TY - JOUR
T1 - Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes
AU - Stockwell, Jason D.
AU - Doubek, Jonathan P.
AU - Adrian, Rita
AU - Anneville, Orlane
AU - Carey, Cayelan C.
AU - Carvalho, Laurence
AU - De Senerpont Domis, Lisette N.
AU - Dur, Gaël
AU - Frassl, Marieke A.
AU - Grossart, Hans Peter
AU - Ibelings, Bas W.
AU - Lajeunesse, Marc J.
AU - Lewandowska, Aleksandra M.
AU - Llames, María E.
AU - Matsuzaki, Shin Ichiro S.
AU - Nodine, Emily R.
AU - Nõges, Peeter
AU - Patil, Vijay P.
AU - Pomati, Francesco
AU - Rinke, Karsten
AU - Rudstam, Lars G.
AU - Rusak, James A.
AU - Salmaso, Nico
AU - Seltmann, Christian T.
AU - Straile, Dietmar
AU - Thackeray, Stephen J.
AU - Thiery, Wim
AU - Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo
AU - Venail, Patrick
AU - Verburg, Piet
AU - Woolway, R. Iestyn
AU - Zohary, Tamar
AU - Andersen, Mikkel R.
AU - Bhattacharya, Ruchi
AU - Hejzlar, Josef
AU - Janatian, Nasime
AU - Kpodonu, Alfred T.N.K.
AU - Williamson, Tanner J.
AU - Wilson, Harriet L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - In many regions across the globe, extreme weather events such as storms have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration due to climate change. Ecological theory predicts that such extreme events should have large impacts on ecosystem structure and function. High winds and precipitation associated with storms can affect lakes via short-term runoff events from watersheds and physical mixing of the water column. In addition, lakes connected to rivers and streams will also experience flushing due to high flow rates. Although we have a well-developed understanding of how wind and precipitation events can alter lake physical processes and some aspects of biogeochemical cycling, our mechanistic understanding of the emergent responses of phytoplankton communities is poor. Here we provide a comprehensive synthesis that identifies how storms interact with lake and watershed attributes and their antecedent conditions to generate changes in lake physical and chemical environments. Such changes can restructure phytoplankton communities and their dynamics, as well as result in altered ecological function (e.g., carbon, nutrient and energy cycling) in the short- and long-term. We summarize the current understanding of storm-induced phytoplankton dynamics, identify knowledge gaps with a systematic review of the literature, and suggest future research directions across a gradient of lake types and environmental conditions.
AB - In many regions across the globe, extreme weather events such as storms have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration due to climate change. Ecological theory predicts that such extreme events should have large impacts on ecosystem structure and function. High winds and precipitation associated with storms can affect lakes via short-term runoff events from watersheds and physical mixing of the water column. In addition, lakes connected to rivers and streams will also experience flushing due to high flow rates. Although we have a well-developed understanding of how wind and precipitation events can alter lake physical processes and some aspects of biogeochemical cycling, our mechanistic understanding of the emergent responses of phytoplankton communities is poor. Here we provide a comprehensive synthesis that identifies how storms interact with lake and watershed attributes and their antecedent conditions to generate changes in lake physical and chemical environments. Such changes can restructure phytoplankton communities and their dynamics, as well as result in altered ecological function (e.g., carbon, nutrient and energy cycling) in the short- and long-term. We summarize the current understanding of storm-induced phytoplankton dynamics, identify knowledge gaps with a systematic review of the literature, and suggest future research directions across a gradient of lake types and environmental conditions.
KW - climate change
KW - environmental disturbance
KW - extreme events
KW - functional traits
KW - mixing
KW - nutrients
KW - stability
KW - watershed
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U2 - 10.1111/gcb.15033
DO - 10.1111/gcb.15033
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32133744
AN - SCOPUS:85082324832
SN - 1354-1013
VL - 26
SP - 2756
EP - 2784
JO - Global Change Biology
JF - Global Change Biology
IS - 5
ER -