Sentinel-2 Reveals Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Iseo (Italy)

Poster at LPS 2019, Milan

Introduction
To investigate the dynamics of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in lakes is a
challenging topic due to the complex processes involved in SAV successional
patterns. SAV acts as ecosystem engineer; however, SAV is also extremely sensitive
to human perturbations (i.e. eutrophication). Accordingly, understanding the
spatio-temporal drivers is useful for elaborate better management practices.

Aims & Hypotheses
Or aims are: 1) to map the distribution of submerged rooted macrophytes of Iseo
Lake in the period from 2015 to 2017; and 2) to evaluate their spatio–temporal
dynamics. Our main hypothesis is that macrophyte beds are characterized by notnegligible
variations in colonized areas, with an high intrinsic cover-abundance
dynamicity.