Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size

R. Iestyn Woolway; Ian D. Jones; Stephen C. Maberly; John R. French; David M. Livingstone; Donald T. Monteith; Gavin Simpson; Stephen J. Thackeray; University Copenhagen; University London; Curtis L. DeGasperi; Christopher D. Evans; Elvira de Eyto; Heidrun Feuchtmayr; David Hamilton; Martin Kernan; Jan Krokowski; Alon Rimmer; Kevin C. Rose; James A. Rusak; David B. Ryves; Daniel R. Scott; Ewan M. Shilland; Robyn L. Smyth; Peter A. Staehr; Rhian Thomas; Susan Waldron; Gesa Weyhenmeyer

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Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size

R. Iestyn Woolway, Ian D. Jones, Stephen C. Maberly, John R. French, David M. Livingstone, Donald T. Monteith, Gavin Simpson, Stephen J. Thackeray, University Copenhagen, University London, Curtis L. DeGasperi, Christopher D. Evans, Elvira de Eyto, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, David Hamilton, Martin Kernan, Jan Krokowski, Alon Rimmer, Kevin C. Rose, James A. RusakDavid B. Ryves, Daniel R. Scott, Ewan M. Shilland, Robyn L. Smyth, Peter A. Staehr, Rhian Thomas, Susan Waldron, Gesa Weyhenmeyer

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Ecological and biogeochemical processes in lakes are strongly dependent upon water temperature. Long-term surface warming of many lakes is unequivocal, but little is known about the comparative magnitude of temperature variation at diel timescales, due to a lack of appropriately resolved data. Here we quantify the pattern and magnitude of diel temperature variability of surface waters using high-frequency data from 100 lakes. We show that the near-surface diel temperature range can be substantial in summer relative to long-term change and, for lakes smaller than 3 km2, increases sharply and predictably with decreasing lake area. Most small lakes included in this study experience average summer diel ranges in their near-surface temperatures of between 4 and 7°C. Large diel temperature fluctuations in the majority of lakes undoubtedly influence their structure, function and role in biogeochemical cycles, but the full implications remain largely unexplored

Original language	English
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152466
Publication status	Published - 29 Mar 2016

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Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Maberly, S. C., French, J. R., Livingstone, D. M., Monteith, D. T., Simpson, G., Thackeray, S. J., Copenhagen, U., London, U., DeGasperi, C. L., Evans, C. D., de Eyto, E., Feuchtmayr, H., Hamilton, D., Kernan, M., Krokowski, J., Rimmer, A., Rose, K. C., ... Weyhenmeyer, G. (2016). Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size. PLoS ONE, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152466

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