TY - JOUR A1 - Rusak, James A. A1 - Tanentzap, Andrew J. A1 - Klug, Jennifer L. A1 - Rose, Kevin C. A1 - Hendricks, Susan P. A1 - Jennings, Eleanor A1 - Laas, Alo A1 - Pierson, Donald C. A1 - Ryder, Elizabeth A1 - Smyth, Robyn L. A1 - White, D. S. A1 - Winslow, Luke A. A1 - Adrian, Rita A1 - Arvola, Lauri A1 - de Eyto, Elvira A1 - Feuchtmayr, Heidrun A1 - Honti, Mark A1 - Istvanovics, Vera A1 - Jones, Ian D. A1 - McBride, Chris G. A1 - Schmidt, Silke Regina A1 - Seekell, David A1 - Staehr, Peter A. A1 - Guangwei, Zhu T1 - Wind and trophic status explain within and among-lake variability of algal biomass JF - Limnology and oceanography letters / ASLO, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography N2 - Phytoplankton biomass and production regulates key aspects of freshwater ecosystems yet its variability and subsequent predictability is poorly understood. We estimated within-lake variation in biomass using high-frequency chlorophyll fluorescence data from 18 globally distributed lakes. We tested how variation in fluorescence at monthly, daily, and hourly scales was related to high-frequency variability of wind, water temperature, and radiation within lakes as well as productivity and physical attributes among lakes. Within lakes, monthly variation dominated, but combined daily and hourly variation were equivalent to that expressed monthly. Among lakes, biomass variability increased with trophic status while, within-lake biomass variation increased with increasing variability in wind speed. Our results highlight the benefits of high-frequency chlorophyll monitoring and suggest that predicted changes associated with climate, as well as ongoing cultural eutrophication, are likely to substantially increase the temporal variability of algal biomass and thus the predictability of the services it provides. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10093 SN - 2378-2242 VL - 3 IS - 6 SP - 409 EP - 418 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Giling, Darren P. A1 - Staehr, Peter A. A1 - Grossart, Hans-Peter A1 - Andersen, Mikkel Rene A1 - Boehrer, Bertram A1 - Escot, Carmelo A1 - Evrendilek, Fatih A1 - Gomez-Gener, Lluis A1 - Honti, Mark A1 - Jones, Ian D. A1 - Karakaya, Nusret A1 - Laas, Alo A1 - Moreno-Ostos, Enrique A1 - Rinke, Karsten A1 - Scharfenberger, Ulrike A1 - Schmidt, Silke R. A1 - Weber, Michael A1 - Woolway, R. Iestyn A1 - Zwart, Jacob A. A1 - Obrador, Biel T1 - Delving deeper: Metabolic processes in the metalimnion of stratified lakes JF - Limnology and oceanography N2 - Many lakes exhibit seasonal stratification, during which they develop strong thermal and chemical gradients. An expansion of depth-integrated monitoring programs has provided insight into the importance of organic carbon processing that occurs below the upper mixed layer. However, the chemical and physical drivers of metabolism and metabolic coupling remain unresolved, especially in the metalimnion. In this depth zone, sharp gradients in key resources such as light and temperature co-occur with dynamic physical conditions that influence metabolic processes directly and simultaneously hamper the accurate tracing of biological activity. We evaluated the drivers of metalimnetic metabolism and its associated uncertainty across 10 stratified lakes in Europe and North America. We hypothesized that the metalimnion would contribute highly to whole-lake functioning in clear oligotrophic lakes, and that metabolic rates would be highly variable in unstable polymictic lakes. Depth-integrated rates of gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER) were modelled from diel dissolved oxygen curves using a Bayesian approach. Metabolic estimates were more uncertain below the epilimnion, but uncertainty was not consistently related to lake morphology or mixing regime. Metalimnetic rates exhibited high day-to-day variability in all trophic states, with the metalimnetic contribution to daily whole-lake GPP and ER ranging from 0% to 87% and < 1% to 92%, respectively. Nonetheless, the metalimnion of low-nutrient lakes contributed strongly to whole-lake metabolism on average, driven by a collinear combination of highlight, low surface-water phosphorous concentration and high metalimnetic volume. Consequently, a single-sensor approach does not necessarily reflect whole-ecosystem carbon dynamics in stratified lakes. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10504 SN - 0024-3590 SN - 1939-5590 VL - 62 SP - 1288 EP - 1306 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER -