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Environmental Drivers of Nightversus Day Zooplankton Populationestimates In Lakes Around the World

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Resumo:	Zooplankton play vital roles in aquatic food webs by grazingon phytoplankton, which affects water quality, andtransferring energy to higher trophic levels. In freshwaterlakes, zooplankton commonly exhibit diel vertical andhorizontal migration. During the day, zooplankton descendto deeper waters, or seek refuge in littoral areas or thesediment-water interface, to avoid visual predators, andthen migrate to open water at night to feed. Consequently,zooplankton may exhibit higher density and biomass atnight versus the day, and estimates and perceptions ofzooplankton dynamics can change with the time of daysampling occurs. To better understand these dielzooplankton differences and their environmental drivers, weconducted a standardized global campaign to samplecrustacean zooplankton in the full water column at day andnight in the pelagic zone of 40 lakes. The lakes spanned agradient in trophic state, size, and other variables such asdissolved oxygen (DO). Mesotrophic and eutrophic lakesexhibited greater zooplankton biomass at night versus daywhile oligotrophic lakes did not. Crustacean zooplanktonhad higher biomass at night versus day in lakes at lowerelevation, with higher chlorophyll a concentration, and lowerhypolimnetic DO levels. Lake area and depth were notrelated to diel zooplankton density or biomass. We provideone of the first global, standardized studies onenvironmental drivers of day versus night zooplanktonpopulation estimates. This study has importantramifications for our understanding of zooplankton ecologyand for sampling regimens.
Autores principais:	Goldfarb, Sadye K.
Outros Autores:	Doubek, Jonathan; Geraldes, Ana Maria; Armengol, Xavier; Avilés-Vargas, Lidia; Bartrons, Mireia; Bartrons, Mireia; Kankılıç, Gökben Başaran; Berger, Stella; Bess, Zach; Brentrup, Jannifer; Brucet, Sandra; Bruesewitz, Denise; Calderó-Pascual, Maria; Carey, Cayelan C.; Chandra, Sudeep; Chapina, Rosaura; Eyto, Elvira de; Erdoğan, Şeyda; Erina, Oxana; Figary, Stephanie; Gerrish, Gretchen; Glass, Lucas; Brett, Johnson; Kainz, Martin; Kalingali, Anthony; Khan, Samiullah; Kimirei, Ismael; Leoni, Barbara; Lepori, Fabio; McCarthy, Valerie; Nava, Veronica; Nejstgaard, Jens; Ogorelec, Ziga; O'Reilly, Catherine; Pate, William; Paterson, Michael; Pinheiro-Silva, Lorena; Qiu, Qianlinglin; Richardson, David; Rusak, James A.; Silver, Douglas; Straile, Dietmar; Suenaga, Erin; Tartarotti, Barbara; Tavşanoğlu, Ülkü Nihan; Tereshina, Maria; Umaña-Villalobos, Gerardo; Walles, Tim; Wander, Heather; Wurtsbaugh, Wayne; Xu, Yaoyang; Zhikharev, Vyacheslav; Stockwell, Jason
Assunto:	Zooplankton Ecosystem
Ano:	2024
País:	Portugal
Tipo de documento:	documento de conferência
Tipo de acesso:	acesso aberto
Instituição associada:	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Idioma:	inglês
Origem:	Biblioteca Digital do IPB

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Resumo:	Zooplankton play vital roles in aquatic food webs by grazingon phytoplankton, which affects water quality, andtransferring energy to higher trophic levels. In freshwaterlakes, zooplankton commonly exhibit diel vertical andhorizontal migration. During the day, zooplankton descendto deeper waters, or seek refuge in littoral areas or thesediment-water interface, to avoid visual predators, andthen migrate to open water at night to feed. Consequently,zooplankton may exhibit higher density and biomass atnight versus the day, and estimates and perceptions ofzooplankton dynamics can change with the time of daysampling occurs. To better understand these dielzooplankton differences and their environmental drivers, weconducted a standardized global campaign to samplecrustacean zooplankton in the full water column at day andnight in the pelagic zone of 40 lakes. The lakes spanned agradient in trophic state, size, and other variables such asdissolved oxygen (DO). Mesotrophic and eutrophic lakesexhibited greater zooplankton biomass at night versus daywhile oligotrophic lakes did not. Crustacean zooplanktonhad higher biomass at night versus day in lakes at lowerelevation, with higher chlorophyll a concentration, and lowerhypolimnetic DO levels. Lake area and depth were notrelated to diel zooplankton density or biomass. We provideone of the first global, standardized studies onenvironmental drivers of day versus night zooplanktonpopulation estimates. This study has importantramifications for our understanding of zooplankton ecologyand for sampling regimens.