The effect of an extreme rain event on the biogeochemistry and ecosystem metabolism of an oligotrophic high-elevation lake

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-231

  Sadro, Steven ^a   Melack, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; EXTREME EVENT; HETEROTROPHY; HYPOXIA; METABOLISM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; SNOWMELT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861523489     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.2.222     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Brainerd, K. E., and Gregg, M. C., 1995: Surface mixed and mixing layer depths. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 42: 1521-1543. (Pubitemid 26463291)
2. Carignan, R., Blais, A. M., and Vis, C., 1998: Measurement of primary production and community respiration in oligotrophic lakes using the Winkler method. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 55: 1078-1084. (Pubitemid 28490050)
3. Carlson C. A., Hansell, D. A., Nelson, N. B., Siegel, D. A., Smethie, W. M., Khatiwala, S., Meyers, M. M., and Halewood, E., 2010: Dissolved organic carbon export and subsequent remineralization in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic realms of the North Atlantic basin. Deep Sea Research II.57, 1433-1445.
4. Carpenter, S. R., Cole, J. J., Kitchell, J. F., and Pace, M. L., 1998: Impact of dissolved organic carbon, phosphorus, and grazing on phytoplankton biomass and production in experimental lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 43: 73-80. (Pubitemid 28290135)
5. Carpenter, S. R., Cole, J. J., Pace, M. L., Van de Bogert, M., Bade, D. L., Bastviken, D., Gille, C. M., Hodgson, J. R., Kitchell, J. F., and Kritzberg, E. S., 2005: Ecosystem subsidies: terrestrial support of aquatic food webs from ¹³C addition to contrasting lakes. Ecology, 86: 2737-2750. (Pubitemid 41408069)
6. Cayan, D. R., Maurer, E. P., Dettinger, M. D., Tyree, M., and Hayhoe, K., 2008: Climate change scenarios for the California region. Climatic Change, 87(Supplemental 1): S21-S42.
7. Cole, J. J., and Caraco, N. F., 1998: Atmospheric exchange of carbon dioxide in a low-wind oligotrophic lake measured by the addition of SF6. Limnology and Oceanography, 43: 647-656. (Pubitemid 28382174)
8. Cole, J. J., Pace, M. L., Carpenter, S. R., and Kitchell, J. F., 2000: Persistence of net heterotrophy in lakes during nutrient addition and food web manipulations. Limnology and Oceanography, 45: 1718-1730. (Pubitemid 32040145)
9. Coloso, J. J., Cole, J. J., and Pace, M. L., 2011: Difficulty in discerning drivers of lake ecosystem metabolism with high-frequency data. Ecosystems, 14: 935-948.
10. Cooper, S. D., Jenkins, T. M., and Soiseth, C., 1988: Integrated watershed study: an investigation of fish and amphibian populations in the vicinity of Emerald Lake basin, Sequoia National Park. California Air Resources Board, Contract A5-139-32. Santa Barbara, California: Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara.
11. Crump, B. C., Baross, J. A., and Simenstad, C. A., 1998: Dominance of particle-attached bacteria in the Columbia River estuary, USA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 14: 7-18. (Pubitemid 128474839)
12. del Giorgio, P. A., and Cole, J. J., 1998: Bacterial growth efficiency in natural aquatic systems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 29: 503-541. (Pubitemid 29033041)
13. del Giorgio, P. A., and Peters, R. H., 1994: Patterns in planktonic P-R ratios in lakes-Influence of lake trophy and dissolved organiccarbon. Limnology and Oceanography, 39: 772-787. (Pubitemid 2117856)
14. Dettinger, M. D., 2011: Climate change, atmospheric rivers, and floods in California-A multimodel analysis of storm frequency and magnitude changes. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 47: 514-523.
15. Dettinger, M. D., and Cayan, D. R., 1995: Large-scale atmospheric forcing of recent trends toward early snowmelt runoff in California. Journal of Climate, 8: 606-623. (Pubitemid 26439334)
16. 2; balance of unproductive aquatic ecosystems. Science, 281: 234-236. (Pubitemid 28334500)
17. Einola, E., Rantakari, M., Kankaala, P., Kortelainen, P., Ojala, A., Pajunen, H., Makela, S., and Arvola, L., 2011: Carbon pools and fluxes in a chain of five boreal lakes: a dry and wet year comparison. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116: G03009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JG001636.
