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Han X, Xun F, Zhu X, Zhao C, Luo W, Liu Y, Wang M, Xu D, Wan S, Wu QL, Xing P. Mechanism of organic phosphorus transformation and its impact on the primary production in a deep oligotrophic plateau lake during stratification. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 254:121420. [PMID: 38492478 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Global warming is leading to extended stratification in deep lakes, which may exacerbate phosphorus (P) limitation in the upper waters. Conversion of labile dissolved organic P (DOP) is a possible adaptive strategy to maintain primary production. To test this, the spatiotemporal distributions of various soluble P fractions and phosphomonesterase (PME)/phosphodiesterase (PDE) activities were investigated in Lake Fuxian during the stratification period and the transition capacity of organic P and its impact on primary productivity were evaluated. The results indicated that the DOP concentration (mean 0.20 ± 0.05 μmol L-1) was significantly higher than that of dissolved inorganic P (DIP) (mean 0.08 ± 0.03 μmol L-1) in the epilimnion and metalimnion, which were predominantly composed of orthophosphate monoester (monoester-P) and orthophosphate diesters (diester-P). The low ratio of diester-P / monoester-P and high activities of PME and PDE indicate DOP mineralization in the epilimnion and metalimnion. We detected a DIP threshold of approximately 0.19 μmol L-1, corresponding to the highest total PME activity in the lake. Meta-analysis further demonstrated that DIP thresholds of PME activities were prevalent in oligotrophic (0.19 μmol L-1) and mesotrophic (0.74 μmol L-1) inland waters. In contrast to the phosphate-sensitive phosphatase PME, dissolved PDE was expressed independent of phosphate availability and its activity invariably correlated with chlorophyll a, suggesting the involvement of phytoplankton in DOP utilization. This study provides important field evidence for the DOP transformation processes and the strategy for maintaining primary productivity in P-deficient scenarios, which contributes to the understanding of P cycles and the mechanisms of system adaptation to future long-term P limitations in stratified waters.
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- Xiaotong Han
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; The Fuxianhu Station of Deep Lake Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengjiang 652500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; The Fuxianhu Station of Deep Lake Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengjiang 652500, China; Center for Evolution and Conservation Biology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China; Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Botrel M, Maranger R. Global historical trends and drivers of submerged aquatic vegetation quantities in lakes. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:2493-2509. [PMID: 36786043 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in lake littoral zones is an inland water wetland type that provides numerous essential ecosystem services, such as supplying food and habitat for fauna, regulating nutrient fluxes, stabilizing sediments, and maintaining a clear water state. However, little is known on how inland SAV quantities are changing globally in response to human activities, where loss threatens the provisioning of these ecosystem services. In this study, we generate a comprehensive global synthesis of trends in SAV quantities using time series (>10 years) in lakes and identify their main drivers. We compiled trends across methods and metrics, integrating both observational and paleolimnological approaches as well as diverse measures of SAV quantities, including areal extent, density, or abundance classes. The compilation revealed that knowledge on SAV is mostly derived from temperate regions, with major gaps in tropical, boreal, and mountainous lake-rich regions. Similar to other wetland types, we found that 41% of SAV times series are largely decreasing mostly due to land use change and resulting eutrophication. SAV is, however, increasing in 28% of cases, primarily since the 1980s. We show that trends and drivers of SAV quantities vary regionally, with increases in Europe explained mainly by management, decreases in Asia due to eutrophication and land use change, and variable trends in North America consistent with invasive species arrival. By providing a quantitative portrait of trends in SAV quantities worldwide, we identify knowledge gaps and future SAV research priorities. By considering the drivers of different trends, we also offer insight to future lake management related to climate, positive restoration actions, and change in community structure on SAV quantities.
