Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes
Dominance by cyanobacteria hampers human use of lakes and reservoirs worldwide. Previous studies indicate that excessive nutrient loading and warmer conditions promote dominance by cyanobacteria, but evidence from global scale field data has so far been scarce. Our analysis, based on a study of 143...
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ftunivleuven:oai:lirias.kuleuven.be:123456789/343781 2023-05-15T18:28:25+02:00 Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes Kosten, Sarian Huszar, Vera L. M Becares, Eloy Costa, Luciana S van Donk, Ellen Hansson, Lars-Anders Jeppesenk, Erik Kruk, Carla Lacerot, Gissell Mazzeo, Nestor De Meester, Luc Moss, Brian Lurling, Miquel Noges, Tiina Romo, Susana Scheffer, Marten 2012-01 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/343781 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02488.x en eng Blackwell Science COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA Global Change Biology vol:18 issue:1 pages:118-126 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/343781 1354-1013 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02488.x 1365-2486 climate change cyanobacteria europe light nutrients phytoplankton shade south america temperature trophic state fish community structure phytoplankton community mesocosm experiments blooms nitrogen nutrient phosphorus eutrophication Description (Metadata) only IT article 2012 ftunivleuven https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02488.x 2017-06-02T19:22:17Z Dominance by cyanobacteria hampers human use of lakes and reservoirs worldwide. Previous studies indicate that excessive nutrient loading and warmer conditions promote dominance by cyanobacteria, but evidence from global scale field data has so far been scarce. Our analysis, based on a study of 143 lakes along a latitudinal transect ranging from subarctic Europe to southern South America, shows that although warmer climates do not result in higher overall phytoplankton biomass, the percentage of the total phytoplankton biovolume attributable to cyanobacteria increases steeply with temperature. Our results also reveal that the percent cyanobacteria is greater in lakes with high rates of light absorption. This points to a positive feedback because restriction of light availability is often a consequence of high phytoplankton biovolume, which in turn may be driven by nutrient loading. Our results indicate a synergistic effect of nutrients and climate. The implications are that in a future warmer climate, nutrient concentrations may have to be reduced substantially from present values in many lakes if cyanobacterial dominance is to be controlled. status: published Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic KU Leuven: Lirias Global Change Biology 18 1 118 126 |
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Dominance by cyanobacteria hampers human use of lakes and reservoirs worldwide. Previous studies indicate that excessive nutrient loading and warmer conditions promote dominance by cyanobacteria, but evidence from global scale field data has so far been scarce. Our analysis, based on a study of 143 lakes along a latitudinal transect ranging from subarctic Europe to southern South America, shows that although warmer climates do not result in higher overall phytoplankton biomass, the percentage of the total phytoplankton biovolume attributable to cyanobacteria increases steeply with temperature. Our results also reveal that the percent cyanobacteria is greater in lakes with high rates of light absorption. This points to a positive feedback because restriction of light availability is often a consequence of high phytoplankton biovolume, which in turn may be driven by nutrient loading. Our results indicate a synergistic effect of nutrients and climate. The implications are that in a future warmer climate, nutrient concentrations may have to be reduced substantially from present values in many lakes if cyanobacterial dominance is to be controlled. status: published |
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Kosten, Sarian Huszar, Vera L. M Becares, Eloy Costa, Luciana S van Donk, Ellen Hansson, Lars-Anders Jeppesenk, Erik Kruk, Carla Lacerot, Gissell Mazzeo, Nestor De Meester, Luc Moss, Brian Lurling, Miquel Noges, Tiina Romo, Susana Scheffer, Marten |
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Kosten, Sarian Huszar, Vera L. M Becares, Eloy Costa, Luciana S van Donk, Ellen Hansson, Lars-Anders Jeppesenk, Erik Kruk, Carla Lacerot, Gissell Mazzeo, Nestor De Meester, Luc Moss, Brian Lurling, Miquel Noges, Tiina Romo, Susana Scheffer, Marten |
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Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes |
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Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes |
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