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- Andersson, Björn, 1985, et al.
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Cross-contamination risks in sediment-based resurrection studies of phytoplankton
- 2022
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 8:2, s. 376-84
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Resurrection studies can answer some fundamental questions in aquatic ecology and evolutionary biology. For phytoplankton resting stages, longevity of thousands to millions of years has recently been reported. However, contamination during sediment sampling could distort these estimates, and this risk has not been systematically evaluated. Here we used 4.5 mu m diameter microspheres to quantify contamination while reviving the resting stages of seven abundant estuarine diatom and cyanobacterial taxa. We observed a sharp decline in resting stages abundance from 10(6) (g wet sediment)(-1) at the surface to < 0.8 (g wet sediment)(-1) at 12.5 cm depth. Added microspheres (similar to 4.5 x 10(7) cm(-2)) were translocated even deeper down the sediment and could well explain the vertical distributions and abundances of revived cells. Without this control, we could have claimed to have revived seven multi-decades to centennial-old taxa. Our findings suggest that improved contamination controls are needed for sediment core sampling of rare cells, microfossils, or DNA molecules.
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- Arnott, Shelley E., et al.
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Widespread variation in salt tolerance within freshwater zooplankton species reduces the predictability of community-level salt tolerance
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 8:1, s. 8-18
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The salinization of freshwaters is a global threat to aquatic biodiversity. We quantified variation in chloride (Cl-) tolerance of 19 freshwater zooplankton species in four countries to answer three questions: (1) How much variation in Cl- tolerance is present among populations? (2) What factors predict intraspecific variation in Cl- tolerance? (3) Must we account for intraspecific variation to accurately predict community Cl- tolerance? We conducted field mesocosm experiments at 16 sites and compiled acute LC(50)s from published laboratory studies. We found high variation in LC(50)s for Cl- tolerance in multiple species, which, in the experiment, was only explained by zooplankton community composition. Variation in species-LC50 was high enough that at 45% of lakes, community response was not predictable based on species tolerances measured at other sites. This suggests that water quality guidelines should be based on multiple populations and communities to account for large intraspecific variation in Cl- tolerance.
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- Attard, Karl M., et al.
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Seasonal ecosystem metabolism across shallow benthic habitats measured by aquatic eddy covariance
- 2019
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 4:3, s. 79-86
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Shallow benthic habitats are hotspots for carbon cycling and energy flow, but metabolism (primary production and respiration) dynamics and habitat-specific differences remain poorly understood. We investigated daily, seasonal, and annual metabolism in six key benthic habitats in the Baltic Sea using similar to 2900h of in situ aquatic eddy covariance oxygen flux measurements. Rocky substrates had the highest metabolism rates. Habitat-specific annual primary production per m(2) was in the order Fucus vesiculosus canopy>Mytilus trossulus reef>Zostera marina canopy>mixed macrophytes canopy>sands, whereas respiration was in the order M. trossulus>F. vesiculosus>Z. marina>mixed macrophytes> sands>aphotic sediments. Winter metabolism contributed 22-31% of annual rates. Spatial upscaling revealed that benthic habitats drive >90% of ecosystem metabolism in waters <= 5 m depth, highlighting their central role in carbon and nutrient cycling in shallow waters.
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- Bachimanchi, Harshith, et al.
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Deep-learning-powered data analysis in plankton ecology
- 2024
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In: Limnology And Oceanography Letters. - 2378-2242.
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The implementation of deep learning algorithms has brought new perspectives to plankton ecology. Emerging as an alternative approach to established methods, deep learning offers objective schemes to investigate plankton organisms in diverse environments. We provide an overview of deep-learning-based methods including detection and classification of phytoplankton and zooplankton images, foraging and swimming behavior analysis, and finally ecological modeling. Deep learning has the potential to speed up the analysis and reduce the human experimental bias, thus enabling data acquisition at relevant temporal and spatial scales with improved reproducibility. We also discuss shortcomings and show how deep learning architectures have evolved to mitigate imprecise readouts. Finally, we suggest opportunities where deep learning is particularly likely to catalyze plankton research. The examples are accompanied by detailed tutorials and code samples that allow readers to apply the methods described in this review to their own data.
