Paul Colinvaux and his Ecuadorian student Miriam Steinitz-Kannan were the first modern scientists to study limnology in Ecuador in the 1960s and 1970s. Fifty years later, Steinitz-Kannan continues this research along with many collaborators, focusing on Andean, Amazonian, and Galapagos lakes, particularly their paleolimnology, physical/chemical parameters, and plankton communities. Historically, Ecuador’s inland and Pacific waters were studied and described by European explorers, including Juan de Velasco, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin. In modern times, other Europeans followed Colinvaux and Steinitz-Kannan. In the 1990s, Dean Jacobsen extended limnologic studies to Ecuadorian stream ecology, focusing on macroinvertebrates from streams covering wide environmental gradients. In the 2000s, Günter Gunkel intensively studied several Andean lakes in northern Ecuador. In the 2010s, Willem Van Colen and Ecuadorian colleagues continued limnologic research in Andean lakes located in Azuay and Imbabura provinces. The Instituto Antárctico Ecuatoriano has, and continues to, conduct limnological research in Ecuador’s Antarctic territory on Greenwich Island. Going forward, Ecuadorian universities are training their students to take the research initiative, inspiring a limnologic renaissance at a critical time when the country’s water resources are increasingly threatened by climate change and human impacts.

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厄瓜多尔湖沼学的历史：该国不断发展的领域的基础

Paul Colinvaux 和他的厄瓜多尔学生 Miriam Steinitz-Kannan 是 1960 年代和 1970 年代第一批在厄瓜多尔研究湖沼学的现代科学家。五十年后，Steinitz-Kannan 与许多合作者一起继续这项研究，重点是安第斯、亚马逊和加拉帕戈斯湖，特别是它们的古湖泊学、物理/化学参数和浮游生物群落。从历史上看，厄瓜多尔的内陆和太平洋水域被欧洲探险家研究和描述，包括胡安·德·贝拉斯科、亚历山大·冯·洪堡和查尔斯·达尔文。在近代，其他欧洲人追随科林沃和斯坦尼茨-卡南。在 1990 年代，Dean Jacobsen 将湖沼学研究扩展到厄瓜多尔河流生态学，重点研究涵盖广泛环境梯度的河流中的大型无脊椎动物。在 2000 年代，Günter Gunkel 深入研究了厄瓜多尔北部的几个安第斯湖泊。在 2010 年代，Willem Van Colen 和厄瓜多尔的同事继续在位于 Azuay 和 Imbabura 省的安第斯湖中进行湖沼学研究。Instituto Antárctico Ecuatoriano 已经并将继续在厄瓜多尔位于格林威治岛的南极领土上进行湖沼学研究。展望未来，厄瓜多尔大学正在培训学生采取研究主动性，在该国水资源日益受到气候变化和人类影响威胁的关键时刻激发湖沼学复兴。在厄瓜多尔位于格林威治岛的南极领土上进行湖沼学研究。展望未来，厄瓜多尔大学正在培训学生采取研究主动性，在该国水资源日益受到气候变化和人类影响威胁的关键时刻激发湖沼学复兴。在厄瓜多尔位于格林威治岛的南极领土上进行湖沼学研究。展望未来，厄瓜多尔大学正在培训学生采取研究主动性，在该国水资源日益受到气候变化和人类影响威胁的关键时刻激发湖沼学复兴。