Smoke from regional wildfires alters lake ecology

Abstract Wildfire smoke often covers areas larger than the burned area, yet the impacts of smoke on nearby aquatic ecosystems are understudied. In the summer of 2018, wildfire smoke covered Castle Lake (California, USA) for 55 days. We quantified the influence of smoke on the lake by comparing the p...

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Main Authors: Facundo Scordo, Sudeep Chandra, Erin Suenaga, Suzanne J. Kelson, Joshua Culpepper, Lucia Scaff, Flavia Tromboni, Timothy J. Caldwell, Carina Seitz, Juan E. Fiorenza, Craig E. Williamson, Steven Sadro, Kevin C. Rose, Simon R. Poulson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89926-6