Biological recovery from lake acidification: Zooplankton communities as a model of patterns and processes

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 364-375

  Keller, W ^a   Yan, N D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAKE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 0032455872     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1998.06407.x     Document Type: Article

References (89)

1. Allan, J. D. 1973. Competition and the relative abundance of two cladocerans. Ecology 54:484-498.
2. Bengtsson, J. 1987. Competitive dominance among cladocerans: are single factor explanations enough? Hydrobiologia 145: 245-257.
3. Blais, J. M., and E. J. Maly. 1993. Differential predation by Chaoborus americanus on males and females of two species of Diaptomus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:410-415.
4. Brett, M. T. 1989. Zooplankton communities and acidification (a review). Water, Air and Soil Pollution 44:387-414.
5. Brezonik, P. L., J. G. Eaton, T. M. Frost, P. J. Garrison, T. K. Kratz, C. E. Mach, J. H. McCormick, J. A. Perry, W. A. Rose, C. J. Sampson, B. C. L. Shelley, W. A. Swenson, and K. E. Webster. 1993. Experimental acidification of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin: chemical and biological changes over the pH range 6.1 to 4.7. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:1101-1121.
6. Cairns, J., Jr. 1989. Restoring damaged ecosystems: is predisturbance condition a viable option? The Environmental Professional 11:152-159.
7. Carter, J. C. H., M. J. Dadswell, J. C. Roff, and W. G. Sprules. 1980. Distribution and zoogeography of planktonic crustaceans and dipterans in glaciated eastern North America. Canadian Journal of Zoology 58:1355-1387.
8. Carter, J. C. H., W. D. Taylor, R. Chengalath, and D. A. Secutor. 1986. Limnetic zooplankton assemblages in Atlantic Canada with special reference to acidification. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:444-456.
9. Carvalho, G. R., and H. G. Wolf. 1989. Resting eggs of lake-Daphnia. 1. Distribution, abundance and hatching of eggs collected from various depths in lake sediments. Freshwater Biology 22:459-470.
10. Cox, E. T. 1978. Counts and measures of Ontario lakes: watershed unit summaries based on maps of various scales by watershed unit. Report. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto.
11. Dadswell, M. J. 1974. Distribution and postglacial dispersal of certain crustaceans and fishes in Eastern North America. Publication in Zoology 11. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa.
12. DeMott, W. R., and W. C. Kerfoot. 1982. Competition among cladocerans: nature of the interaction between Bosmina and Daphnia. Ecology 63:1949-1966.
13. Dermott, R. M., J. R. M. Kelso, and A. Douglas. 1986. The benthic fauna of 41 acid sensitive headwater lakes in north central Ontario. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 28:283-292.
14. De Stasio, B. T., Jr. 1989. The seed bank of a freshwater crustacean: copepodology for the plant ecologist. Ecology 70:1377-1389.
15. De Stasio, B. T., Jr. 1990. The role of dormancy and emergence patterns in the dynamics of a freshwater zooplankton community. Limnology and Oceanography 35:1079-1090.
16. Dixit, A. S., S. S. Dixit, and J. P. Smol. 1992a. Long-term trends in lakewater pH and metal concentrations inferred from diatoms and chrysophytes in 3 lakes near Sudbury, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49 (Suppl. 1):17-24.
17. Dixit, S. S., A. S. Dixit, and J. P. Smol. 1992b. Assessment of changes in lakewater chemistry in Sudbury area lakes since preindustrial times. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49(Suppl. 1):8-16.
18. Dixit, S. S., A. S. Dixit, J. P. Smol, and W. Keller. 1995. Reading the record stored in the lake sediments: a method of determining the history and extent of industrial damage to lakes. Pages 33-44 in J. M. Gunn, editor. Environmental restoration and recovery of an industrial region. Springer-Verlag, New York.
19. Eriksson, M. O. G., L. Henrikson, B. I. Nilsson, H. G. Oscarson, J. A. E. Stenson, and K. Larsson. 1980. Predator-prey relations important for the biotic changes in acidified lakes. Ambio 9:248-249.
20. Findlay, D. L., and S. E. M. Kasian. 1991. Response of a phytoplankton community to controlled partial recovery from acidification. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:1022-1029.
21. Findlay, D. L., and S. E. M. Kasian. 1996. The effect of incremental pH recovery on the Lake 223 phytoplankton community. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53:856-864.
