The influence of dissolved organic carbon on primary production in northern lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1276-1285

  Seekell, David A ^a   Lapierre, Jean Francois ^b   Ask, Jenny ^a   Bergstreom, Ann Kristin ^a   Deininger, Anne ^a   Rodriguez, Patricia ^c   Karlsson, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BOREAL KINGDOM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THRESHOLD;

CANADA;

EID: 84945973163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10096     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Ask, J., J. Karlsson, L. Persson, P. Ask, P. Bystrom, and M. Jansson. 2009a. Terrestrial organic matter and light penetration: Effects on bacterial and primary production in lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 2034–2040. doi: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2034
2. Ask, J., J. Karlsson, L. Persson, P. Ask, P. Bystrom, and M. Jansson. 2009b. Whole-lake estimates of carbon flux through algae and bacteria in benthic and pelagic habitats of clear-water lakes. Ecology 90: 1923–1932. doi: 10.1890/07-1855.1
3. Ask, J., J. Karlsson, and M. Jansson. 2012. Net ecosystem production in clear-water and brown-water lakes. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 26: GB1017. doi: 10.1029/2010GB003951
4. Bergstrom, A.-K. 2010. The use of TN:TP and DIN:TP ratios as indicators for phytoplankton nutrient limitation in oligotrophic lakes affected by N deposition. Aquat. Sci. 72: 277–281. doi: 10.1007/s00027-010-0132-0
5. Bergstreom, A.-K., P. Blomqvist, and M. Jansson. 2005. Effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on nutrient limitation and phytoplankton biomass in unproductive Swedish lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 987–994. doi: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.3.0987
6. Bergstreom, A.-K., C. Faithfull, D. Karlsson, and J. Karlsson. 2013. Nitrogen deposition and warming—effects on phytoplankton nutrient limitation in subarctic lakes. Glob. Change Biol. 19: 2557–2568. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12234
7. Brothers, S., and others. 2014. A feedback loop links brownification and anoxia in a temperate, shallow lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59: 1388–1398. doi: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1388
8. Bukaveckas, P. A., and M. Robbins-Forbes. 2000. Role of dissolved organic carbon in the attenuation of photosynthetically active and ultraviolet radiation in Adirondack lakes. Freshw. Biol. 43: 339–354. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00518.x
9. Carignan, R., D. Planas, and C. Vis. 2000. Planktonic production and respiration in oligotrophic Shield lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 189–199. doi: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.1.0189
10. Carpenter, S. R., and M. L. Pace. 1997. Dystrophy and eutrophy in lake ecosystems: Implications of fluctuating inputs. Oikos 78: 3–14. doi: 10.2307/3545794
11. Carpenter, S. R., J. J. Cole, J. F. Kitchell, and M. L. Pace. 1998. Impact of dissolved organic carbon concentration, phosphorus, and grazing on phytoplankton biomass and production in experimental lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 73–80. doi: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.1.0073
12. Carpenter, S. R., J. F. Kitchell, J. J. Cole, and M. L. Pace. 1999. Predicting responses of chlorophyll and primary production to changes in phosphorus, grazing, and dissolved organic carbon (Reply to comment by Nurnberg). Limnol. Oceanogr. 44: 1179–1182. doi:10.4319/lo.1999.44.4.1179
13. Clark, J. M., and others. 2010. The importance of the relationship between scale and processes in understanding long-term DOC dynamics. Sci. Total Environ. 408: 2768–2775. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.046
14. Cole, J. J. 2009. Production in pristine lakes. Nature 460: 463–464. doi: 10.1038/460463a
15. Godwin, S. C., S. E. Jones, B. C. Weidel, and C. T. Solomon. 2014. Dissolved organic carbon concentration controls benthic primary production: Results from in situ chambers in north-temperate lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59: 2112–2120. doi: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.6.2112
16. Hakanson, L., and V. V. Boulion. 2001. Regularities in primary production, Secchi depth and fish yield and a new system to define trophic and humic state indices for lake ecosystems. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 86: 23–62. doi: 10.1002/1522-2632(200101)86:1<23::AID-IROH23>3.0.CO;2-4
17. Hansson, L.-A. 1992. Factors regulating periphytic algal biomass. Limnol. Oceanogr. 37: 322–328. doi: 10.4319/ lo.1992.37.2.0322
18. Houser, J. N. 2006. Water color affects the stratification, surface temperature, heat content, and mean epilimnetic irradiance of small lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63: 2447–2455. doi: 10.1139/f06-131
19. Jansson, M., A.-K. Bergstreom, S. Drakare, and P. Blomqvist. 2001. Nutrient limitation of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in humic lakes in northern Sweden. Freshw. Biol. 46: 653–666. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00703.x
20. Jansson, M., J. Karlsson, and A. Jonsson. 2012. Carbon dioxide supersaturation promotes primary production in lakes. Ecol. Lett. 15: 527–532. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01762.x
21. Jones, R. I. 1998. Phytoplankton, primary production and nutrient cycling, p. 145–175. In D. O. Hessen and L. J. Tranvik [eds.], Aquatic humic substances: Ecology and biogeochemistry. Springer.
