Climate-related drivers of nutrient inputs and food web structure in shallow Arctic lake ecosystems

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Edoardo Calizza, Rosamaria Salvatori, David Rossi, Vittorio Pasquali, Giulio Careddu, Simona Sporta Caputi, Deborah Maccapan, Luca Santarelli, Pietro Montemurro, Loreto Rossi, Maria Letizia Costantini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Climate change; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06136-4; https://doaj.org/article/72b70bae28af460f8b22591922076215

Abstract In order to predict the effects of climate change on polar ecosystems, disentangling mechanisms of nutrient transfer in food webs is crucial. We investigated sources of nutrients in tundra lakes, tracing their transfer through the food web and relating the observed patterns to runoff, snow...