Lake Pavin

Télesphore Sime-NgandoLMGE (Laboratoire Micro-organismesGénome et Environnement)UMR 6023 CNRS AndUniversité Clermont AuvergneCampus Universitaire des Cézeaux 63178 Aubière, France

• PART I: LIMNOLOGY, HISTORY AND COMPARATIVE LEGENDS.- 1. Pavin, the birthplace of French limnology (1770-2012), and its degassing controversy (1986-2016) - 2. Pavin, a rich but fragmented history (200 AD - 2016).- 3. Dragons, fairies, miracles and worship at Pavin and other European maar-lakes.- PART II: ORIGIN, VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT.- 4. Volcanism of the Monts Dore (French massif central).- 5. The origin of Lake Pavin: Two centuries of controversy.- 6. Characterization of phreatomagmatic deposits from the eruption of the Pavin maar (France).- 7. Magmatic evolution of Pavin’s group of volcanoes: Petrology, Geochemistry and modeling of differentiation processes. A preliminary study.- 8. Distribution, tephrostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy of the widespread eruptive products of Pavin volcano.- 9. Geology, geomorphology and slope instability of the maar Lake Pavin (Auvergne, French Massif Central).- PART III: GEOCHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES.-10. Lake Pavin mixing: New insights from high resolution continuous measurements.- 11. Carbon cycle in a meromictic crater lake: Lake Pavin, France.- 12. The iron wheel in Lac Pavin: interaction with phosphorus cycle.- PART IV: BIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL ECOLOGY.- 13. The significance of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) for microorganisms in Lake Pavin.- 14. Lake Pavin: a pioneer site for ecological studies of freshwater viruses.-15. Study of prokaryotes and viruses in aquatic ecosystems by metagenetic and metagenomic approaches.- 16. Anaerobic microbial communities and processes involved in the methane cycle in freshwater lakes: a focus on Lake Pavin.- 17. New insights into the microbial contribution to the chlorine cycle in aquatic ecosystems. - 18. The importance of phagotrophic protists in Lake Pavin.- 19. Diversity and biogeography of picoeukaryotes: new insights into the rare biosphere. - 20. Molecular diversity studies in Lake Pavin reveal the ecological importanceof parasitic true fungi in the plankton. -21. History of the fish fauna of Lake Pavin: a population heavily influenced by Man?.- PART V: SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEOLIMNOLOGY.- 22. Lake Pavin sedimentary environments. - 23. Lake Pavin paleolimnology and event stratigraphy.