Factors influencing nitrogen processing in lakes: an experimental approach

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2015-04-01

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Olsen, Saara
Jeppesen,Jeppesen, Erik,Erik
Moss, Brian
Özkan, Korhan
Beklioğlu, Meryem
Feuchtmayr, Heidrun
Gonzalez Sagrario, Maria
Wei,Wei, Li,Li
Larsen, Soren
Lauridsen, Torben S.
Sondergaard, Martin

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To help improve our understanding of the nitrogen cycle in lakes, particularly in the context of climate change, we analysed total nitrogen (TN) and nitrate (NO3--N) data from six mesocosm experiments (in Denmark, U.K., China and Turkey) covering different climatic regions. We assessed the effects of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading, temperature, salinity and water level on N processing. Water column N loss (defined as the nitrogen processed in and lost from the water column in units of net amount processed per unit area and per unit of time, or in relative terms as the percentage loss of the total pool in 2weeks) was particularly sensitive to external nutrient loading to the mesocosms. Mean water column TN loss at high N loading varied from 111 to 250mgm(-2)day(-1) and increased with N loading. High P loading resulted in increased water column N loss, possibly because of increased uptake into plants and attached algae and sedimentation of the increased algal crop. High salinity generally decreased water column TN loss; on average, 10% more TN was in the water column at 12 salinity than at 2 parts per thousand salinity, while no significant effect of water level was found. Only weak relationships were observed between N processing and temperature, and mesocosms limited by P accumulated more nitrogen in their water columns than those with high P loadings. Our results suggest that N processing in lakes appears to be more sensitive to features of the catchment, such as hydrology and loading, than to climatic effects related to temperature, salinity and water level.

Subject Keywords

Climate change, Eutrophication, Nutrient cycling, Salinification, Shallow lake

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31797

Journal

FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12511

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Graduate School of Marine Sciences, Article

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S. Olsen et al., “Factors influencing nitrogen processing in lakes: an experimental approach,” FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, pp. 646–662, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/31797.