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- Balathandayuthabani, Sivakiruthika, et al.
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Aquatic carbon fluxes in a hemiboreal catchment are predictable from landscape morphology, temperature, and runoff
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 8:2, s. 313-22
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Aquatic networks contribute greenhouse gases and lateral carbon (C) export from catchments. The magnitudes of these fluxes exceed the global land C sink but are uncertain. Resolving this uncertainty is important for understanding climate feedbacks. We quantified vertical methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from lakes and streams, and lateral export of dissolved inorganic and organic carbon from a hemiboreal catchment for 3 yr. Lateral C fluxes dominated the total aquatic C flux. All aquatic C fluxes were disproportionately contributed from spatially restricted areas and/or short-term events. Hence, consideration of local and episodic variability is vital. Temperature and runoff were the main temporal drivers for lake and stream C emissions, respectively. Whole-catchment aquatic C emissions scaled linearly with these drivers within timeframes of stable land-cover. Hence, temperature and runoff increase across Northern Hemisphere humid areas from climate change may yield proportional increases in aquatic C fluxes.
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- Bonaglia, Stefano, 1983, et al.
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High methane emissions from an anoxic fjord driven by mixing and oxygenation : High methane emissions from fjords
- 2022
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 7:5, s. 392-400
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Oceanic methane (CH4) budgets lack data from high-latitude fjords that often behave as intermittently anoxic ecosystems with potentially high methane emissions. We conducted 15 expeditions and 49 in situ lander deployments in an anoxic Scandinavian fjord between 2009 and 2021. Benthic fluxes were highest at the deepest anoxic site (average 516μmol CH4 m−2 d−1), supporting bottom water methane exceeding 5000nM. Natural and engineered mixing events displaced methane-rich bottom waters, enhancing upper water concentrations and driving high sea–air flux reaching 641μmol CH4 m−2 d−1. Mixing also reduced pelagic methane oxidation from 70% to 20% of all methane sources into the fjord. Upscaling of literature fluxes combined with our results suggests that fjords globally emit 1.0±0.8 Tg CH4 yr−1. Despite their small global area, fjords are hotspots of methane release. We suggest that ongoing deoxygenation and global change will enhance methane emissions from fjords.
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- Cabral dos Santos, Alex, 1990, et al.
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Carbon and alkalinity outwelling across the groundwater-creek-shelf continuum off Amazonian mangroves
- 2021
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In: Limnology And Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 6:6, s. 369-378
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Lateral fluxes (i.e., outwelling) of dissolved organic (DOC) and inorganic (DIC) carbon and total alkalinity were estimated using radium isotopes at the groundwater, mangrove creek, and continental shelf scales in the Amazon region. Observations of salinity and radium isotopes in the creek indicated tidally driven groundwater exchange as the main source of carbon. Radium-derived transport rates indicate that mangrove carbon is exported out of the continental shelf on timescales of 22 ± 7d. Bicarbonate was the main form (82% ± 11%) of total dissolved carbon in all samples, followed by DOC (13% ± 12%) and CO2 (5% ± 4%). DIC (18.7 ± 15.7 mmol m−2d−1) exceeded DOC (3.0 ± 4.1 mmol m−2d−1) outwelling at all spatial scales. The interpretation of outwelling across the mangrove-ocean continuum is related to the spatial and temporal scales investigated. At all scales, outwelling represented a major coastal carbon pathway driving bicarbonate storage in the ocean.
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- Cael, Brendan B., et al.
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A theory for the relationship between lake surface area and maximum depth
- 2022
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 7:6, s. 527-533
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Maximum depth is crucial for many lake processes and biota, but attempts to explain its variation have achieved little predictive power. In this paper, we describe the probability distribution of maximum depths based on recent developments in the theory of fractal Brownian motions. The theoretical distribution is right-tailed and adequately captures variations in maximum depth in a dataset of 8164 lakes (maximum depths 0.1–135 m) from the northeastern United States. Maximum depth increases with surface area, but with substantial random variation—the 95% prediction interval spans more than an order of magnitude for lakes with any specific surface area. Our results explain the observed variability in lake maximum depths, capture the link between topographic characteristics and lake bathymetry, and provide a means to upscale maximum depth-dependent processes, which we illustrate by upscaling the diffusive flux of methane from northern lakes to the atmosphere.
