Impact of climate change and oligotrophication on quality and quantity of lake primary production: A case study in Lake Biwa.

Autor: Kazama T; Lake Biwa Branch Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Otsu, Shiga, Japan; Regional Environment Conservation Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Electronic address: tkazama@shse.h-hyogo.ac.jp., Hayakawa K; Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, Otsu, Shiga, Japan., Nagata T; Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, Otsu, Shiga, Japan., Shimotori K; Lake Biwa Branch Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Otsu, Shiga, Japan; Regional Environment Conservation Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan., Imai A; Lake Biwa Branch Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Otsu, Shiga, Japan; Regional Environment Conservation Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Jun 01; Vol. 927, pp. 172266. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172266
Abstrakt: Global climate change and anthropogenic oligotrophication are expected to reshape the dynamics of primary production (PP) in aquatic ecosystems; however, few studies have explored their long-term effects. In theory, the PP of phytoplankton in Lake Biwa may decline over decades due to warming, heightened stratification, and anthropogenic oligotrophication. Furthermore, the PP of large phytoplankton, which are inedible to zooplankton, along with biomass-specific productivity (PBc), could decrease. In this study, data from 1976 to 2021 and active fluorometry measurements taken in 2020 and 2021 were evaluated. Quantitatively, the temporal dynamics of mean seasonal PP during 1971-2021 were assessed according to the carbon fixation rate to investigate relationships among environmental factors. Qualitatively, phytoplankton biomass, PP, and PBc were measured in two size fractions [edible (S) or inedible (L) for zooplankton] in 2020 and 2021, and the L:S balance for these three measures was compared between 1992 (low-temperature/high-nutrient conditions) and 2020-2021 (high-temperature/low-nutrient conditions) to assess seasonal dynamics. The results indicated that climate change and anthropogenic oligotrophication over the past 30 years have diminished Lake Biwa's PP since the 1990s, impacting the phenology of PP dynamics. However, the L:S balance in PP and PBc has exhibited minimal change between the data from 1992 and the 2020-2021 period. These findings suggest that, although climate change and oligotrophication may reduce overall PP, they may not markedly alter the inedible/edible phytoplankton balance in terms of PP and PBc. Instead, as total PP declines, the production of small edible phytoplankton may decrease proportionally, potentially affecting trophic transfer efficiency and material cycling in Lake Biwa.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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