Water level and fish-mediated cascading effects on the microbial community in eutrophic warm shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment

2014-11-01
ÖZEN, ARDA
Bucak, Tuba
Tavsanoglu, Ulku Nihan
Cakiroglu, Ayse Idil
Levi, Eti Ester
Coppens, Jan
Jeppesen, Erik
Beklioğlu, Meryem
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Information on the effects of water level changes on microbial planktonic communities in lakes is limited but vital for understanding ecosystem dynamics in Mediterranean lakes subjected to major intra- and inter-annual variations in water level. We performed an in situ mesocosm experiment in an eutrophic Turkish lake at two different depths crossed with presence/absence of fish in order to explore the effects of water level variations and the role of top-down regulation at contrasting depths. Strong effects of fish were found on zooplankton, weakening through the food chain to ciliates, HNF and bacterioplankton, whereas the effect of water level variations was overall modest. Presence of fish resulted in lower biomass of zooplankton and higher biomasses of phytoplankton, ciliates and total plankton. The cascading effects of fish were strongest in the shallow mesocosms as evidenced by a lower zooplankton contribution to total plankton biomass and lower zooplankton:ciliate and HNF:bacteria biomass ratios. Our results suggest that a lowering of the water level in warm shallow lakes will enhance the contribution of bacteria, HNF and ciliates to the plankton biomass, likely due to increased density of submerged macrophytes (less phytoplankton); this effect will, however, be less pronounced in the presence of fish.
Aquatic Science, Pollution, General Environmental Science
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48921
HYDROBIOLOGIA
Department of Biology, Article

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A. ÖZEN et al., “Water level and fish-mediated cascading effects on the microbial community in eutrophic warm shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment,” HYDROBIOLOGIA, pp. 25–35, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48921.
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