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- Call, Mitchell, et al.
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Radon-traced pore-water as a potential source of CO2 and CH4 to receding black and clear water environments in the Amazon Basin
- 2018
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 2378-2242. ; 3:5, s. 375-383
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Abstract Groundwater is a primary source of dissolved CO2 and CH4 in Amazonian headwaters, yet in higher order rivers, a groundwater/pore-water source is difficult to constrain due to the high spatial and temporal heterogeneity of pore-water exchange. Here, we report coupled, high resolution measurements of pCO2, CH4, and 222Rn (a natural pore-water and groundwater tracer) during receding waters in the three major water types of the Central Amazon Basin: black (Negro River); clear (Tapajós River); white (Madeira River). Considerable spatial heterogeneity was observed in pCO2, CH4, and 222Rn concentrations ranging from 460 ?atm to 8030 ?atm, 7 nM to 281 nM, and 713 dpm m?3 to 8516 dpm m?3, respectively. The significant correlations between pCO2 and CH4 to 222Rn in the black and clear waters suggests that pore-water further enhanced CO2 supersaturation by 18?47% and is a driver of CH4 dynamics in these waters.
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- Callisto Puts, Isolde, et al.
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Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 8:4, s. 628-638
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We tested interactive effects of warming (+2°C) and browning on periphyton accrual and pigment composition when grown on a synthetic substrate (plastic strips) in the euphotic zone of 16 experimental ponds. We found that increased colored dissolved organic matter (cDOM) and associated nutrients alone, or in combination with warming, resulted in a substantially enhanced biomass accrual of periphyton, and a comparatively smaller increase in phytoplankton. This illustrates that periphyton is capable of using nutrients associated with cDOM, and by this may affect nutrient availability for phytoplankton. However, warming weakened the positive impact of browning on periphyton accrual, possibly by thermal compensation inferred from altered pigment composition, and/or changes in community composition. Our results illustrate multiple impacts of climate change on algal growth, which could have implications for productivity and consumer resource use, especially in shallow areas in northern lakes.
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- Chen, X. G., et al.
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Pore-water exchange flushes blue carbon from intertidal saltmarsh sediments into the sea
- 2022
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 7:4, s. 312-320
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We quantified whether pore-water exchange flushes out saltmarsh sediment carbon, driving carbon outwelling into the ocean and outgassing into the atmosphere. Radon-derived pore-water exchange released 1.8 times more sediment carbon in the wet than in dry season. Both crab burrow flushing and delayed seepage of surface water infiltrating sediments during the spring tide released sediment carbon to surface waters. The outwelling flux of dissolved inorganic carbon exceeded dissolved organic carbon. Carbon dioxide and methane emissions were 169 and 0.25 mmol m(-2) d(-1), respectively. Pore-water carbon fluxes exceeded carbon outwelling. This requires some carbon processing within the saltmarsh (e.g., degradation or outgassing to the atmosphere) before pore-water carbon is exported to the ocean. Overall, pore-water exchange and outwelling are key components of saltmarsh carbon budgets and should be considered when assessing their carbon sequestration potential and strategies to mitigate climate change.
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- Dahl, Martin, et al.
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Effects of seagrass overgrazing on sediment erosion and carbon sink capacity : Current understanding and future priorities
- 2021
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 6:6, s. 309-319
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We searched the literature for experimental and observational studies assessing the effects of seagrass overgrazing on erosion of sediment and sedimentary organic carbon (SOC) and found that most studies reported a significant impact, likely caused by a cascading effect (i.e., seagrass shoot loss -> belowground biomass degradation -> sediment destabilization or SOC erosion). However, there appears to be a clear lack of knowledge on the extent and mechanisms behind SOC erosion in seagrass meadows and we highlight the need for research to (1) define spatial and temporal scales of occurrence; (2) assess the influence of belowground biomass degradation, sediment characteristics, and hydrodynamic exposure on sediment stabilization; and (3) estimate the greenhouse gas emission after a disturbance. Such information would help coastal resource managers to address the causes and effects of SOC loss and sediment erosion when evaluating impacts of global change on coastal ecosystems.