18. Engle, D., and Melack, J. M., 2001: Ecological consequences of infrequent events in high-elevation lakes and streams of the Sierra-Nevada, California. International Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, 27: 3761-3765.
19. Fee, E. J., Hecky, R. E., Kasian, S. E. M., and Cruikshank, D. R., 1996: Effects of lake size, water clarity, and climatic variability on mixing depths in Canadian Shield lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 41: 912-920. (Pubitemid 26381069)
20. Hanson, P. C., Bade, D. L., Carpenter, S. R., and Kratz, T. K., 2003: Lake metabolism: relationships with dissolved organic carbon and phosphorus. Limnology and Oceanography, 48: 1112-1119. (Pubitemid 36631952)
21. Houser, J. N., 2006: Water color affects the stratification, surface temperature, heat content, and mean epilimnetic irradiance of small lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 63: 2447-2455. (Pubitemid 46087432)
22. Jahne, B., Munnich, K. O., Bosinger, R., Dutzi, A., Huber, W., and Libner, P., 1987: On the parameters influencing air-water gas-exchange. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 92: 1937-1949.
23. Kattelmann, R., 1990: Floods in the high Sierra Nevada, California, USA. In Sinniger, R., and Monbaron, M. (eds.), Hydrology in Mountain Regions II. New York: IAHS Publishing, 311-317.
24. Kirchman, D., and Mitchell, R., 1982: Contribution of particle-bound bacteria to total microheterotrophic activity in five ponds and two marshes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 43: 200-209.
25. Knowles, N., Dettinger, M. D., and Cayan, D. R., 2006: Trends in snowfall versus rainfall in the western United States. Journal of Climate, 19: 4545-4559. (Pubitemid 44541868)
26. Lennon, J. T., and Pfaff, L. E., 2005: Source and supply of terrestrial organic matter affects aquatic microbial metabolism. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 39: 107-119. (Pubitemid 40885732)
27. Martinez-Castroviejo, R., 1990: Bed load size distribution and flow conditions in a high mountain catchment of central Pyrenees. Pirineos, 135: 39-53.
28. Maurer, E. P., 2007: Uncertainty in hydrologic impacts of climate change in the Sierra Nevada, California, under two emissions scenarios. Climatic Change, 82: 309-325. (Pubitemid 46606967)
29. McClain, M. E., Boyer, E. W., Dent, C. L., Gergel, S. E., Grimm, N. B., Groffman, P. M., Hart, S. C., Harvey, J. W., Johnston, C. A., Mayorga, E., McDowell, W. H., and Pinay, G., 2003: Biogeochemical hot spots and hot moments at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecosystems, 6: 301-312. (Pubitemid 38131650)
30. McKnight, D. M., Boyer, E. W., Westerhoff, P. K., Doran, P. T., Kulbe, T., and Andersen, D. T., 2001: Spectrofluorometric characterization of dissolved organic matter for indication of precursor organic material and aromaticity. Limnology and Oceanography, 46: 38-48. (Pubitemid 32106535)
31. Melack, J. M., and Stoddard, J. L., 1991: Sierra Nevada. In Charles, D. F. (ed.), Acidic Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems: Regional Case Studies. New York: Springer-Verlag, 503-530.
32. Melack, J. M., Cooper, S. D., Jenkins, T. M., Barmuta, L., Hamilton, S., Kratz, K., Sickman, J., and Soiseth, C., 1989: Chemical and biological characteristics of Emerald Lake and the streams in its watershed, and responses of the lake and streams to acidic deposition. California Air Resources Board, Contract A6-184-32. Santa Barbara, California: Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara.
33. Melack, J. M., Dozier, J., Goldman, C. R., Greenland, D., Milner, A. M., and Naiman, R. J., 1997: Effects of climate change on inland waters of the Pacific Coastal Mountains and western Great Basin of North America. Hydrological Processes, 11: 971-992.
34. Moran, M. A., and Zepp, R. G., 1997: Role of photoreactions in the formation of biologically labile compounds from dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography, 42: 1307-1316. (Pubitemid 28290192)
35. Morris, D. P., and Lewis, W. M., 1988: Phytoplankton nutrient limitation in Colorado mountain lakes. Freshwater Biology, 20: 315-327. (Pubitemid 19324717)
36. Nelson, C. E., 2008: The Phenology, biogeography, and metabolism of bacteria in high-elevation lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California. PhD thesis, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara, 227 pp.
