Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes

“Arctic greening” will alter vegetation quantity and quality in northern watersheds, with possible consequences for lake metabolic balance. We used paleolimnology from six Arctic lakes in Greenland, Norway, and Alaska to develop a conceptual model describing how climate-driven shifts in terrestrial...

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Main Authors: McGowan, Suzanne, Anderson, N. John, Edwards, Mary E., Hopla, Emma, Jones, Viv, Langdon, Pete G., Law, Antonia, Soloveiva, Nadia, Turner, Simon, van Hardenbroek, Maarten, Whiteford, Erika J., Wiik, Emma
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author McGowan, Suzanne
Anderson, N. John
Edwards, Mary E.
Hopla, Emma
Jones, Viv
Langdon, Pete G.
Law, Antonia
Soloveiva, Nadia
Turner, Simon
van Hardenbroek, Maarten
Whiteford, Erika J.
Wiik, Emma
author_facet McGowan, Suzanne
Anderson, N. John
Edwards, Mary E.
Hopla, Emma
Jones, Viv
Langdon, Pete G.
Law, Antonia
Soloveiva, Nadia
Turner, Simon
van Hardenbroek, Maarten
Whiteford, Erika J.
Wiik, Emma
author_sort McGowan, Suzanne
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description “Arctic greening” will alter vegetation quantity and quality in northern watersheds, with possible consequences for lake metabolic balance. We used paleolimnology from six Arctic lakes in Greenland, Norway, and Alaska to develop a conceptual model describing how climate-driven shifts in terrestrial vegetation (spanning herb to boreal forest) influence lake autotrophic biomass (as chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments). Major autotrophic transitions occurred, including (1) optimal production of siliceous algae and cyanobacteria/chlorophytes at intermediate vegetation cover (dwarf shrub and Betula; dissolved organic carbon (DOC) range of 2–4 mg L-1), below and above which UVR exposure (DOC;<2 mgL-1) and light extinction (DOC;>4 mgL-1), respectively limit algal biomass, (2) an increase in potentially mixotrophic cryptophytes with higher forest cover and allochthonous carbon supply. Vegetation cover appears to influence lake autotrophs by changing influx of (colored) dissolved organic matter which has multiple interacting roles—as a photoprotectant—in light attenuation and in macronutrient (carbon, nitrogen) supply.
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spelling nottingham-519152024-08-15T15:28:29Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51915/ Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes McGowan, Suzanne Anderson, N. John Edwards, Mary E. Hopla, Emma Jones, Viv Langdon, Pete G. Law, Antonia Soloveiva, Nadia Turner, Simon van Hardenbroek, Maarten Whiteford, Erika J. Wiik, Emma “Arctic greening” will alter vegetation quantity and quality in northern watersheds, with possible consequences for lake metabolic balance. We used paleolimnology from six Arctic lakes in Greenland, Norway, and Alaska to develop a conceptual model describing how climate-driven shifts in terrestrial vegetation (spanning herb to boreal forest) influence lake autotrophic biomass (as chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments). Major autotrophic transitions occurred, including (1) optimal production of siliceous algae and cyanobacteria/chlorophytes at intermediate vegetation cover (dwarf shrub and Betula; dissolved organic carbon (DOC) range of 2–4 mg L-1), below and above which UVR exposure (DOC;<2 mgL-1) and light extinction (DOC;>4 mgL-1), respectively limit algal biomass, (2) an increase in potentially mixotrophic cryptophytes with higher forest cover and allochthonous carbon supply. Vegetation cover appears to influence lake autotrophs by changing influx of (colored) dissolved organic matter which has multiple interacting roles—as a photoprotectant—in light attenuation and in macronutrient (carbon, nitrogen) supply. Wiley Open Access 2018-05-04 Article PeerReviewed McGowan, Suzanne, Anderson, N. John, Edwards, Mary E., Hopla, Emma, Jones, Viv, Langdon, Pete G., Law, Antonia, Soloveiva, Nadia, Turner, Simon, van Hardenbroek, Maarten, Whiteford, Erika J. and Wiik, Emma (2018) Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes. Limnology and Oceanography Letters . ISSN 2378-2242 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lol2.10086 doi:10.1002/lol2.10086 doi:10.1002/lol2.10086
spellingShingle McGowan, Suzanne
Anderson, N. John
Edwards, Mary E.
Hopla, Emma
Jones, Viv
Langdon, Pete G.
Law, Antonia
Soloveiva, Nadia
Turner, Simon
van Hardenbroek, Maarten
Whiteford, Erika J.
Wiik, Emma
Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes
title Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes
title_full Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes
title_fullStr Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes
title_full_unstemmed Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes
title_short Vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in Arctic lakes
title_sort vegetation transitions drive the autotrophy-heterotrophy balance in arctic lakes
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51915/
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