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dc.contributor.authorJensen, Thomas Correll
dc.coverage.spatialNorway, South East Norway, Innlandet, Stor-Elvdal, Sør-Fronen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-27T13:22:49Z
dc.date.available2020-03-27T13:22:49Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1129-5767
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2649135
dc.description.abstractDespite the rapidly changing winter conditions in temperate ecosystems, little attention has been devoted to the effects of these changes on lake ecology. Few studies on the seasonal changes in abundance and biomass of the major groups of the metazooplankton community (i.e,. rotifers, cladocerans and copepods) in northern oligotrophic lakes include data from the ice-covered winter months. This study reports monthly variation in zooplankton abundance and biomass from June 2010 to October 2011, including winter, in an oligotrophic, subalpine lake in southeastern Norway (Lake Atnsjøen). Changes in rotifer, cladoceran, copepod, and total zooplankton abundances and biomass were related to seasonal variation in water temperature and phytoplankton biomass by means of ordination analysis. The zooplankton abundance and biomass were much lower in winter than during the open water season. However, an underice phytoplankton bloom occurred during the final winter months, when snow cover and ice thickness were reduced and (presumably) light penetration increased, leading to an increase in abundance of copepod nauplii. Winter zooplankton abundance was dominated by copepods and rotifers, while winter zooplankton biomass was dominated by copepods and cladocerans. Both phytoplankton and zooplankton had two biomass peaks in 2010 and one peak in 2011. Rotifers dominated zooplankton abundance with a peak in August and total zooplankton abundance followed a similar pattern. In contrast, cladocerans dominated zooplankton biomass with a peak in July and total zooplankton biomass also peaked at this time. Rotifer and total zooplankton abundance and rotifer biomass were most closely correlated to water temperature. However, cladoceran biomass and total biomass were most closely correlated with phytoplankton biomass, but also appeared to be dependent on other carbon sources. Estimates of non-phytoplankton particulate organic carbon indicated that this part of the carbon pool could be an additional food source for zooplankton particularly in early and mid-winter. The longer growing season in 2011 than in 2010, owing to earlier ice-off in 2011, may have contributed to higher phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass in 2011. With climate warming, this is an expected change in temperate lake ecosystems.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectRotifersen_US
dc.subjectcladoceransen_US
dc.subjectcopepodsen_US
dc.subjectwinter limnologyen_US
dc.subjecticeen_US
dc.subjectnorthern lakesen_US
dc.titleWinter decrease of zooplankton abundance and biomass in subalpine oligotrophic Lake Atnsjøen (SE Norway)en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder©The Author.en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Limnologi: 498en_US
dc.source.pagenumber348-363en_US
dc.source.volume78en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of limnologyen_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1877
dc.identifier.cristin1758999


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