Ecology under lake ice
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...
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| author | Hampton, Stephanie E. Galloway, Aaron W.E. Powers, Stephen M. Ozersky, Ted Woo, Kara H. Batt, Ryan D. Labou, Stephanie G. O'Reilly, Catherine M. Sharma, Sapna Lottig, Noah R. Stanley, Emily H. North, Rebecca L. Stockwell, Jason D. Adrian, Rita Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. Roberts, Sarah Swann, George E.A. |
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| description | 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 42.8% of summer values for chlorophyll a, 15.8% of summer phytoplankton biovolume, and 34.4% 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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| spelling | nottingham-375732020-05-04T19:59:02Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37573/ Ecology under lake ice Hampton, Stephanie E. Galloway, Aaron W.E. Powers, Stephen M. Ozersky, Ted Woo, Kara H. Batt, Ryan D. Labou, Stephanie G. O'Reilly, Catherine M. Sharma, Sapna Lottig, Noah R. Stanley, Emily H. North, Rebecca L. Stockwell, Jason D. Adrian, Rita Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. Roberts, Sarah Swann, George E.A. 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 42.8% of summer values for chlorophyll a, 15.8% of summer phytoplankton biovolume, and 34.4% 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. Wiley 2017-01 Article PeerReviewed Hampton, Stephanie E., Galloway, Aaron W.E., Powers, Stephen M., Ozersky, Ted, Woo, Kara H., Batt, Ryan D., Labou, Stephanie G., O'Reilly, Catherine M., Sharma, Sapna, Lottig, Noah R., Stanley, Emily H., North, Rebecca L., Stockwell, Jason D., Adrian, Rita, Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A., Roberts, Sarah and Swann, George E.A. (2017) Ecology under lake ice. Ecology Letters, 20 (1). pp. 98-11. ISSN 1461-0248 lake aquatic ecosystem freshwater winter ecology seasonal data synthesis 97 plankton limnology long-term time series http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12699/abstract doi:10.1111/ele.12699 doi:10.1111/ele.12699 |
| spellingShingle | lake aquatic ecosystem freshwater winter ecology seasonal data synthesis 97 plankton limnology long-term time series Hampton, Stephanie E. Galloway, Aaron W.E. Powers, Stephen M. Ozersky, Ted Woo, Kara H. Batt, Ryan D. Labou, Stephanie G. O'Reilly, Catherine M. Sharma, Sapna Lottig, Noah R. Stanley, Emily H. North, Rebecca L. Stockwell, Jason D. Adrian, Rita Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A. Roberts, Sarah Swann, George E.A. Ecology under lake ice |
| title | Ecology under lake ice |
| title_full | Ecology under lake ice |
| title_fullStr | Ecology under lake ice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecology under lake ice |
| title_short | Ecology under lake ice |
| title_sort | ecology under lake ice |
| topic | lake aquatic ecosystem freshwater winter ecology seasonal data synthesis 97 plankton limnology long-term time series |
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