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| Title | Major changes in trophic dynamics in large, deep sub-alpine Lake Maggiore from 1940s to 2002: a high resolution comparative palaeo-neolimnological study |
| Abstract | We describe the changes in trophic dynamics in Lake Maggiore from c. 1943 to 2002 using subfossil cladoceran data from a high resolution sediment record, long-term contemporary data series and historical information. During this period the lake went through a eutrophication phase until 1980 followed by oligotrophication. During the eutrophication period a major increase occurred in the abundance of Chydorus sphaericus, the proportion of planktonic cladocerans and total abundance of cladocerans in the sediment. Since 1980 the abundance declined again and subfossil Eubosmina mucro length and contemporary Daphnia body length increased, most probably as a result of higher abundance of invertebrate predators. Changes in the fish stock composition caused by the introduction of exotic fish during the pre-eutrophication period and a complete ban on fishing because of Dichloro-diphenilethanes (DDTs) pollution of the lake (during oligotrophication) could also be detected in the community assemblage and size structure of the sediment zooplankton. We found good correspondence between trophic changes inferred from cladoceran subfossils (community composition, size and predation pressure) and contemporary data, suggesting that sediment samples can be used to infer past development in trophic dynamics, including predation by fish and pelagic invertebrates in lakes with scarce neolimnological data. Furthermore, by combining palaeolimnological cladoceran data rarely obtained from contemporary samples (e.g. benthic and plant-associated cladocerans, mucro length of bosminids) with contemporary data of organisms poorly represented in the sediment record (e.g. remains of Bythotrephes and fishes) a more complete understanding of changes in trophic dynamics was obtained. The detection in the sediments of meteorological events whose effects on zooplankton had been recorded in the long-term studies also provided evidence that eutrophication tends to override climate signals. We conclude that a combined palaeo-neolimnological approach can be a powerful tool for elucidating past changes in the trophic dynamics of lakes and the interaction with climate induced changes, not least when high resolution sediment records are available. |
| Source | Freshwater biology (Print) 52-11, pp. 2256–2269 |
| Keywords | Cladoceraclimatepalaeo-neolimnologypredationtrophy |
| Journal | Freshwater biology (Print) |
| Editor | Blackwell Scientific Publications., Edinburgh, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| Authors | Manca M.; Torretta B.; Comoli P.; Amsinck S.L.(1); Jeppesen E.(1) |
| Text | 52978 2007 ISI Web of Science WOS 000250145600015 Cladocera climate palaeo neolimnology predation trophy Major changes in trophic dynamics in large, deep sub alpine Lake Maggiore from 1940s to 2002 a high resolution comparative palaeo neolimnological study Manca M.; Torretta B.; Comoli P.; Amsinck S.L. 1 ; Jeppesen E. 1 1 National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Freshwater Ecology, University of Aarhus, Vejlsøvej, Silkeborg, Denmark We describe the changes in trophic dynamics in Lake Maggiore from c. 1943 to 2002 using subfossil cladoceran data from a high resolution sediment record, long term contemporary data series and historical information. During this period the lake went through a eutrophication phase until 1980 followed by oligotrophication. During the eutrophication period a major increase occurred in the abundance of Chydorus sphaericus, the proportion of planktonic cladocerans and total abundance of cladocerans in the sediment. Since 1980 the abundance declined again and subfossil Eubosmina mucro length and contemporary Daphnia body length increased, most probably as a result of higher abundance of invertebrate predators. Changes in the fish stock composition caused by the introduction of exotic fish during the pre eutrophication period and a complete ban on fishing because of Dichloro diphenilethanes DDTs pollution of the lake during oligotrophication could also be detected in the community assemblage and size structure of the sediment zooplankton. We found good correspondence between trophic changes inferred from cladoceran subfossils community composition, size and predation pressure and contemporary data, suggesting that sediment samples can be used to infer past development in trophic dynamics, including predation by fish and pelagic invertebrates in lakes with scarce neolimnological data. Furthermore, by combining palaeolimnological cladoceran data rarely obtained from contemporary samples e.g. benthic and plant associated cladocerans, mucro length of bosminids with contemporary data of organisms poorly represented in the sediment record e.g. remains of Bythotrephes and fishes a more complete understanding of changes in trophic dynamics was obtained. The detection in the sediments of meteorological events whose effects on zooplankton had been recorded in the long term studies also provided evidence that eutrophication tends to override climate signals. We conclude that a combined palaeo neolimnological approach can be a powerful tool for elucidating past changes in the trophic dynamics of lakes and the interaction with climate induced changes, not least when high resolution sediment records are available. 52 11 Major changes in trophic dynamics in large, deep MANCA_FWB_2007.pdf Articolo in rivista Blackwell Scientific Publications. 0046 5070 Freshwater biology Print Freshwater biology Print Freshw. biol. Print marinamarcella.manca MANCA MARINA MARCELLA TA.P02.005.002 Uso della paleolimnologia come strumento per lo studio del paleoclima e dell evoluzione climatica |