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 - Domis, Lisette N. De Senerpont

AU - Dur, Gael

AU - Frassl, Marieke A.

AU - Grossart, Hans-Peter

AU - Ibelings, Bas W.

AU - Lajeunesse, Marc J.

AU - Lewandowska, Aleksandra M.

AU - Llames, Maria E.

AU - Matsuzaki, Shin-Ichiro S.

AU - Nodine, Emily R.

AU - Noges, 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.

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

U2 - 10.1111/gcb.15033

DO - 10.1111/gcb.15033

M3 - Review article

VL - 26

SP - 2756

EP - 2784

JO - Global Change Biology

JF - Global Change Biology

SN - 1354-1013

IS - 5

ER -