Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer

2021-10-01
Donis, Daphne
Mantzouki, Evanthia
McGinnis, Daniel F.
Vachon, Dominic
Gallego, Irene
Grossart, Hans-Peter
Domis, Lisette N. de Senerpont
Teurlincx, Sven
Seelen, Laura
Lurling, Miquel
Verstijnen, Yvon
Maliaka, Valentini
Fonvielle, Jeremy
Visser, Petra M.
Verspagen, Jolanda
van Herk, Maria
Antoniou, Maria G.
Tsiarta, Nikoletta
McCarthy, Valerie
Perello, Victor C.
Machado-Vieira, Danielle
de Oliveira, Alinne Gurjao
Maronic, Dubravka Spoljaric
Stevic, Filip
Pfeiffer, Tanja Zuna
Vucelic, Itana Bokan
Zutinic, Petar
Udovic, Marija Gligora
Blaha, Ludek
GeriS, Rodan
Fankova, Marketa
Christoffersen, Kirsten Seestern
Warming, Trine Perlt
Feldmann, Tonu
Laas, Alo
Panksep, Kristel
Tuvikene, Lea
Kangro, Kersti
Koreiviene, Judita
Karosiene, Jurate
Kasperoviciene, Jurate
Savadova-Ratkus, Ksenija
Vitonyte, Irma
Haggqvist, Kerstin
Salmi, Pauliina
Arvola, Lauri
Rothhaupt, Karl
Avagianos, Christos
Kaloudis, Triantafyllos
Gkelis, Spyros
Panou, Manthos
Triantis, Theodoros
Zervou, Sevasti-Kiriaki
Hiskia, Anastasia
Obertegger, Ulrike
Boscaini, Adriano
Flaim, Giovanna
Salmaso, Nico
Cerasino, Leonardo
Haande, Sigrid
Skjelbred, Birger
Grabowska, Magdalena
Karpowicz, Maciej
Chmura, Damian
Nawrocka, Lidia
Kobos, Justyna
Mazur-Marzec, Hanna
Alcaraz-Parraga, Pablo
Wilk-Wozniak, Elzbieta
Krzton, Wojciech
Walusiak, Edward
Gagala-Borowska, Ilona
Mankiewicz-Boczek, Joana
Toporowska, Magdalena
Pawlik-Skowronska, Barbara
Niedzwiecki, Michal
Napiorkowska-Krzebietke, Agnieszka
Dunalska, Julita
Sienska, Justyna
Szymanski, Daniel
Kruk, Marek
Budzynska, Agnieszka
Goldyn, Ryszard
Kozak, Anna
Rosinska, Joanna
Domek, Piotr
Jakubowska-Krepska, Natalia
Kwasizur, Kinga
Messyasz, Beata
Kokocinski, Mikolaj
Madrecka-Witkowska, Beata
Kostrzewska-Szlakowska, Iwona
Frak, Magdalena
Bankowska-Sobczak, Agnieszka
Wasilewicz, Michal
Ochocka, Agnieszka
Pasztaleniec, Agnieszka
Jasser, Iwona
Antao-Geraldes, Ana M.
Leira, Manel
Vasconcelos, Vitor
Morais, Joao
Vale, Micaela
Raposeiro, Pedro M.
Goncalves, Vitor
Aleksovski, Boris
Krstic, Svetislav
Nemova, Hana
Drastichova, Iveta
Chomova, Lucia
Remec-Rekar, Spela
Elersek, Tina
Hansson, Lars-Anders
Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo
Bravo, Andrea G.
Buck, Moritz
Colom-Montero, William
Mustonen, Kristiina
Pierson, Don
Yang, Yang
Richardson, Jessica
Edwards, Christine
Cromie, Hannah
Delgado-Martin, Jordi
Garcia, David
Luis Cereijo, Jose
Goma, Joan
Carmen Trapote, Mari
Vegas-Vilarrubia, Teresa
Obrador, Biel
Garcia-Murcia, Ana
Real, Monserrat
Romans, Elvira
Noguero-Ribes, Jordi
Duque, David Parreno
Fernandez-Moran, Elisabeth
Ubeda, Barbara
Galvez, Jose Angel
Catalan, Nuria
Perez-Martinez, Carmen
Ramos-Rodriguez, Eloisa
Cillero-Castro, Carmen
Moreno-Ostos, Enrique
Maria Blanco, Jose
Rodriguez, Valeriano
Juan Montes-Perez, Jorge
Palomino, Roberto L.
Rodriguez-Perez, Estela
Hernandez, Armand
Carballeira, Rafael
Camacho, Antonio
Picazo, Antonio
Rochera, Carlos
Santamans, Anna C.
Ferriol, Carmen
Romo, Susana
Miguel Soria, Juan
Ozen, Arda
Karan, Tunay
Demir, Nilsun
Beklioglu, Meryem
Filiz, Nur
Levi, Eti
Iskin, Ugur
Bezirci, Gizem
Tavsanoglu, Ulku Nihan
Celik, Kemal
Özhan, Koray
Karakaya, Nusret
Kocer, Mehmet Ali Turan
Yilmaz, Mete
Maraslioglu, Faruk
Soylu, Elif Neyran
Fakioglu, Ozden
Yagci, Meral Apaydin
Cinar, Sakir
Capkin, Kadir
Yagci, Abdulkadir
Cesur, Mehmet
Bilgin, Fuat
Bulut, Cafer
Uysal, Rahmi
Latife, Koker
Akcaalan, Reyhan
Albay, Meric
Alp, Mehmet Tahir
Ozkan, Korhan
Sevindik, Tugba Ongun
Tunca, Hatice
Onem, Burcin
Paerl, Hans
Carey, Cayelan C.
Ibelings, Bastiaan W.
To determine the drivers of phytoplankton biomass, we collected standardized morphometric, physical, and biological data in 230 lakes across the Mediterranean, Continental, and Boreal climatic zones of the European continent. Multilinear regression models tested on this snapshot of mostly eutrophic lakes (median total phosphorus [TP] = 0.06 and total nitrogen [TN] = 0.7 mg L-1), and its subsets (2 depth types and 3 climatic zones), show that light climate and stratification strength were the most significant explanatory variables for chlorophyll a (Chl a) variance. TN was a significant predictor for phytoplankton biomass for shallow and continental lakes, while TP never appeared as an explanatory variable, suggesting that under high TP, light, which partially controls stratification strength, becomes limiting for phytoplankton development. Mediterranean lakes were the warmest yet most weakly stratified and had significantly less Chl a than Boreal lakes, where the temperature anomaly from the long-term average, during a summer heatwave was the highest (+4 degrees C) and showed a significant, exponential relationship with stratification strength. This European survey represents a summer snapshot of phytoplankton biomass and its drivers, and lends support that light and stratification metrics, which are both affected by climate change, are better predictors for phytoplankton biomass in nutrient-rich lakes than nutrient concentrations and surface temperature.
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D. Donis et al., “Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer,” LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, pp. 0–0, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/94333.