22. Frost, T. M., S. R. Carpenter, A. R. Ives, and T. K. Kratz. 1995. Species compensation and complementarity in ecosystem function. Pages 224-239 in C. G. Jones and J. H. Lawton, editors, Linking species and ecosystems. Chapman and Hall, New York.
23. Frost, T. M., P. K. Montz, and T. K. Kratz. 1998. Zooplankton community responses during recovery from acidification: limited persistence by acid-favored species in Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin. Restoration Ecology 6:336-342.
24. Gonzalez, M. J., and T. M. Frost. 1994. Comparisons of laboratory bioassays and a whole-lake experiment: Rotifer responses to experimental acidification. Ecological Applications 4:69-80.
25. Goulden, C. E., L. L. Henry, and A. J. Tessier. 1982. Body size, energy reserves and competitive ability in three species of Cladocera. Ecology 63:1780-1789.
26. Griffiths, R. W., and W. Keller. 1992. Benthic macroinvertebrate changes in lakes near Sudbury, Ontario following a reduction in acidity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49(Suppl. 1):63-75.
27. Gunn, J. M., and W. Keller. 1990. Biological recovery of an acid lake after reductions in industrial emissions of sulphur. Nature (London) 345:431-433.
28. Gunn, J. M., M. J. McMurtry, J. M. Casselman, W. Keller, and M. J. Powell. 1988. Changes in the fish community of a limed lake near Sudbury, Ontario: effects of chemical neutralization or reduced atmospheric deposition of acids? Water, Air and Soil Pollution 41:113-136.
29. Haines, T. A. 1981. Acidic precipitation and its consequences for aquatic ecosystems. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 110:669-707.
30. Hairston, N. G., R. A. van Brunt, C. M. Kearns, and D. R. Engstrom. 1995. Age and survivorship of diapausing eggs in a sediment egg bank. Ecology 76:1706-1711.
31. Harvey, H. H., and J. M. McArdle. 1986. Composition of the benthos in relation to pH in the LaCloche Lakes. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 30:529-536.
32. Havens, K. E. 1993. Pelagic food web structure in Adirondack Mountain, USA, lakes of varying acidity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:149-155.
33. Havens, K. E., N. D. Yan, and W. Keller. 1993. Lake acidification: effects on crustacean zooplankton populations. Environmental Science and Technology 27:1621-1624.
34. Hornstrom, E., C. Ekstrom, E. Froberg, and J. Ek. 1993. Plankton and chemical-physical development in six Swedish West Coast lakes under acidic and limed conditions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:688-702.
35. Howell, E. T., G. Coker, G. M. Booth, W. Keller, B. Neary, K. H. Nicholls, F. D. Tomassini, N. Yan, J. M. Gunn, and H. Rietveld. 1991. Ecosystem responses of a pH 5.9 lake trout lake to whole lake liming. Pages 61-95 in H. Olem, R. K. Schreiber, R. W. Brocksen, and D. P. Porcella, editors. International lake and watershed liming practices. The Terrene Institute, Washington, D.C.
36. Keller, W. 1992. Introduction and overview to aquatic acidification studies in the Sudbury, Ontario, Canada area. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:3-7.
37. Keller, W., and M. Conlon. 1994. Crustacean zooplankton communities and lake morphometry in Precambrian Shield lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51: 2424-2434.
38. Keller, W., and J. R. Pitblado. 1984. Crustacean plankton in northeastern Ontario lakes subjected to acidic deposition. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 23:271-291.
39. Keller, W., and J. R. Pitblado. 1986. Water quality changes in Sudbury area lakes: a comparison of synoptic surveys in 1974-76 and 1981-83. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 29:285-296.
40. Keller, W., and J. R. Pitblado. 1989. The distribution of crustacean zooplankton in northern Ontario, Canada. Journal of Biogeography 16:249-259.
41. Keller, W., and N. D. Yan. 1991. Recovery of crustacean zooplankton species richness in Sudbury area lakes following water quality improvements. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:1635-1644.
42. Keller, W., N. D. Yan, K. E. Holtze, and J. R. Pitblado. 1990a. Inferred effects of lake acidification on Daphnia galeata mendotae. Environmental Science and Technology 24:1259-1261.
43. Keller, W., L. A. Molot, R. W. Griffiths, and N. D. Yan. 1990b. Changes in the zoobenthos community of acidified Bowland Lake after whole-lake neutralization and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) reintroduction. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:440-445.
