Automatic High Frequency Monitoring for Improved Lake and Reservoir Management.
Recent technological developments have increased the number of variables being monitored in lakes and reservoirs using automatic high frequency monitoring (AHFM). However, design of AHFM systems and posterior data handling and interpretation are currently being developed on a site-by-site and issue-by-issue basis with minimal standardization of protocols or knowledge sharing. As a result, many deployments become short-lived or underutilized, and many new scientific developments that are potentially useful for water management and environmental legislation remain underexplored. This Critical Review bridges scientific uses of AHFM with their applications by providing an overview of the current AHFM capabilities, together with examples of successful applications. We review the use of AHFM for maximizing the provision of ecosystem services supplied by lakes and reservoirs (consumptive and non consumptive uses, food production, and recreation), and for reporting lake status in the EU Water Framework Directive. We also highlight critical issues to enhance the application of AHFM, and suggest the establishment of appropriate networks to facilitate knowledge sharing and technological transfer between potential users. Finally, we give advice on how modern sensor technology can successfully be applied on a larger scale to the management of lakes and reservoirs and maximize the ecosystem services they provide.
Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) , Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain.
Rafael
R
Marcé
Freshwater Biological Association , 34786 Windermere, U.K.|Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Aberystwyth , Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FL, U.K.
Glen
G
George
Ente acque della Sardegna , via Mameli 88, 09123 Cagliari, Italy.
Paola
P
Buscarinu
Ente acque della Sardegna , via Mameli 88, 09123 Cagliari, Italy.
Melania
M
Deidda
Department of Water Protection Engineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn , Prawocheńskiego strasse 1, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
Julita
J
Dunalska
Marine Institute , Furnace, Newport, County Mayo F28 PF65, Ireland.
Elvira
E
de Eyto
Research and Innovation Centre , Foundazione Edmund Mach, 38010 San Michele all' Adige, TN, Italy.
Giovanna
G
Flaim
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries , Alte Fischerhuette 2, 16775 Stechlin, Germany.|Potsdam University , Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Maulbeerallee 2, 14469 Potsdam, Germany.
Hans-Peter
HP
Grossart
MTA/BME Water Research Group , Műegyetem rkp. 3, 1111 Budapest, Hungary.
Vera
V
Istvanovics
Institute for Biological Research University of Belgrade , Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Mirjana
M
Lenhardt
Marine Ecology and Limnology Research Group, Department of Ecology, University of Málaga , Campus Universitario de Teatinos S/N, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Enrique
E
Moreno-Ostos
Department of Ecology, University of Barcelona , Av Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Biel
B
Obrador
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory , 14850 Migdal, Israel.
Ilia
I
Ostrovsky
Department of Limnology, Evolutionary Biology Centre , Norbyvägen 18 D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
Donald C
DC
Pierson
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences , Department of Vegetation Ecology, Lidická 25/27, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan
J
Potužák
European Commission , Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Varese, Italy.
Sandra
S
Poikane
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) , Department of Lake Research, Brückstrasse 3a, D-39114 Magdeburg, Germany.
Karsten
K
Rinke
Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) , Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain.
Sara
S
Rodríguez-Mozaz
Institute of Bioscience, Aarhus University , Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
Peter A
PA
Staehr
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences , Department of Vegetation Ecology, Lidická 25/27, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Kateřina
K
Šumberová
Water Authority Brabantse Delta , P.O. Box 5520, 4801 DZ Breda, The Netherlands.
Guido
G
Waajen
Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala University , Norbyvägen 18D, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden.
Gesa A
GA
Weyhenmeyer
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies , Box AB, Millbrook, New York 12545, United States.
Kathleen C
KC
Weathers
New York City Department of Environmental Protection , 71 Smith Avenue, Kingston, New York 12401, United States.
Mark
M
Zion
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences & Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva , 66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Bas W
BW
Ibelings
Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies and Department of Applied Sciences, Dundalk Institute of Technology , Dundalk, County Louth A91 K584, Ireland.
Eleanor
E
Jennings
D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D060106:Lakes; D011998:Recreation