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TitleHeterogeneous responses of lake CO2 to nutrients and warming in perialpine lakes imprinted in subfossil cladoceran 13C values
AbstractGlobal change transforms processes regulating carbon dioxide (CO) concentrations in lakes, yet our understanding of the broad-scale responses of lake CO to global and local human perturbation across heterogeneous landscapes and multidecadal time scales is limited. We examined decadal variability in the carbon isotope (?C) composition of subfossil zooplankton (Branchiopoda: Cladocera) in seven large clear perialpine lakes, including three previously studied sites, to decipher different patterns in summer surface CO concentrations. Generalized additive models were used to examine whether and how these patterns connect to changing nutrient regimes and anthropogenic warming over the past century. In all but one of the lakes shifts in cladoceran ?C values coincided with turning points in the eutrophication history, broadly implying decreasing summer surface CO concentrations driven by phosphorus fertilization of pelagic primary production. Yet where nutrient concentrations remained below mesotrophic levels, the positive relationship between ?C and phosphorus diminished indicating that the strong biotic control of CO concentrations was overwritten, probably by catchment inorganic carbon inputs and internal biochemical processes. Even under extensive nutrient loading, the connection was further weakened in lakes with high catchment to lake area ratio attributable to increased catchment interference and shorter water residence times. Warming of the perialpine region was also imprinted in the isotope records, yet the temperature effects appeared modest and were restricted to three smaller lakes with lower drainage ratios. In these lakes, warming contributed to declining cladoceran ?C values likely partially driven by epilimnetic deepening increasing CO in surface waters. Overall, our results manifest the broad heterogeneity of lake responses to global change and point to the importance of hydrogeomorphic context in shaping the sensitivity and responses of lake CO to changing nutrient regimes and warming at the regional scale.
SourceScience of the total environment 782
KeywordsCarbon cyclingClimate warmingEutrophicationPaleolimnologyStable carbon isotopesSubfossil Cladocera
JournalScience of the total environment
EditorElsevier, Lausanne ;, Paesi Bassi
Year2021
TypeArticolo in rivista
DOI10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146923
AuthorsRantala, Marttiina V.; Bruel, Rosalie; Marchetto, Aldo; Lami, Andrea; Spangenberg, Jorge E.; Perga, Marie Elodie
Text452897 2021 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146923 Scopus 2 s2.0 85103974259 Carbon cycling Climate warming Eutrophication Paleolimnology Stable carbon isotopes Subfossil Cladocera Heterogeneous responses of lake CO2 to nutrients and warming in perialpine lakes imprinted in subfossil cladoceran 13C values Rantala, Marttiina V.; Bruel, Rosalie; Marchetto, Aldo; Lami, Andrea; Spangenberg, Jorge E.; Perga, Marie Elodie Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque, Italy; Universite Savoie Mont Blanc; Universite de Lausanne UNIL Global change transforms processes regulating carbon dioxide CO concentrations in lakes, yet our understanding of the broad scale responses of lake CO to global and local human perturbation across heterogeneous landscapes and multidecadal time scales is limited. We examined decadal variability in the carbon isotope C composition of subfossil zooplankton Branchiopoda Cladocera in seven large clear perialpine lakes, including three previously studied sites, to decipher different patterns in summer surface CO concentrations. Generalized additive models were used to examine whether and how these patterns connect to changing nutrient regimes and anthropogenic warming over the past century. In all but one of the lakes shifts in cladoceran C values coincided with turning points in the eutrophication history, broadly implying decreasing summer surface CO concentrations driven by phosphorus fertilization of pelagic primary production. Yet where nutrient concentrations remained below mesotrophic levels, the positive relationship between C and phosphorus diminished indicating that the strong biotic control of CO concentrations was overwritten, probably by catchment inorganic carbon inputs and internal biochemical processes. Even under extensive nutrient loading, the connection was further weakened in lakes with high catchment to lake area ratio attributable to increased catchment interference and shorter water residence times. Warming of the perialpine region was also imprinted in the isotope records, yet the temperature effects appeared modest and were restricted to three smaller lakes with lower drainage ratios. In these lakes, warming contributed to declining cladoceran C values likely partially driven by epilimnetic deepening increasing CO in surface waters. Overall, our results manifest the broad heterogeneity of lake responses to global change and point to the importance of hydrogeomorphic context in shaping the sensitivity and responses of lake CO to changing nutrient regimes and warming at the regional scale. 782 Published version http //www.scopus.com/record/display.url eid=2 s2.0 85103974259 origin=inward Articolo Articolo 1 s2.0 S0048969721019938 main.pdf Articolo in rivista Elsevier 0048 9697 Science of the total environment Science of the total environment Sci. total environ. aldo.marchetto MARCHETTO ALDO andrea.lami LAMI ANDREA