Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments
Abstract Human‐induced salinization increasingly threatens inland waters; yet we know little about the multifaceted response of lake communities to salt contamination. By conducting a coordinated mesocosm experiment of lake salinization across 16 sites in North America and Europe, we quantified the...
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| author | Marie‐Pier Hébert Celia C. Symons Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles Shelley E. Arnott Alison M. Derry Vincent Fugère William D. Hintz Stephanie J. Melles Louis Astorg Henry K. Baker Jennifer A. Brentrup Amy L. Downing Zeynep Ersoy Carmen Espinosa Jaclyn M. Franceschini Angelina T. Giorgio Norman Göbeler Derek K. Gray Danielle Greco Emily Hassal Mercedes Huynh Samuel Hylander Kacie L. Jonasen Andrea Kirkwood Silke Langenheder Ola Langvall Hjalmar Laudon Lovisa Lind Maria Lundgren Alexandra McClymont Lorenzo Proia Rick A. Relyea James A. Rusak Matthew S. Schuler Catherine L. Searle Jonathan B. Shurin Christopher F. Steiner Maren Striebel Simon Thibodeau Pablo Urrutia Cordero Lidia Vendrell‐Puigmitja Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Beatrix E. Beisner |
| author_facet | Marie‐Pier Hébert Celia C. Symons Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles Shelley E. Arnott Alison M. Derry Vincent Fugère William D. Hintz Stephanie J. Melles Louis Astorg Henry K. Baker Jennifer A. Brentrup Amy L. Downing Zeynep Ersoy Carmen Espinosa Jaclyn M. Franceschini Angelina T. Giorgio Norman Göbeler Derek K. Gray Danielle Greco Emily Hassal Mercedes Huynh Samuel Hylander Kacie L. Jonasen Andrea Kirkwood Silke Langenheder Ola Langvall Hjalmar Laudon Lovisa Lind Maria Lundgren Alexandra McClymont Lorenzo Proia Rick A. Relyea James A. Rusak Matthew S. Schuler Catherine L. Searle Jonathan B. Shurin Christopher F. Steiner Maren Striebel Simon Thibodeau Pablo Urrutia Cordero Lidia Vendrell‐Puigmitja Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Beatrix E. Beisner |
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| description | Abstract Human‐induced salinization increasingly threatens inland waters; yet we know little about the multifaceted response of lake communities to salt contamination. By conducting a coordinated mesocosm experiment of lake salinization across 16 sites in North America and Europe, we quantified the response of zooplankton abundance and (taxonomic and functional) community structure to a broad gradient of environmentally relevant chloride concentrations, ranging from 4 to ca. 1400 mg Cl− L−1. We found that crustaceans were distinctly more sensitive to elevated chloride than rotifers; yet, rotifers did not show compensatory abundance increases in response to crustacean declines. For crustaceans, our among‐site comparisons indicate: (1) highly consistent decreases in abundance and taxon richness with salinity; (2) widespread chloride sensitivity across major taxonomic groups (Cladocera, Cyclopoida, and Calanoida); and (3) weaker loss of functional than taxonomic diversity. Overall, our study demonstrates that aggregate properties of zooplankton communities can be adversely affected at chloride concentrations relevant to anthropogenic salinization in lakes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a08a11d4b8f4865aa3763dad465edcc2023-01-27T05:34:23ZengWileyLimnology and Oceanography Letters2378-22422023-02-0181192910.1002/lol2.10239Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experimentsMarie‐Pier Hébert0Celia C. Symons1Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles2Shelley E. Arnott3Alison M. Derry4Vincent Fugère5William D. Hintz6Stephanie J. Melles7Louis Astorg8Henry K. Baker9Jennifer A. Brentrup10Amy L. Downing11Zeynep Ersoy12Carmen Espinosa13Jaclyn M. Franceschini14Angelina T. Giorgio15Norman Göbeler16Derek K. Gray17Danielle Greco18Emily Hassal19Mercedes Huynh20Samuel Hylander21Kacie L. Jonasen22Andrea Kirkwood23Silke Langenheder24Ola Langvall25Hjalmar Laudon26Lovisa Lind27Maria Lundgren28Alexandra McClymont29Lorenzo Proia30Rick A. Relyea31James A. Rusak32Matthew S. Schuler33Catherine L. Searle34Jonathan B. Shurin35Christopher F. Steiner36Maren Striebel37Simon Thibodeau38Pablo Urrutia Cordero39Lidia Vendrell‐Puigmitja40Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer41Beatrix E. Beisner42Interuniversity Group in Limnology (GRIL) Montréal Québec CanadaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Irvine California USADepartament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (FEHM‐Lab) Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona SpainDepartment of Biology Queen's University Kingston Ontario CanadaInteruniversity Group in Limnology (GRIL) Montréal Québec CanadaInteruniversity Group in Limnology (GRIL) Montréal Québec CanadaDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Lake Erie Center The University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USADepartment of Chemistry and Biology, Urban Water Research Centre Ryerson University Toronto Ontario CanadaInteruniversity Group in Limnology (GRIL) Montréal Québec CanadaSection of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution University of California San Diego La Jolla California USADepartment of Biological Sciences Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire USADepartment of Biology Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio USA'Rui Nabeiro' Biodiversity