Journal article
Ecology under lake ice
Ecology letters, Vol.20(1), pp.98-111
01/2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110122
PMID: 27889953
Abstract
Winter conditions are rapidly changing in temperate ecosystems, particularly for those that experience periods of snow and ice cover. Relatively little is known of winter ecology in these systems, due to a historical research focus on summer 'growing seasons'. We executed the first global quantitative synthesis on under-ice lake ecology, including 36 abiotic and biotic variables from 42 research groups and 101 lakes, examining seasonal differences and connections as well as how seasonal differences vary with geophysical factors. Plankton were more abundant under ice than expected; mean winter values were 43.2% of summer values for chlorophyll a, 15.8% of summer phytoplankton biovolume and 25.3% of summer zooplankton density. Dissolved nitrogen concentrations were typically higher during winter, and these differences were exaggerated in smaller lakes. Lake size also influenced winter-summer patterns for dissolved organic carbon (DOC), with higher winter DOC in smaller lakes. At coarse levels of taxonomic aggregation, phytoplankton and zooplankton community composition showed few systematic differences between seasons, although literature suggests that seasonal differences are frequently lake-specific, species-specific, or occur at the level of functional group. Within the subset of lakes that had longer time series, winter influenced the subsequent summer for some nutrient variables and zooplankton biomass.
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- Title
- Ecology under lake ice
- Creators
- Stephanie E Hampton - Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USAAaron W E Galloway - Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Charleston, OR, USAStephen M Powers - Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USATed Ozersky - Department of Biology & Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USAKara H Woo - Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USARyan D Batt - Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USAStephanie G Labou - Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USACatherine M O'Reilly - Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USASapna Sharma - Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, CanadaNoah R Lottig - Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Boulder Junction, WI, USAEmily H Stanley - Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USARebecca L North - Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaJason D Stockwell - Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USARita Adrian - Department of Ecosystem Research, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, GermanyGesa A Weyhenmeyer - Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenLauri Arvola - Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Lammi, FinlandHelen M Baulch - School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaIsabella Bertani - Water Center, Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USALarry L Bowman, Jr - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USACayelan C Carey - Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USAJordi Catalan - CREAF, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Cerdanyola, SpainWilliam Colom-Montero - Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenLeah M Domine - Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul MN, USAMarisol Felip - Department of Ecology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainIgnacio Granados - Centre for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Rascafría, SpainCorinna Gries - Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USAHans-Peter Grossart - Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam University, Potsdam, GermanyJuta Haberman - Centre for Limnology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, EstoniaMarina Haldna - Centre for Limnology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, EstoniaBrian Hayden - Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, CanadaScott N Higgins - IISD Experimental Lakes Area, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaJeff C Jolley - Columbia River Fisheries Program Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vancouver, WA, USAKimmo K Kahilainen - Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandEnn Kaup - Institute of Geology, Department of Isotope Paleoclimatology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaMichael J Kehoe - School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaSally MacIntyre - Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USAAnson W Mackay - Department of Geography, University College London, London, UKHeather L Mariash - National Wildlife Research Centre, Science and Technology Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, CanadaRobert M McKay - Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USABrigitte Nixdorf - Department of Freshwater Conservation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg, Bad Saarow, GermanyPeeter Nõges - Centre for Limnology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, EstoniaTiina Nõges - Centre for Limnology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, EstoniaMichelle Palmer - Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, ON, CanadaDon C Pierson - Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenDavid M Post - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USAMatthew J Pruett - Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USAMilla Rautio - Department of Fundamental Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, CanadaJordan S Read - Office of Water Information, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI, USASarah L Roberts - School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKJacqueline Rücker - Department of Freshwater Conservation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg, Bad Saarow, GermanySteven Sadro - Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USAEugene A Silow - Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian FederationDerek E Smith - Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USARobert W Sterner - Department of Biology & Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USAGeorge E A Swann - School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKMaxim A Timofeyev - Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian FederationManuel Toro - Department of Aquatic Environment, Centre for Hydrographic Studies CEDEX, Madrid, SpainMichael R Twiss - Department of Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USARichard J Vogt - Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, CanadaSusan B Watson - Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Burlington, ON, CanadaErika J Whiteford - Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UKMarguerite A Xenopoulos - Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
- Publication Details
- Ecology letters, Vol.20(1), pp.98-111
- Academic Unit
- Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 99900547038801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article