22. Jones, R. I., K. Salonen, and H. de Haan. 1988. Phosphorus transformations in the epilimnion of humic lakes: Abiotic interactions between dissolved humic materials and phosphate. Freshw. Biol. 19: 357–369. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1988.tb00357.x
23. Karlsson, J., and P. Bystrom. 2005. Littoral energy mobilization dominates energy supply for top consumers in subarctic lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 538–543. doi: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.2.0538
24. Karlsson, J., M. Jansson, and A. Jonsson. 2002. Similar relationships between primary and bacterial production in clear-water and humic lakes. Ecology 83: 2902–2910. doi: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2902:SRBPPA]2.0.CO;2
25. Karlsson, J., P. Bystrom, J. Ask, P. Ask, L. Persson, and M. Jansson. 2009. Light limitation of nutrient-poor lake ecosystems. Nature 460: 506–509. doi: 10.1038/nature08179
26. Kissman, C. E. H., C. E. Williamson, K. C. Rose, and J. E. Saros. 2013. Response of phytoplankton in an alpine lake to inputs of dissolved organic matter through nutrient enrichment and trophic forcing. Limnol. Oceanogr. 58: 867–880. doi:10.4319/lo.2013.58.3.0867
27. Klug, J. L. 2002. Positive and negative effects of allochthonous dissolved organic matter and inorganic nutrients on phytoplankton growth. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59: 85–95. doi: 10.1139/f01-194
28. Kothawala, D. N., C. A. Stedmon, R. A. Meuller, G. A. Weyhenmeyer, S. J. Keohler, and L. J. Tranvik. 2014. Controls of dissolved organic matter quality: Evidence from a large-scale boreal lake survey. Glob. Change Biol. 20: 1101–1114. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12488
29. Lapierre, J.-F., F. Guillemette, M. Berggren, and P. A del Giorgio. 2013. Increases in terrestrially derived carbon stimulate organic carbon processing and CO2 emissions in boreal aquatic ecosystems. Nat. Commun. 4: 2972. doi:10.1038/ncomms3972
30. Levine, M. A., and S. C. Whalen. 2001. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton production in Alaskan arctic foothill lakes. Hydrobiologia 455: 189–201. doi: 10.1023/A:1011954221491
31. Lewis, W. M. 2011. Global primary production of lakes: 19th Baldi Memorial Lecture. Inland Waters 1: 1–28. doi: 10.5268/IW-1.1.384
32. Monteith, D. T., and others. 2007. Dissolved organic carbon rends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry. Nature 450: 537–540. doi: 10.1038/nature06316
33. Northington, R. M., M. D. Keyse, S. R. Beaty, S. C. Whalen, E. R. Sokol, and A. E. Hershey. 2010. Benthic secondary production in eight oligotrophic arctic Alaskan lakes. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc. 29: 465–479. doi: 10.1899/09-026.1
34. Rodriguez, P., J. Ask, C. L. Hein, M. Jansson, and J. Karlsson. 2013. Benthic organic carbon release stimulates bacterioplankton production in a clear-water subarctic lake. Freshw. Sci. 32: 176–182. doi:10.1899/12-005.1
35. Sadro, S., and J. M. Melack. 2012. The effect of an extreme rain event on the biogeochemistry and ecosystem metabolism of an oligotrophic high-elevation lake. Arctic Alpine Res. 44: 222–231. doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.2.222
36. Seekell, D. A., J.-F. Lapierre, M. L. Pace, C. Gudasz, S. Sobek, and L. J. Tranvik. 2014. Regional-scale variation of dissolved organic carbon concentrations in Swedish lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59: 1612–1620. doi: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1612
