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The magnitude of ecological changes in lake ecosystems has largely varied over time in responses to different internal/external or local/global drivers. Identifying key drivers of ecological changes, their coupling and how lake biodiversity responds to their variations are prominent research goals. Different temporal (.i.e. from days to millennia) and spatial (i.e. from site-specific to worldwide meta-analyses) scales are considered to embrace the complexity of ecological responses especially in recent time when anthropogenic stressors tend to increase and re-organize. A wide variety of modeling and statistical approaches are mobilized to appreciate the causes of ecological changes and qualify current past (and future) ecological states to ultimately provide guidance to lake managers for sustainable conservation. Specific research goals currently at work can be summed up as follows: 

> Quantify the impacts of climate change and specifically changes of the thermal structure on pelagic communities through lake-specific and multi-lake approaches
> Identify key patterns of biodiversity dynamics (reference states, turn-over and tipping points) and relate them to environmental and anthropogenic drivers
> Determine the responses of littoral ecological communities to local and global stressors
> Fish population responses to global and local changes
> Focus on cyanobacterial blooms