• Paleolakes - Reginald W. Herschy
• Paleolimnology - Barbara Wohlfarth
• Peipsi Lake in Estonia/Russia - Külli Kangur, Andu Kangur and Anto Raukas
• Phosphor Exchange Sediment-Water - Kurt Pettersson
• Playa Lake Chains: The Example of the Yenyening Lakes of the Upper Avon River Catchment of Western Australia - Jenny A. Davis and Paul A. Carling
• Poopó Lake, Bolivia - Lars Bengtsson
• R
• Reservoir and Lake Trap Efficiency - S. W. Trimble and B. Wilson
• Reservoir Capacity - Reginald W. Herschy
• Reservoir Sedimentation - Bijan Dargahi
• Reservoir Sedimentation in Australia under Extreme Conditions - Hubert Chanson
• Reservoirs in Great Britain - Reginald W. Herschy
• Reservoirs, Early British History - Reginald W. Herschy
• Reservoirs, Multipurpose Use of Small Reservoirs - Jean Albergel
• Restoration of Urban Lakes in the NE Musi Basin, Hyderabad, India - V. V. S. Gurunadha Rao
• Riverine Thermal Bar - Eddy Carmack
• Russian Lakes - Nikolai Filatov and Tatyana Gronskaya
• Russian Lakes, Geographical Classification - Vladislav A. Rumyantsev, Sergey A. Kondratyev and Anna V. Izmaylova
• Russian Water Reservoirs - Victor P. Saltankin
• S
• Saki, Lake (Crimea, Ukraine) - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased)
• Satellite Data and Lakes - Lennart Jönsson
• Sedimentation Processes in Lakes - Lars Håkanson
• Sediments, Flushing from Reservoirs - W. Rodney White
• Slovenia, Lakes and Reservoirs - Matjaz Mikos
• Source of Freshwater - Reginald W. Herschy
• South America, Holocene Coastal Lagoons - Felipe García-Rodríguez
• South America, Lakes Review - Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased) and Lars Bengtsson
• Stratification and Mixing in Tropical African Lakes - Sally MacIntyre
• Stratification in Lakes - Timo Huttula
• Submerged Vegetation in Shallow Lakes - Irmgard Blindow, Anders Hargeby and Klaus van de Weyer
• Surface Seiches - Ulrich Lemmin
• Suspended Sediment Concentration in Stratified Lakes Estimated by Acoustic Methods - Şebnem Elçi
• Sweden’s Great Lakes - Magnus Larson
• Swedish Glacial Lakes: Estimation of the Number of Lakes of Different Sizes - Lars Håkanson
• T
• Tanganyika Lake, Modeling the Eco-hydrodynamics - Jaya Naithani, Pierre-Denis Plisnier and Eric Deleersnijder
• Tanganyika Lake: Strong in Hydrodynamics, Diverse in Ecology - Timo Huttula and Jouko Sarvala
• Thames Water: Development of London’s Potable Water Supply and the Role of Bankside Storage Reservoirs - Phil Renton, Terry Bridgman and Robin G. Bayley
• Thermal Bar - Arkady Terzhevik
• Thermal Regime of Lakes - Lars Bengtsson
• Thermobaric Stratification of Very Deep Lakes - Bertram Boehrer
• Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River in China - Linus T. Zhang, Xiaoliu Yang and Zhujun Wang
• Titicaca Lake - Lars Bengtsson and Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Deceased)
• Transboundary Waters: Rivers, Lakes, and Groundwaters - Reginald W. Herschy
• Trophic Lake Classification - Reginald W. Herschy
• Tsunami Effect on a Coastal Lake in India - Kamala Kanta Satpathy, Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Sudeepta Biswas, M. Selvanayagam and Santosh Kumar Sarkar
• Turbidity Currents in Reservoirs - Josef Schneider, Gabriele Harb and Hannes Badura
• U
• Udaipur, Lakes - V. V. S. Gurunadha Rao and Mogali J. Nandan
• United Kingdom, Largest Lakes - Reginald W. Herschy
• United States: Principal Freshwater Lakes - Reginald W. Herschy
• Urban Lakes and Ponds - Jesper Persson
• V
• Venting Turbidity Currents in Reservoirs - Josef Schneider, Gabriele Harb and Hannes Badura
• Victoria Lake - Reginald W. Herschy
• Volume of Water in Lakes and Reservoirs: Determination - Reginald W. Herschy
• Võrtsjärv Lake in Estonia - Peeter Nõges and Tiina Nõges
• W
• Water Balance of Lakes - Lars Bengtsson
• Water Balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes - Vincent Fortin and Andrew D. Gronewold
• Water Exchange Between Littoral Zone and Open Lake Water - Yukie Tanino
• Water Framework Directive - Ben Surridge and Nigel Watson
• Water Quality for Drinking: WHO Guidelines - Reginald W. Herschy
• Water Quality in Lakes and Reservoirs - Reginald W. Herschy
• Wetland Areas and Lakes in Bulgaria - Reginald W. Herschy and George Gergov (Deceased)
• Wetlands - Reginald W. Herschy
• Wetlands of the Canadian Arctic - Ming-ko Woo and Kathy Young
• Wetlands: Classification, Distribution, Function - Lars Lundin
• Wind Waves - Luigi Cavaleri
• World Lake Database: International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC) - Reginald W. Herschy
• World Lake Vision - Reginald W. Herschy
• X
• Xiaolangdi Reservoir’s Role in Water and Sediment Regulation - Zhu Xiaoyuan and Pang Hui