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- Morgan Botrel
- Département de sciences biologiques, Complexe des sciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de sciences biologiques, Complexe des sciences, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Yang B, Ljung K, Nielsen AB, Fahlgren E, Hammarlund D. Impacts of long-term land use on terrestrial organic matter input to lakes based on lignin phenols in sediment records from a Swedish forest lake. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 774:145517. [PMID: 33609828 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Organic carbon burial in lake sediments plays an important role in the global carbon cycle, and is heavily affected by the terrestrial organic matter input. However, few studies have focused on long-term changes in terrestrial organic matter input to lakes in response to land-use changes. The aim of this study was to assess variations in sedimentary terrestrial organic matter over the last 1000 years based on lignin biomarker records from two sediment cores from Lake Skottenesjön, southwestern Sweden. In combination with pollen-based quantitative land cover reconstruction, we investigated the impacts of centennial-scale land-use changes on terrestrial organic matter input to lake sediments. The results show that human activities in the catchment had significant impacts on terrestrial organic export by modifying the vegetation cover. Intensified use of the forest in the 18th and 19th centuries led to enhanced soil erosion, and increased terrestrial organic matter input to the lake. Although farmland expanded between the 12th and the middle of 14th century, no significant change in terrestrial organic matter input was observed at that time. Much higher export of terrestrial organic and minerogenic matter to the lake was observed during the period of modern forestry in the 20th century as compared to previous periods of minor forest disturbance, such as 11th century. The changes in the vegetation cover in the catchment considerably modified the composition of terrestrial organic matter deposited in the lake sediments, which is reflected by the composition of lignin phenols. This study demonstrates that the combination of lignin phenols analysis and pollen-based quantitative land cover reconstruction is a useful approach for investigating long-term changes in terrestrial organic matter delivery to lake ecosystems.
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- Bingjie Yang
- Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegaten 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegaten 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 5a, 413 20 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegaten 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Klamt A, Poulsen SP, Odgaard BV, Hübener T, McGowan S, Jensen HS, Reitzel K. Holocene lake phosphorus species and primary producers reflect catchment processes in a small, temperate lake. ECOL MONOGR 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Anna‐Marie Klamt
- Department of Biology University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark
- School of Tourism and Geography Yunnan Normal University Kunming China
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- Institute of Biosciences University of Rostock Rostock Germany
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- School of Geography University of Nottingham Nottingham United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark
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Liu Y, Chen G, Meyer-Jacob C, Huang L, Liu X, Huang G, Klamt AM, Smol JP. Land-use and climate controls on aquatic carbon cycling and phototrophs in karst lakes of southwest China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 751:141738. [PMID: 32882557 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Land-use and climate changes have been repeatedly identified as important factors affecting terrestrial carbon budgets, however little is known about how deforestation and catchment development affect aquatic systems in carbonate-rich regions. Multi-proxy analyses of 210Pb-dated sediment cores from two hard-water lakes with different land-use histories were applied for assessing carbon cycling and limnological changes in response to land-use changes over the past century in southwest China. Logging of primary forests in the catchment of Lugu Lake, starting in the 1950s, led to a significant increase of catchment erosion, as well as a consistent decline in inferred lake-water total organic carbon (TOC) levels and sediment carbonate accumulation. This process of recent deforestation may significantly reduce the role of lake systems to act as carbon sinks through hampering of both the soil organic carbon flux and the dissolution of catchment carbonate. The decline in lake-water TOC in Lugu Lake further increased algal production (i.e. tracked through sediment trends in chlorophyll a and its main diagenetic products) and changes in diatom composition. In comparison, there was little variation of sediment carbonate content in Chenghai Lake, which has a long history of catchment deforestation, while both primary production and lake-water TOC increased following cultural eutrophication during the last three decades. Furthermore, regional warming was associated with an increase in small-sized diatoms in both deep lakes, likely due to enhanced thermal stability. This study highlights the significant role of vegetation cover and land use in driving aquatic carbon cycling and phototrophs, revealing that deforestation can strongly reduce both inorganic and organic carbon export to lakes and thus aquatic carbon storage in karst landscapes.
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- Yuanyuan Liu
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, School of Tourism and Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, School of Tourism and Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, School of Tourism and Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, School of Tourism and Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, School of Tourism and Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, School of Tourism and Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Zhang C, Feng W, Chen H, Zhu Y, Wu F, Giesy JP, He Z, Wang H, Sun F. Characterization and sources of dissolved and particulate phosphorus in 10 freshwater lakes with different trophic statuses in China by solution
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P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Ecol Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Chen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
- Department of Biomedical Veterinary Sciences and Toxicology Centre University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
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- USDA‐ARS Southern Regional Research Center New Orleans Louisiana
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Beijing China
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