Chair, MED‐Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Universidade de Évora Évora PortugalBETA Technological Center, TECNIO Network University of Vic–Central‐University of Catalonia (Uvic–UCC) Barcelona SpainDepartment of Biology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Ontario CanadaDepartment of Biological Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York USATvärminne Zoological Station University of Helsinki Hanko FinlandDepartment of Biology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Ontario CanadaDepartment of Biology Queen's University Kingston Ontario CanadaBiological Science Ontario Tech University Oshawa Ontario CanadaDepartment of Biology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Ontario CanadaCentre for ecology and evolution in microbial model systems, Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnaeus University Kalmar SwedenDepartment of Biological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana USABiological Science Ontario Tech University Oshawa Ontario CanadaDepartment of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenUnit for Field‐based Forest Research, Siljansfors Research Station Swedish University of Agricultural Science Mora SwedenDepartment of Forest Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Science Umeå SwedenDepartment of Environmental and Life Sciences Karlstads University Karlstad SwedenCentre for ecology and evolution in microbial model systems, Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnaeus University Kalmar SwedenDepartment of Biology Queen's University Kingston Ontario CanadaBETA Technological Center, TECNIO Network University of Vic–Central‐University of Catalonia (Uvic–UCC) Barcelona SpainDepartment of Biological Sciences, Darrin Fresh Water Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy New York USADepartment of Biology Queen's University Kingston Ontario CanadaDepartment of Biology Montclair State University Montclair New Jersey USADepartment of Biological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana USASection of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution University of California San Diego La Jolla California USADepartment of Biological Sciences Wayne State University Detroit Michigan USAInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl‐von‐Ossietzky University Oldenburg Wilhelmshaven GermanyInteruniversity Group in Limnology (GRIL) Montréal Québec CanadaDepartment of Biology/Aquatic Ecology Lund University Lund SwedenBETA Technological Center, TECNIO Network University of Vic–Central‐University of Catalonia (Uvic–UCC) Barcelona SpainDepartment of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenInteruniversity Group in Limnology (GRIL) Montréal Québec CanadaAbstract Human‐induced salinization increasingly threatens inland waters; yet we know little about the multifaceted response of lake communities to salt contamination. By conducting a coordinated mesocosm experiment of lake salinization across 16 sites in North America and Europe, we quantified the response of zooplankton abundance and (taxonomic and functional) community structure to a broad gradient of environmentally relevant chloride concentrations, ranging from 4 to ca. 1400 mg Cl− L−1. We found that crustaceans were distinctly more sensitive to elevated chloride than rotifers; yet, rotifers did not show compensatory abundance increases in response to crustacean declines. For crustaceans, our among‐site comparisons indicate: (1) highly consistent decreases in abundance and taxon richness with salinity; (2) widespread chloride sensitivity across major taxonomic groups (Cladocera, Cyclopoida, and Calanoida); and (3) weaker loss of functional than taxonomic diversity. Overall, our study demonstrates that aggregate properties of zooplankton communities can be adversely affected at chloride concentrations relevant to anthropogenic salinization in lakes.https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10239 |
| spellingShingle | Marie‐Pier Hébert Celia C. Symons Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles Shelley E. Arnott Alison M. Derry Vincent Fugère William D. Hintz Stephanie J. Melles Louis Astorg Henry K. Baker Jennifer A. Brentrup Amy L. Downing Zeynep Ersoy Carmen Espinosa Jaclyn M. Franceschini Angelina T. Giorgio Norman Göbeler Derek K. Gray Danielle Greco Emily Hassal Mercedes Huynh Samuel Hylander Kacie L. Jonasen Andrea Kirkwood Silke Langenheder Ola Langvall Hjalmar Laudon Lovisa Lind Maria Lundgren Alexandra McClymont Lorenzo Proia Rick A. Relyea James A. Rusak Matthew S. Schuler Catherine L. Searle Jonathan B. Shurin Christopher F. Steiner Maren Striebel Simon Thibodeau Pablo Urrutia Cordero Lidia Vendrell‐Puigmitja Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Beatrix E. Beisner Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments Limnology and Oceanography Letters |
| title | Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments |
| title_full | Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments |
| title_fullStr | Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments |
| title_short | Lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments |
| title_sort | lake salinization drives consistent losses of zooplankton abundance and diversity across coordinated mesocosm experiments |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10239 |
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