ID:
publications-2536
Type:
Peer reviewed articles
Year:
2021
Authors:
Nasime Janatian, Kalle Olli, Peeter Nõges
Title:
Phytoplankton responses to meteorological and hydrological forcing at decadal to seasonal time scales
Venue/Journal:
Hydrobiologia
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-021-04594-x
Research type:
Simulation & Modeling
Water System:
River Basins
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Abstract:
AbstractOne of the challenges for predicting global change effects on aquatic ecosystems is the vague understanding of the mechanisms of multiple controlling factors affecting phytoplankton dynamics at different time scales. Here we distinguish between hydrometeorological forcing of phytoplankton dynamics at time scales from days to decades based on a 54-year monthly phytoplankton time series from a large shallow Lake Võrtsjärv (58°16′N, 26°02′E) in Estonia, combined with daily data on forcing factors—thermal-, wind-, light- and water-level regimes. By using variance partitioning with linear mixed effect modelling (LME), we found a continuum from the large dominant K-selected filamentous cyanobacteria with strongest decadal scale variation (8–30%) to r-selected phytoflagellates with large stochastic variability (80–96%). External forcing revealed strong seasonal variation (up to 80%), while specifically water level and wind speed had a robust decadal variation (8% and 20%, respectively). The effect of external variables was proportionally manifested in the time scales of phytoplankton variation. Temperature, with a clear seasonal variation, had no impact on the dominant cold tolerant filamentous cyanobacteria in Lake Võrtsjärv. We found the LME as a reliable method for resolving the temporal cross-scale problem. It yielded quantitative results that matched our intuitive understanding of the dynamics of different variables.
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