1. Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes
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Vijay P. Patil, Wim Thiery, Emily R. Nodine, Stephen J. Thackeray, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska, Alfred Theodore Nutefe Kwasi Kpodonu, Francesco Pomati, Maria Eugenia del Rosario Llames, Ruchi Bhattacharya, Tanner J. Williamson, Orlane Anneville, Patrick Venail, Cayelan C. Carey, Nico Salmaso, Marc J. Lajeunesse, Harriet L. Wilson, Josef Hejzlar, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Jason D. Stockwell, B.W. Ibelings, Rita Adrian, Gaël Dur, R. Iestyn Woolway, James A. Rusak, Lars G. Rudstam, Peeter Nõges, Christian Torsten Seltmann, Pablo Urrutia-Cordero, Piet Verburg, Laurence Carvalho, Karsten Rinke, Dietmar Straile, Shin-ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Hans-Peter Grossart, Tamar Zohary, Marieke A. Frassl, Jonathan P. Doubek, Nasime Janatian, Mikkel René Andersen, University of Vermont [Burlington], Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Institute of Biology at the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin (FU), Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques (CARRTEL), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Virginia Tech [Blacksburg], Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Netherlands Institute of Ecology - NIOO-KNAW (NETHERLANDS), Shizuoka University of Art and Culture (SUAC), Griffith University [Brisbane], State University of New York at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam), State University of New York (SUNY), Tata Memorial Centre, Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Fdn Edmund Mach, IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, G17AC00044U.S. Geological SurveyNE/J024279/1Natural Environment Research CouncilFondation pour la Recherche sur la BiodiversiteG16AP00087Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies CenterOIA-1556770U.S. National Science FoundationEF-1702506U.S. National Science FoundationCNS-1737424U.S. National Science FoundationICER-1517823U.S. National Science FoundationDEB-1753639U.S. National Science FoundationH2020-MSCA-ITN-2016MANTELPBA/FS/16/02Irish Government791812European UnionU.S. Department of StateCentre Alpin de Recherche sur les Reseaux Trophiques des Ecosystemes Limniques2017-06421Swedish Research Council, AKWA, Aquatic Ecology (AqE), Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Biological stations, Marine Ecosystems Research Group, and Tvärminne Zoological Station
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0106 biological sciences ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Biodiversity & Conservation ,Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser ,01 natural sciences ,Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources ,Water column ,ddc:550 ,functional traits ,watershed ,General Environmental Science ,ddc:333.7-333.9 ,DIFFERENT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ,changement climatique ,Global and Planetary Change ,Plan_S-Compliant-TA ,Ecology ,SPECIES-DIVERSITY ,Research Review ,lacs ,tempête ,climate change ,Oceanography ,WATER-QUALITY ,WIND-EXPOSED LAKE ,International ,1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology ,articles ,Biodiversity Conservation ,climate change, environmental disturbance, extreme events, functional traits, mixing, nutrients, stability, watershed ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,extreme events ,Biogeochemical cycle ,environmental disturbance ,mixing ,nutrients ,stability ,Storms ,Climate Change ,Climate change ,Environmental Sciences & Ecology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,Ecology and Environment ,Extreme weather ,Rivers ,Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA ,ddc:570 ,Phytoplankton ,Environmental Chemistry ,DISSOLVED ORGANIC-CARBON ,CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOM FORMATION ,Ecosystem ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Functional ecology ,Science & Technology ,LARGE SHALLOW LAKE ,phytoplancton ,nutriment ,Storm ,15. Life on land ,Lakes ,Invited Research Review ,FUNCTIONAL TRAITS ,13. Climate action ,Environmental science ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,THERMAL STRATIFICATION ,Surface runoff ,Environmental Sciences - Abstract
In many regions across the globe, extreme weather events such as storms have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration due to climate change. Ecological theory predicts that such extreme events should have large impacts on ecosystem structure and function. High winds and precipitation associated with storms can affect lakes via short‐term runoff events from watersheds and physical mixing of the water column. In addition, lakes connected to rivers and streams will also experience flushing due to high flow rates. Although we have a well‐developed understanding of how wind and precipitation events can alter lake physical processes and some aspects of biogeochemical cycling, our mechanistic understanding of the emergent responses of phytoplankton communities is poor. Here we provide a comprehensive synthesis that identifies how storms interact with lake and watershed attributes and their antecedent conditions to generate changes in lake physical and chemical environments. Such changes can restructure phytoplankton communities and their dynamics, as well as result in altered ecological function (e.g., carbon, nutrient and energy cycling) in the short‐ and long‐term. We summarize the current understanding of storm‐induced phytoplankton dynamics, identify knowledge gaps with a systematic review of the literature, and suggest future research directions across a gradient of lake types and environmental conditions., Our understanding of ecosystem‐scale responses to storm events is fragmented, and terminological variability in defining a “storm” hinders resolution of generalizable impacts. We provide a comprehensive synthesis of the interactions between physical properties and biological responses in lakes that demonstrates the context‐dependency of storm impacts; lake/watershed attributes and their antecedent conditions mediate the extent to which storms impact lake ecosystems. We develop a framework which conceptualizes how abrupt, storm‐induced changes in the lake environment influence phytoplankton community dynamics through functional traits, identifies current limitations, and highlights several avenues of research to narrow knowledge gaps in synthetic and interdisciplinary ways.
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- 2020
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