37. Nelson, C. E., Sadro, S., and Melack, J. M., 2009: Contrasting the influences of stream inputs and landscape position on bacterioplankton community structure and dissolved organic matter composition in high-elevation lake chains. Limnology and Oceanography, 54: 1292-1305.
38. Ojala, A., Bellido, J. L., Tulonen, T., Kankaala, P., and Huotari, J., 2011: Carbon gas fluxes from a brown-water and a clear-water lake in the boreal zone during a summer with extreme rain events. Limnology and Oceanography, 56: 61-76.
39. Pace, M. L., and Cole, J. J., 2002: Synchronous variation of dissolved organic carbon and color in lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 47: 333-342. (Pubitemid 34290302)
40. Perez, M. T., and Sommaruga, R., 2006: Differential effect of algal-and soil-derived dissolved organic matter on alpine lake bacterial community composition and activity. Limnology and Oceanography, 51: 2527-2537. (Pubitemid 44902141)
41. Prairie, Y. T., Bird, D. F., and Cole, J. J., 2002: The summer metabolic balance in the epilimnion of southeastern Quebec lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 47: 316-321. (Pubitemid 34115300)
42. Psenner, R., 2003: Alpine lakes: Extreme ecosystems under the pressures of global change. EAWAG News, 55: 12-14.
43. 2; emission from large boreal lakes. Global Change Biology, 11: 1368-1380. (Pubitemid 43898757)
44. Raymond, P. A., and Saiers, J. E., 2010: Event controlled DOC export from forested watersheds. Biogeochemistry, 100: 107-209.
45. Rundel, P. W., Neuman, M., and Rabenold, P., 2009: Plant communities and floristic diversity of the Emerald Lake basin, Sequoia National Park, California. Madroño, 56: 184-198.
46. Sadro, S., Melack, J. M., and MacIntyre, S., 2011a: Depth-integrated estimates of ecosystem metabolism in a high-elevation lake (Emerald Lake, Sierra Nevada, California). Limnology and Oceanography, 56: 1764-1780.
47. Sadro, S., Melack, J. M., and MacIntyre, S., 2011b: Spatial and temporal variability in the ecosystem metabolism of a high-elevation lake: integrating benthic and pelagic habitats. Ecosystems, 14: 1123-1140.
48. Sadro, S., Nelson, C. E., and Melack, J. M, 2011c: Linking diel patterns in community respiration to bacterioplankton in an oligotrophic high-elevation lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 56: 540-550.
49. Sickman, J. O., Melack, J. M., and Clow, D. W., 2003: Evidence for nutrient enrichment of high-elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California. Limnology and Oceanography, 48: 1885-1892. (Pubitemid 37207594)
50. Spears, B. M., and Lesack, F. W., 2006: Bacterioplankton production, abundance, and nutrient limitation among lakes of the Mackenzie Delta (western Canadian Arctic). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 63: 845-857. (Pubitemid 43797926)
51. Staehr, P. A., Sand-Jensen, K., Raun, A. L., Nilsson, B., and Kidmose, J., 2010: Drivers of metabolism and net heterotrophy in contrasting lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, 55: 817-830.
52. Strickland, J. D., and Parsons, T. R., 1972: A practical handbook of seawater analysis. Second edition. Ottawa, Canada: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin 167.
53. Sulzberger, B., and Durisch-Kaiser, E., 2009: Chemical characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM): a prerequisite for understanding UV-induced changes of DOM absorption properties and bioavailability. Aquatic Science, 71: 104-126.
54. Tsai, A. Y., Chiang, K. P., Chang, J., and Gong, G. C., 2005: Seasonal diel variations of picoplankton and nanoplankton in a subtropical Western Pacific coastal ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography, 50: 1221-1231. (Pubitemid 41033844)
55. Tsai, J. W., Kratz, T. K., Hanson, P. C., Wu, J. T., Chang, W. Y. B., Arzberger, P. W., Lin, B. S., Lin, F. P., Chou, H. M., and Chiu, C. Y., 2008: Seasonal dynamics, typhoons and the regulation of lake metabolism in a subtropical humic lake. Freshwater Biology, 53: 1929-1941.
56. Uehlinger, U., Kawecka, B., and Robinson, C. T., 2003: Effects of experimental floods on periphyton and stream metabolism below a high dam in the Swiss Alps (River Spol). Aquatic Sciences, 65: 199-209. (Pubitemid 37224211)
57. Valderrama, J. C., 1981: The simultaneous analysis of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in natural waters. Marine Chemistry, 10: 109-122. (Pubitemid 11111734)