37. Skjelkvale, B. L., H. Borg, A. Hindar, and A. Wilander. 2007. Large scale patterns of chemical recovery in lakes in Norway and Sweden: Importance of seasalt episodes and changes in dissolved organic carbon. Appl. Geochem. 22: 1174–1180. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.040
38. Sobek, S., L. J. Tranvik, Y. T. Prairie, P. Kortelainen, and J. J. Cole. 2007. Patterns and regulation of dissolved organic carbon: An analysis of 7,500 widely distributed lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52: 1208–1219. doi: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.1208
39. Solomon, C. T., and others. 2015. Ecosystem consequences of changing inputs of terrestrial dissolved organic matter to lakes: Current knowledge and future challenges. Ecosystems 18: 376–389. doi: 10.1007/s10021-015-9848-y
40. Sterner, R. W. 1990. Lake morphometry and light in the surface layer. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47: 687–692. doi: 10.1139/f90-076
41. Thrane, J.-E., D. O. Hessen, and T. Andersen. 2014. The absorption of light in lakes: Negative impact of dissolved organic carbon on primary productivity. Ecosystems 17: 1040–1052. doi: 10.1007/s10021-014-9776-2
42. Vadeboncoeur, Y., and A. D. Steinman. 2002. Periphyton function in lake ecosystems. Sci. World J. 2: 1449–1468. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2002.294
43. Vadeboncoeur, Y., D. M. Lodge, and S. R. Carpenter. 2001. Whole-lake fertilization effects on primary production between benthic and pelagic habitats. Ecology 82: 1065–1077. doi: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1065:WLFEOD]2.0.CO;2
44. Vadeboncoeur, Y., G. Peterson, M. J. Vander Zanden, and J. Kalff. 2008. Benthic algal production across lake size gradients: Interactions among morphometry, nutrients, and light. Ecology 89: 2542–2552. doi: 10.1890/07-1058.1
45. Vander Zanden, M. J., Y. Vandeboncoeur, and S. Chandra. 2011. Fish reliance on littoral-benthic resources and the distribution of primary production in lakes. Ecosystems 14: 894–903. doi: 10.1007/s10021-011-9454-6
46. Verpoorter, C., T. Kutser, D. A. Seekell, and L. J. Tranvik. 2014. A global inventory of lakes based on highresolution satellite imagery. Geophys. Res. Lett. 41: 6396–6402. doi: 10.1002/2014GL060641
47. Wetzel, R. G., and G. E. Likens. 2000. Limnological analyses, 3rd ed. Springer.
48. Weyhenmeyer, G. A., and J. Karlsson. 2009. Nonlinear response of dissolved organic carbon concentrations in boreal lakes to increasing temperatures. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 2513–2519. doi: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6_part_2.2513
49. Whalen, S. C., B. A. Chalfant, E. N. Fischer, K. A. Fortino, and A. E. Hershey. 2006. Comparative influence of resuspended glacial sediment on physicochemical characteristics and primary production in two arctic lakes. Aquat. Sci. 68: 65–77. doi: 10.1007/s00027-005-0804-3
50. Whalen, S. C., B. A. Chalfant, and E. N. Fischer. 2008. Epipelic and pelagic primary production in Alaskan Arctic lakes of varying depth. Hydrobiologia 614: 243–257. doi: 10.1007/s10750-008-9510-1
51. Williams, P., and D. Lefevre. 2008. An assessment of the measurement of phytoplankton respiration rates from dark 14C incubations. Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 6: 1–11. doi: 10.4319/lom.2008.6.1
52. Williamson, C. E., D. P. Morris, M. L. Pace, and O. G. Olson. 1999. Dissolved organic carbon and nutrients as regulators of lake ecosystems: Resurrection of a more integrated paradigm. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44: 795–803. doi: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0795