Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size

Ecological and biogeochemical processes in lakes are strongly dependent upon water temperature. Long-term surface warming of many lakes is unequivocal, but little is known about the comparative magnitude of temperature variation at diel timescales, due to a lack of appropriately resolved data. Here...

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Main Authors:	Woolway, R. Iestyn, Jones, Ian D., Maberly, Stephen C., French, Jon R., Livingstone, David M., Monteith, Donald T., Simpson, Gavin L., Thackeray, Stephen J., Andersen, Mikkel R., Battarbee, Richard W., DeGasperi, Curtis L., Evans, Christopher D., de Eyto, Elvira, Feuchtmayr, Heidrun, Hamilton, David P., Kernan, Martin, Krokowski, Jan, Rimmer, Alon, Rose, Kevin C., Rusak, James A., Ryves, David B., Scott, Daniel R., Shilland, Ewan M., Smyth, Robyn L., Staehr, Peter A., Thomas, Rhian, Waldron, Susan, Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811584/

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spelling	pubmed-48115842016-04-05 Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size Woolway, R. Iestyn Jones, Ian D. Maberly, Stephen C. French, Jon R. Livingstone, David M. Monteith, Donald T. Simpson, Gavin L. Thackeray, Stephen J. Andersen, Mikkel R. Battarbee, Richard W. DeGasperi, Curtis L. Evans, Christopher D. de Eyto, Elvira Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Hamilton, David P. Kernan, Martin Krokowski, Jan Rimmer, Alon Rose, Kevin C. Rusak, James A. Ryves, David B. Scott, Daniel R. Shilland, Ewan M. Smyth, Robyn L. Staehr, Peter A. Thomas, Rhian Waldron, Susan Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. Research Article Ecological and biogeochemical processes in lakes are strongly dependent upon water temperature. Long-term surface warming of many lakes is unequivocal, but little is known about the comparative magnitude of temperature variation at diel timescales, due to a lack of appropriately resolved data. Here we quantify the pattern and magnitude of diel temperature variability of surface waters using high-frequency data from 100 lakes. We show that the near-surface diel temperature range can be substantial in summer relative to long-term change and, for lakes smaller than 3 km2, increases sharply and predictably with decreasing lake area. Most small lakes included in this study experience average summer diel ranges in their near-surface temperatures of between 4 and 7°C. Large diel temperature fluctuations in the majority of lakes undoubtedly influence their structure, function and role in biogeochemical cycles, but the full implications remain largely unexplored. Public Library of Science 2016-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4811584/ /pubmed/27023200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152466 Text en © 2016 Woolway et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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author	Woolway, R. Iestyn Jones, Ian D. Maberly, Stephen C. French, Jon R. Livingstone, David M. Monteith, Donald T. Simpson, Gavin L. Thackeray, Stephen J. Andersen, Mikkel R. Battarbee, Richard W. DeGasperi, Curtis L. Evans, Christopher D. de Eyto, Elvira Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Hamilton, David P. Kernan, Martin Krokowski, Jan Rimmer, Alon Rose, Kevin C. Rusak, James A. Ryves, David B. Scott, Daniel R. Shilland, Ewan M. Smyth, Robyn L. Staehr, Peter A. Thomas, Rhian Waldron, Susan Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A.
spellingShingle	Woolway, R. Iestyn Jones, Ian D. Maberly, Stephen C. French, Jon R. Livingstone, David M. Monteith, Donald T. Simpson, Gavin L. Thackeray, Stephen J. Andersen, Mikkel R. Battarbee, Richard W. DeGasperi, Curtis L. Evans, Christopher D. de Eyto, Elvira Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Hamilton, David P. Kernan, Martin Krokowski, Jan Rimmer, Alon Rose, Kevin C. Rusak, James A. Ryves, David B. Scott, Daniel R. Shilland, Ewan M. Smyth, Robyn L. Staehr, Peter A. Thomas, Rhian Waldron, Susan Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
author_facet	Woolway, R. Iestyn Jones, Ian D. Maberly, Stephen C. French, Jon R. Livingstone, David M. Monteith, Donald T. Simpson, Gavin L. Thackeray, Stephen J. Andersen, Mikkel R. Battarbee, Richard W. DeGasperi, Curtis L. Evans, Christopher D. de Eyto, Elvira Feuchtmayr, Heidrun Hamilton, David P. Kernan, Martin Krokowski, Jan Rimmer, Alon Rose, Kevin C. Rusak, James A. Ryves, David B. Scott, Daniel R. Shilland, Ewan M. Smyth, Robyn L. Staehr, Peter A. Thomas, Rhian Waldron, Susan Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A.
author_sort	Woolway, R. Iestyn
title	Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
title_short	Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
title_full	Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
title_fullStr	Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
title_full_unstemmed	Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
title_sort	diel surface temperature range scales with lake size
description	Ecological and biogeochemical processes in lakes are strongly dependent upon water temperature. Long-term surface warming of many lakes is unequivocal, but little is known about the comparative magnitude of temperature variation at diel timescales, due to a lack of appropriately resolved data. Here we quantify the pattern and magnitude of diel temperature variability of surface waters using high-frequency data from 100 lakes. We show that the near-surface diel temperature range can be substantial in summer relative to long-term change and, for lakes smaller than 3 km2, increases sharply and predictably with decreasing lake area. Most small lakes included in this study experience average summer diel ranges in their near-surface temperatures of between 4 and 7°C. Large diel temperature fluctuations in the majority of lakes undoubtedly influence their structure, function and role in biogeochemical cycles, but the full implications remain largely unexplored.
publisher	Public Library of Science
publishDate	2016
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811584/
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Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size

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