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- Denfeld, Blaize A., et al.
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A synthesis of carbon dioxide and methane dynamics during the ice-covered period of northern lakes
- 2018
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 3:3, s. 117-131
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The ice‐covered period on lakes in the northern hemisphere has often been neglected or assumed to have less importance relative to the open water season. However, recent studies challenge this convention, suggesting that the winter period is more dynamic than previously thought. In this review, we synthesize the current understanding of under‐ice carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) dynamics, highlighting the annual importance of CO2 and CH4 emissions from lakes at ice‐melt. We compiled data from 25 studies that showed that the ice‐melt period represents 17% and 27% of the annual CO2 and CH4 emissions, respectively. We also found evidence that the magnitude and type of emission (i.e., CO2 and CH4) varies with characteristics of lakes including geographic location, lake morphometry, and physicochemical conditions. The scarcity of winter and spring carbon data from northern lakes represents a major gap in our understanding of annual budgets in these lakes and calls for future research during this key period.
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- Fork, Megan L., et al.
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Dissolved organic matter regulates nutrient limitation and growth of benthic algae in northern lakes through interacting effects on nutrient and light availability
- 2020
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 5:6, s. 417-424
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Widespread increases in dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration across northern lakes can alter rates of primary production by increasing nutrient availability and decreasing light availability. These dual effects of DOM generate a unimodal relationship in pelagic primary production and primary producer biomass among lakes over a gradient of DOM concentration. However, the responses of benthic algae to variation in DOM loading are less clear because of their potential to access sediment nutrients. We tested algal production and nutrient limitation along a DOM gradient in northern Sweden. Without added nutrients, benthic algal production showed a unimodal relationship with DOM, similar to reported pelagic responses. Nutrient addition revealed widespread nitrogen limitation, with decreasing severity in lakes with higher DOM. Because the majority of northern Swedish lakes currently fall below the inflection point in this unimodal relationship, moderate increases in DOM have the potential to increase benthic primary production, particularly for epilithic algae.
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- Futter, Martyn, et al.
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Pipes or chimneys? For carbon cycling in small boreal lakes, precipitation matters most
- 2018
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 3, s. 275-284
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Are small lakes passive pipes transporting terrigenous organic carbon (dissolved organic carbon [DOC]), or chimneys for CO2 release in the landscape? Using a unique combination of 30-yr measurements, sediment dating and modeling of a small humic lake and its catchment in southeast Norway, we calculated lateral DOC fluxes and in-lake retention. Concentrations and fluxes rose significantly, driven by declining sulfur deposition and increased precipitation. In-lake retention (% of inputs) declined because of higher discharge and lower residence times. DOC removal rates were not sensitive to residence time. Modeled in-lake DOC removal was driven primarily by microbial metabolism and, secondarily, by flocculation, suggesting that the likely fate of lake-retained DOC is CO2 evasion to the atmosphere. Precipitation was the overriding landscape control on DOC fluxes and retention. In a wetter climate, small northern lakes will, on balance, function more as pipes than chimneys, with increasing lateral DOC fluxes but little change in CO2 production.
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- Gerhard, Miriam, et al.
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Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems : Avenues for future multifactorial experiments
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 8:2, s. 247-266
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The relevance of considering environmental variability for understanding and predicting biological responses to environmental changes has resulted in a recent surge in variability-focused ecological research. However, integration of findings that emerge across studies and identification of remaining knowledge gaps in aquatic ecosystems remain critical. Here, we address these aspects by: (1) summarizing relevant terms of variability research including the components (characteristics) of variability and key interactions when considering multiple environmental factors; (2) identifying conceptual frameworks for understanding the consequences of environmental variability in single and multifactorial scenarios; (3) highlighting challenges for bridging theoretical and experimental studies involving transitioning from simple to more complex scenarios; (4) proposing improved approaches to overcome current mismatches between theoretical predictions and experimental observations; and (5) providing a guide for designing integrated experiments across multiple scales, degrees of control, and complexity in light of their specific strengths and limitations.
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- Gudasz, Cristian, 1973-, et al.
