Towards integrated management of a shallow tropical lake: assessment of water quality, sediment geochemistry, and phytoplankton diversity in Lake Palakpakin, Philippines

• Main Authors: Navarrete, Ian A, Dicen, Gerald P, Perez, Teresita R, Mendoza, Shinelle M, Rallos, Roland V, Labides, John Leonard R, Rivera, Clarissa T, Vallare, Arnold V, Claveria, Rene Juna R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Eutrophication; Internal loading; Principal component analysis; Sediment geochemistry; Shallow lakes; Tropical limnology; Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/44; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-019-7617-7
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The limited carrying capacities of shallow tropical lakes render them more vulnerable to ecological problems like eutrophication. Unregulated human activities such as unsustainable aquaculture and urbanization can alter ecosystem dynamics rapidly, and this warrants more comprehensive researches than...