Past, present and future of the fish community of Lake Orta (Italy), one of the world’s largest acidified lakes

• Published in: Journal of Limnology
• Main Authors: Pietro Volta, Norman D. Yan, John M. Gunn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016
• Subjects: Lake acidification; lake restoration; copper pollution; deep lakes; fish species; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Orta; Anguilla anguilla; Arctic charr; Burbot; Lota lota; Salvelinus alpinus; lota
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1319; https://doaj.org/article/c13d6a4fd7644cf595b932a5ce80c025

Since 1926, the fishes in Lake Orta, one of Italy’s deepest natural lakes, were heavily damaged by profundal hypoxia and acidification linked to oxidation of ammonia from industrial effluents and by industrial metal pollution. Of the original 28 fish species, only perch survived the lake’s contamina...