Reservoir establishment results in the submersion of soils and vegetation. Their ecological evolution follows 3 main phases.- Initial: carbon and nutrients stored in living and dead vegetation biomass supply for a rise of the trophic level and productivity of the lake. During this phase, named « trophic upsurge », which duration and intensity are variable, water anoxia, CO2 and CH4 emissions also rise especially when temperature is high.- Mean Term: Water level fluctuates according to seasonal energy needs. Waves erode submerged soils along the shoreline. If the slope is steeper than 5%, soils are redistributed downslope and this flux contributes to the trophic upsurge and to sediment accumulation. These phenomena have been poorly studied a...