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Contributions of terrestrial organic carbon to northern lake sediments
- 2017
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 2:6, s. 218-227
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Sediments of northern lakes sequester large amounts of organic carbon (OC), but direct evidence of the relative importance of their sources is lacking. We used stable isotope ratios of nonexchangeable hydrogen (δ2Hn) in topsoil, algae, and surface sediments in order to measure the relative contribution of terrestrial OC in surface sediments of 14 mountainous arctic and lowland boreal lakes in Sweden. The terrestrial contribution to the sediment OC pool was on average 66% (range 46–80) and similar between arctic and boreal lakes. Proxies for the supply of terrestrial and algal OC explained trends in the relative contribution of terrestrial OC across lakes. However, the data suggest divergent predominant sources for terrestrial OC of sediments in Swedish lakes, with dissolved matter dominating in lowland boreal lakes and particulate OC in mountainous arctic lakes.
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- Hawkes, Jeffrey A., et al.
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Extreme isomeric complexity of dissolved organic matter found across aquatic environments
- 2018
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 3:2, s. 21-30
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The natural aquatic environment contains an enormous pool of dissolved reduced carbon, present as ultra‐complex mixtures that are constituted by an unknown number of compounds at vanishingly small concentrations. We attempted to separate individual structural isomers from several samples using online reversed‐phase chromatography with selected ion monitoring/tandem mass spectrometry, but found that isomeric complexity still presented a boundary to investigation even after chromatographic simplification of the samples. However, it was possible to determine that the structural complexity differed among samples. Our results also suggest that extreme structural complexity was a ubiquitous feature of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in all aquatic systems, meaning that this diversity may play similar roles for recalcitrance and degradation of DOM in all tested environments.
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- Hebert, Marie-Pier, et al.
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Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 8:1, s. 19-29
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Human-induced salinization increasingly threatens inland waters; yet we know little about the multifaceted response of lake communities to salt contamination. By conducting a coordinated mesocosm experiment of lake salinization across 16 sites in North America and Europe, we quantified the response of zooplankton abundance and (taxonomic and functional) community structure to a broad gradient of environmentally relevant chloride concentrations, ranging from 4 to ca. 1400 mg Cl- L-1. We found that crustaceans were distinctly more sensitive to elevated chloride than rotifers; yet, rotifers did not show compensatory abundance increases in response to crustacean declines. For crustaceans, our among-site comparisons indicate: (1) highly consistent decreases in abundance and taxon richness with salinity; (2) widespread chloride sensitivity across major taxonomic groups (Cladocera, Cyclopoida, and Calanoida); and (3) weaker loss of functional than taxonomic diversity. Overall, our study demonstrates that aggregate properties of zooplankton communities can be adversely affected at chloride concentrations relevant to anthropogenic salinization in lakes.
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- Hedberg, Per, 1978-, et al.
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Variation in fatty acid content among benthic invertebrates in a seasonally driven system
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 8:5, s. 751-759
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- At temperate latitudes where seasonal changing environmental conditions strongly affect the magnitude, duration and species composition of pelagic primary production, macrobenthic organisms living below the photic zone rely on the sedimentation of organic matter as their primary energy source. The succession from nutritious spring blooms to summer cyanobacteria is assumed to reduce food quality for benthic primary consumers and their fatty acid (FA) profiles. In contrast, we find low seasonal variability in FA content of five benthic macroinvertebrates spanning two trophic levels in the Baltic Sea, a system with high seasonal variation in phytoplankton species composition. However, levels of the major FA groups vary greatly between benthic species. The results suggest that benthic macroinvertebrates have evolved FA metabolism adapted to degraded sedimenting material. Moreover, our study shows that species composition of benthic macrofauna rather than seasonal changing conditions affect availability of essential nutrients to higher trophic levels.
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- Isles, Peter D. F., et al.
