TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brentrup, Jennifer A.
A1  - Williamson, Craig E.
A1  - Colom-Montero, William
A1  - Eckert, Werner
A1  - de Eyto, Elvira
A1  - Großart, Hans-Peter
A1  - Huot, Yannick
A1  - Isles, Peter D. F.
A1  - Knoll, Lesley B.
A1  - Leach, Taylor H.
A1  - McBride, Chris G.
A1  - Pierson, Don
A1  - Pomati, Francesco
A1  - Read, Jordan S.
A1  - Rose, Kevin C.
A1  - Samal, Nihar R.
A1  - Staehr, Peter A.
A1  - Winslow, Luke A.
T1  - The potential of high-frequency profiling to assess vertical and seasonal patterns of phytoplankton dynamics in lakes: an extension of the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) model
JF  - Inland waters : journal of the International Society of Limnology
N2  - The use of high-frequency sensors on profiling buoys to investigate physical, chemical, and biological processes in lakes is 
increasing rapidly. Profiling buoys with automated winches and sensors that collect high-frequency chlorophyll fluorescence 
(ChlF) profiles in 11 lakes in the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) allowed the study of the vertical 
and temporal distribution of ChlF, including the formation of subsurface chlorophyll maxima (SSCM). The effectiveness of 3 
methods for sampling phytoplankton distributions in lakes, including (1) manual profiles, (2) single-depth buoys, and (3) 
profiling buoys were assessed. High-frequency ChlF surface data and profiles were compared to predictions from the 
Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) model. The depth-integrated ChlF dynamics measured by the profiling buoy data revealed a 
greater complexity that neither conventional sampling nor the generalized PEG model captured. Conventional sampling 
techniques would have missed SSCM in 7 of 11 study lakes. Although surface-only ChlF data underestimated average water 
column ChlF, at times by nearly 2-fold in 4 of the lakes, overall there was a remarkable similarity between surface and mean 
water column data. Contrary to the PEG model’s proposed negligible role for physical control of phytoplankton during the 
growing season, thermal structure and light availability were closely associated with ChlF seasonal depth distribution. Thus, 
an extension of the PEG model is proposed, with a new conceptual framework that explicitly includes physical metrics to 
better predict SSCM formation in lakes and highlight when profiling buoys are especially informative.
KW  - chlorophyll fluorescence
KW  - Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON)
KW  - high-frequency sensors
KW  - PEG model
KW  - phytoplankton
KW  - profiling buoys
KW  - subsurface chlorophyll maximum
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5268/IW-6.4.890
SN  - 2044-2041
SN  - 2044-205X
VL  - 6
SP  - 565
EP  - 580
PB  - Freshwater Biological Association
CY  - Ambleside
ER  -