44. Keller, W., J. M. Gunn, and N. D. Yan. 1992a. Evidence of biological recovery in acid stressed lakes near Sudbury, Canada. Environmental Pollution 78:79-85.
45. Keller, W., J. R. Pitblado, and J. Carbone. 1992b. Chemical responses of acidic lakes in the Sudbury, Ontario area to reduced smelter emissions, 1981-1989. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49(Suppl. 1): 25-32.
46. Keller, W., N. D. Yan, T. Howell, L. A. Molot, and W. D. Taylor. 1992c. Changes in zooplankton during the experimental neutralization and early reacidification of Bowland Lake near Sudbury, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49(Suppl. 1):52-62.
47. Kwiatkowski, R. E., and J. C. Roff. 1976. Effects of acidity on the phytoplankton and primary productivity of selected northern Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Botany 54:2546-2561.
48. Locke, A., and W. G. Sprules. 1994. Effects of lake acidification and recovery on the stability of zooplankton food webs. Ecology 75:498-506.
49. Locke, A., W. G. Sprules, W. Keller, and J. R. Pitblado. 1994. Zooplankton communities and water chemistry of Sudbury area lakes: changes related to pH recovery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:151-160.
50. MacArthur, R. H., and E. O. Wilson. 1967. The theory of island biogeography. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
51. MacIsaac, H. J., W. Keller, T. C. Hutchinson, and N. D. Yan. 1986. Natural changes in the planktonic Rotifera of a small acid lake near Sudbury, Ontario following water quality improvements. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 31:791-797.
52. Malley, D. F., and P. S. S. Chang. 1994. Assessing the health of a zooplankton community in a small Precambrian Shield lake during recovery from experimental acidification. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health 3:273-286.
53. Matuszek, J. E., J. Goodier, and D. L. Wales. 1990. The occurrence of cyprinids and other small fish species in relation to pH in Ontario lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 119:850-861.
54. McNicol, D. K., M. L. Mallory, and C. H. R. Wedeles. 1995. Assessing biological recovery of acid-sensitive lakes in Ontario, Canada. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 85:457-462.
55. Mills, E. L., D. M. Green, and A. Schiavone. 1987. Use of zooplankton to assess the community structure of fish populations in freshwater lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 7:369-378.
56. Minns, C. K., J. E. Moore, D. W. Schindler, and M. L. Jones. 1990. Assessing the potential extent of damage to inland lakes in eastern Canada due to acidic deposition. Predicted impacts on species richness in seven groups of aquatic biota. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:821-830.
57. Molot, L. A., L. Heintsch, and K. H. Nicholls. 1990. Response of phytoplankton in acidic lakes in Ontario to whole-lake neutralization. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:422-431.
58. National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. 1993. 1992 report to Congress. Washington, D.C.
59. Neill, W. E. 1978. Experimental studies on factors limiting colonization by Daphnia pulex Leydig of coastal montane lakes of British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 56:2498-2507.
60. Nero, R. W., and W. G. Sprules. 1986. Zooplankton species abundance and biomass in relation to occurrence of Mysis relicta. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:420-434.
61. Nicholls, K. H., L. Nakamoto, and W. Keller. 1992. The phytoplankton of Sudbury area lakes (Ontario) and relationships with acidification status. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49(Suppl. 1):40-51.
62. Nilsson, N.-A., and B. Pejler. 1973. On the relation between fish fauna and zooplankton composition in north Swedish lakes. Pages 51-77 in Report 53. Institute for Freshwater Research, Drottningholm, Sweden.
63. Nyberg, P. 1984. Impact of Chaoborus predation on planktonic crustacean communities in some acidified and limed forest lakes in Sweden. Pages 154-166 in Report 61. Institute for Freshwater Research, Drottningholm, Sweden.
64. Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 1987. Countdown acid rain: summary and analysis of the second progress reports by Ontario's four major sources of sulphur dioxide. Toronto, Ontario.
65. Patrick, R. 1967. The effect of invasion rate, species pool, and size of area on the structure of the diatom community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 58:1335-1342.
66. Reynolds, J. D. 1975. Feeding in corixids (Heteroptera) of small alkaline lakes in central B.C. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 19:3073-3078.
67. Robinson, J. V., and J. E. Dickerson Jr. 1987. Does invasion sequence affect community structure? Ecology 68:587-595.