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Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation
- 2023
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 8:4, s. 639-648
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In recent years, unexplained declines in lake total phosphorus (TP) concentrations have been observed at northern latitudes (> 42°N latitude) where most of the world's lakes are found. We compiled data from 389 lakes in Fennoscandia and eastern North America to investigate the effects of climate on lake TP concentrations. Synchrony in year-to-year variability is an indicator of climatic influences on lake TP, because other major influences on nutrients (e.g., land use change) are not likely to affect all lakes in the same year. We identified significant synchrony in lake TP both within and among different geographic regions. Using a bootstrapped random forest analysis, we identified winter temperature as the most important factor controlling annual TP, followed by summer precipitation. In Fennoscandia, TP was negatively correlated with the winter East Atlantic Pattern, which is associated with regionally warmer winters. Our results suggest that, in the absence of other overriding factors, lake TP and productivity may decline with continued winter warming in northern lakes.
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- Karlsson, Jan, 1974-, et al.
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Ice-melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear-water Arctic lakes
- 2024
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2378-2242. ; 9:2, s. 112-118
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Current estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) evasion from Arctic lakes are highly uncertain because few studies integrate seasonal variability, specifically evasion during spring ice-melt. We quantified annual CO2 evasion for 14 clear-water Arctic lakes in Northern Sweden through mass balance (ice-melt period) and high-frequency loggers (open-water period). On average, 80% (SD: ± 18) of annual CO2 evasion occurred within 10 d following ice-melt. The contribution of the ice-melt period to annual CO2 evasion was high compared to earlier studies of Arctic lakes (47% ± 32%). Across all lakes, the proportion of ice-melt : annual CO2 evasion was negatively related to the dissolved organic carbon concentration and positively related to the mean depth of the lakes. The results emphasize the need for measurements of CO2 exchange at ice-melt to accurately quantify CO2 evasion from Arctic lakes.
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- Knoll, Lesley B., et al.
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Consequences of lake and river ice loss on cultural ecosystem services
- 2019
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley Periodicals Inc.. - 2378-2242. ; 4:5, s. 119-131
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- People extensively use lakes and rivers covered by seasonal ice. Although ice cover duration has been declining over the past 150 years for Northern Hemisphere freshwaters, we know relatively little about how ice loss directly affects humans. Here, we synthesize the cultural ecosystem services (i.e., services that provide intangible or nonmaterial benefits) and associated benefits supported by inland ice. We also provide, for the first time, empirical examples that give quantitative evidence for a winter warming effect on a wide range of ice-related cultural ecosystem services and benefits. We show that in recent decades, warmer air temperatures delayed the opening date of winter ice roads and led to cancellations of spiritual ceremonies, outdoor ice skating races, and ice fishing tournaments. Additionally, our synthesis effort suggests unexploited data sets that allow for the use of integrative approaches to evaluate the interplay between inland ice loss and society.
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- Kritzberg, Emma S
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Centennial-long trends of lake browning show major effect of afforestation
- 2017
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - : Wiley. - 2378-2242. ; 2:4, s. 105-112
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Observations of increasing water color and organic carbon concentrations in lakes are widespread across the Northern Hemisphere. The drivers of these trends are debated. Declining atmospheric sulfur deposition has been put forward as an important underlying factor, since recovery from acidification enhances mobility of organic matter from surrounding soils. This would suggest that the current browning represents a return to a more natural state. This study explores historical lake data from Sweden—1935 to 2015—providing a unique opportunity to see how and why water color has varied during almost a century. The data shows that sulfur deposition has not been the primary driver of water color trends over this period. I propose that the observed browning is to a large extent driven by a major transition from agriculture to forestry.
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- Laudon, Hjalmar
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Establishing fluvial silicon regimes and their stability across the Northern Hemisphere
- 2024
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In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. - 2378-2242. ; 9, s. 237-246
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Fluvial silicon (Si) plays a critical role in controlling primary production, water quality, and carbon sequestration through supporting freshwater and marine diatom communities. Geological, biogeochemical, and hydrological processes, as well as climate and land use, dictate the amount of Si exported by streams. Understanding Si regimes-the seasonal patterns of Si concentrations-can help identify processes driving Si export. We analyzed Si concentrations from over 200 stream sites across the Northern Hemisphere to establish distinct Si regimes and evaluated how often sites moved among regimes over their period of record. We observed five distinct regimes across diverse stream sites, with nearly 60% of sites exhibiting multiple regime types over time. Our results indicate greater spatial and interannual variability in Si seasonality than previously recognized and highlight the need to characterize the watershed and climate variables that affect Si cycling across diverse ecosystems.
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