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Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes

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Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes. / Zhou, Yongqiang; Ma, Jianrong; Zhang, Yunlin; Li, Jingbao; Feng, Lian; Zhang, Yibo; Shi, Kun; Brookes, Justin D.; Jeppesen, Erik.

In: Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 177, No. June, 2019, p. 45-55.

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Zhou, Y, Ma, J, Zhang, Y, Li, J, Feng, L, Zhang, Y, Shi, K, Brookes, JD & Jeppesen, E 2019, 'Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes', Global and Planetary Change, vol. 177, no. June, pp. 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

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Zhou, Y., Ma, J., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Feng, L., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Brookes, J. D., & Jeppesen, E. (2019). Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes. Global and Planetary Change, 177(June), 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

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Zhou Y, Ma J, Zhang Y, Li J, Feng L, Zhang Y, Shi K, Brookes JD, Jeppesen E. 2019. Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes. Global and Planetary Change. 177(June):45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

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Zhou, Yongqiang et al. "Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes". Global and Planetary Change. 2019, 177(June). 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

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Zhou Y, Ma J, Zhang Y, Li J, Feng L, Zhang Y et al. Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes. Global and Planetary Change. 2019;177(June):45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

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Zhou, Yongqiang ; Ma, Jianrong ; Zhang, Yunlin ; Li, Jingbao ; Feng, Lian ; Zhang, Yibo ; Shi, Kun ; Brookes, Justin D. ; Jeppesen, Erik. / Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes. In: Global and Planetary Change. 2019 ; Vol. 177, No. June. pp. 45-55.

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@article{b4c31845a2654145b671bf9c7ef72192,
title = "Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes",
abstract = "The impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), the largest hydropower project in the world, has altered the sediment deposition and erosion regime of downstream-linked rivers and lakes. The extent to which the TGR impoundment has changed the surface areas of the two largest freshwater lakes in China, Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang, remains largely unknown. Here, we compared the surface areas of the two lakes pre and post the TGR impoundment as well as with a modelled non-TGR scenario. We found that the mean surface areas of Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang during the post-TGR period (2003–2016) were significantly smaller than in the pre-TGR period (1956–2002) and in the modelled non-TGR scenario (2003–2016). The impoundment of TGR has led to a shift from a sediment deposition regime to an erosion-dominated regime of the downstream-linked rivers and the two lakes. The impoundment of TGR further changed the seasonal variabilities in discharge and water level in the downstream-linked rivers and the two lakes, especially in the flood season. Our results suggest that TGR resulted in a 5.1%, 16.2%, and 12.2% decrease of the surface area of Lake Dongting in June 2003–September 2006, October 2006–September 2008, and October 2008–December 2016, respectively, and a corresponding decrease of 12.4%, 19.6%, and 15.8% for Lake Poyang. These changes cannot be attributed to variations in rainfall as no significant differences were found in the annual or monthly mean rainfall in the watersheds upstream of Luoshan and Jiujiang + Hukou between the pre-TGR and the post-TGR period. Our results call for the development of a strong holistic management plan for cascading reservoirs, including TGR, to minimize the damage of downstream lake ecosystems.",
keywords = "Area shrinkage, Impoundment, Lake Dongting, Lake Poyang, the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR)",
author = "Yongqiang Zhou and Jianrong Ma and Yunlin Zhang and Jingbao Li and Lian Feng and Yibo Zhang and Kun Shi and Brookes, {Justin D.} and Erik Jeppesen",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014",
language = "English",
volume = "177",
pages = "45--55",
journal = "Global and Planetary Change",
issn = "0921-8181",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "June",

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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Influence of the three Gorges Reservoir on the shrinkage of China's two largest freshwater lakes

AU - Zhou, Yongqiang

AU - Ma, Jianrong

AU - Zhang, Yunlin

AU - Li, Jingbao

AU - Feng, Lian

AU - Zhang, Yibo

AU - Shi, Kun

AU - Brookes, Justin D.

AU - Jeppesen, Erik

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - The impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), the largest hydropower project in the world, has altered the sediment deposition and erosion regime of downstream-linked rivers and lakes. The extent to which the TGR impoundment has changed the surface areas of the two largest freshwater lakes in China, Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang, remains largely unknown. Here, we compared the surface areas of the two lakes pre and post the TGR impoundment as well as with a modelled non-TGR scenario. We found that the mean surface areas of Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang during the post-TGR period (2003–2016) were significantly smaller than in the pre-TGR period (1956–2002) and in the modelled non-TGR scenario (2003–2016). The impoundment of TGR has led to a shift from a sediment deposition regime to an erosion-dominated regime of the downstream-linked rivers and the two lakes. The impoundment of TGR further changed the seasonal variabilities in discharge and water level in the downstream-linked rivers and the two lakes, especially in the flood season. Our results suggest that TGR resulted in a 5.1%, 16.2%, and 12.2% decrease of the surface area of Lake Dongting in June 2003–September 2006, October 2006–September 2008, and October 2008–December 2016, respectively, and a corresponding decrease of 12.4%, 19.6%, and 15.8% for Lake Poyang. These changes cannot be attributed to variations in rainfall as no significant differences were found in the annual or monthly mean rainfall in the watersheds upstream of Luoshan and Jiujiang + Hukou between the pre-TGR and the post-TGR period. Our results call for the development of a strong holistic management plan for cascading reservoirs, including TGR, to minimize the damage of downstream lake ecosystems.

AB - The impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), the largest hydropower project in the world, has altered the sediment deposition and erosion regime of downstream-linked rivers and lakes. The extent to which the TGR impoundment has changed the surface areas of the two largest freshwater lakes in China, Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang, remains largely unknown. Here, we compared the surface areas of the two lakes pre and post the TGR impoundment as well as with a modelled non-TGR scenario. We found that the mean surface areas of Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang during the post-TGR period (2003–2016) were significantly smaller than in the pre-TGR period (1956–2002) and in the modelled non-TGR scenario (2003–2016). The impoundment of TGR has led to a shift from a sediment deposition regime to an erosion-dominated regime of the downstream-linked rivers and the two lakes. The impoundment of TGR further changed the seasonal variabilities in discharge and water level in the downstream-linked rivers and the two lakes, especially in the flood season. Our results suggest that TGR resulted in a 5.1%, 16.2%, and 12.2% decrease of the surface area of Lake Dongting in June 2003–September 2006, October 2006–September 2008, and October 2008–December 2016, respectively, and a corresponding decrease of 12.4%, 19.6%, and 15.8% for Lake Poyang. These changes cannot be attributed to variations in rainfall as no significant differences were found in the annual or monthly mean rainfall in the watersheds upstream of Luoshan and Jiujiang + Hukou between the pre-TGR and the post-TGR period. Our results call for the development of a strong holistic management plan for cascading reservoirs, including TGR, to minimize the damage of downstream lake ecosystems.

KW - Area shrinkage

KW - Impoundment

KW - Lake Dongting

KW - Lake Poyang

KW - the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR)

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U2 - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

DO - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.014

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85063354136

VL - 177

SP - 45

EP - 55

JO - Global and Planetary Change

JF - Global and Planetary Change

SN - 0921-8181

IS - June

ER -