68. Robinson, J. V., and M. A. Edgemon. 1988. An experimental evaluation of the effect of invasion history on community structure. Ecology 69:1410-1417.
69. Roff, J. C., W. G. Sprules, J. C. H. Carter, and M. J. Dadswell. 1981. The structure of crustacean zooplankton communities in glaciated eastern North America. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 38:1428-1437.
70. Sampson, C. J., P. L. Brezonik, T. M. Frost, K. E. Webster, and T. D. Simonson. 1995. Experimental acidification of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin: the first four years of chemical and biological recovery. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 85:1713-1719.
71. Schaffner, W. R. 1989. Effects of neutralization and addition of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) on the limnetic zooplankton communities of two acidic lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46:295-305.
72. Schindler, D. W. 1987. Detecting ecosystem responses to anthropogenic stresses. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44(Suppl. 1):6-25.
73. Schindler, D. W. 1988. Effects of acid rain on freshwater ecosystems. Science 239:149-157.
74. Schindler, D. W., K. H. Mills, D. F. Malley, D. L. Findlay, J. A. Shearer, I. J. Davies, M. A. Turner, G. A. Linsey, and D. R. Cruikshank. 1985. Long-term ecosystem stress: the effects of years of experimental acidification of a small lake. Science 228:1395-1401.
75. Schindler, D. W., et al. 1991. Comparisons between experimentally and atmospherically-acidified lakes during stress and recovery. Pages 193-226 in F. T. Last and R. Watling, editors. Acidic deposition: its nature and impacts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 97B. Edinburgh, Scotland.
76. Scott, M. A., and W. W. Murdoch. 1983. Selective predation by the backswimmer, Notonecta. Limnology and Oceanography 28: 352-366.
77. Sprules, W. G. 1975. Midsummer crustacean zooplankton communities in acid stressed lakes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 32:389-395.
78. Stenson, J. A. E., J.-E. Svenson, and G. Cronberg. 1993. Changes and interactions in the pelagic community in acidified lakes in Sweden. Ambio 22:277-282.
79. Vanni, M. J. 1986. Competition in zooplankton communities: suppression of small species by Daphnia pulex. Limnology and Oceanography 31:1039-1056.
80. Vanni, M. J. 1987. Colonization dynamics and life history traits of seven Daphnia pulex genotypes. Oecologia 72:263-271.
81. Vanni, M. J. 1988. Freshwater zooplankton community structure: introduction of large invertebrate predators and large herbivores to a small species community. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45:1758-1770.
82. von Ende, C. N., and D. Dempsey. 1981. Apparent exclusion of the cladoceran Bosmina longirostris by the invertebrate predator Chaoborus americanus. American Midland Naturalist 105: 240-248.
83. Webster, K. E., T. M. Frost, C. J. Watras, W. A. Swenson, M. Gonzalez, and P. J. Garrison. 1992. Complex biological responses to the experimental acidification of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, USA. Environmental Pollution 78:73-78.
84. Yan, N. D. 1979. Phytoplankton community of an acidified metalcontaminated lake near Sudbury, Ontario. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 11:43-55.
85. Yan, N. D., and P. J. Dillon. 1984. Experimental neutralization of lakes near Sudbury, Ontario. Pages 417-456 in J. Nriagu, editor. Environmental impacts of smelters. Wiley & Sons, New York.
86. Yan, N. D., W. Keller, H. J. MacIsaac, and L. J. McEachern. 1991. Regulation of zooplankton community structure in an acidic lake by Chaoborus. Ecological Applications 1:52-65.
87. Yan, N. D., W. Keller, and J. M. Gunn. 1995. Liming of Sudbury lakes: lessons for recovery of aquatic biota from acidification. Pages 195-204 in J. M. Gunn, editor. Environmental restoration and recovery of an industrial region. Springer-Verlag, New York.
88. Yan, N. D., W. Keller, K. M. Somers, T. W. Pawson, and R. G. Girard. 1996a. Recovery of crustacean zooplankton communities from acid and metal contamination: comparing manipulated and reference lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53:1301-1327.
89. Yan, N. D., P. G. Welsh, H. Lin, D. J. Taylor, and J. M. Filion. 1996b. Demographic and genetic evidence of the long-term recovery of Daphnia galeata mendotae (Crustacea: Daphnidae) in Sudbury lakes following additions of base: the role of metal toxicity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53:1328-1344.