Biological Control of Eutrophication in Lakes

Carpenter, Stephen R.; Christensen, David L.; Cole, Jonathan J.; Cottingham, Kathryn L.; He, Xi; Hodgson, James R.; Kitchell, James F.; Knight, Susan E.; Pace, Michael L.; al, et

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“…Once the pool has been established, it can be released back into the water column via a variety of pathways that include (1) wind-induced resuspension (Jones and Welch 1990), (2) temperature-mediated chemical and biological processes (Jensen and Andersen 1992), (3) bioturbation by benthic invertebrates or fish (Fukuhara and Sakamoto 1987), (4) reduction of iron ions under anoxic conditions that release bound P (Carpenter et al 1999;Penn et al 2000), (5) ironhydroxides that form under high pH and limit phosphorus binding (Koski-Vähälä and Hartikainen 2001), and (6) the ratio of iron to phosphorus in the sediments (Søndergaard et al 2003). Many years of research on eutrophication in lakes has led to the general conclusion that deep, cold lakes with short water residence times (or conversely rapid flushing) are less susceptible to eutrophication via internal loading (Dillon 1975;Carpenter et al 1995Carpenter et al , 1999.…”

Section: Eutrophication Of Freshwater Lakesmentioning

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Missing ecology: integrating ecological perspectives with the social-ecological system framework

Epstein¹,

Vogt²,

Mincey

et al. 2013

Int J Commons

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Abstract:The social-ecological systems framework was designed to provide a common research tool for interdisciplinary investigations of social-ecological systems. However, its origin in institutional studies of the commons belies its interdisciplinary ambitions and highlights its relatively limited attention to ecology and natural scientific knowledge. This paper considers the biophysical components of the framework and its epistemological foundations as it relates to the incorporation of knowledge from the natural sciences. It finds that the Missing ecology 433 mixture of inductive and deductive reasoning associated with socially-oriented investigations of these systems is lacking on the ecological side, which relies upon induction alone. As a result the paper proposes the addition of a seventh core sub-system to the social-ecological systems framework, ecological rules, which would allow scholars to explicitly incorporate knowledge from the natural sciences for deductive reasoning. The paper shows, through an instructive case study, how the addition of ecological rules can provide a more nuanced description of the factors that contribute to outcomes in socialecological systems.

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Section: Eutrophication Of Freshwater Lakesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Missing ecology: integrating ecological perspectives with the social-ecological system framework

Epstein¹,

Vogt²,

Mincey

et al. 2013

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“…Two of the most consistent eutrophication effects are a shift in algal species composition and an increase in the frequency and intensity of nuisance algal blooms, which in eutrophic freshwater lakes are typically dominated by harmful cyanobacteria (Downing et al 2001;Huisman et al 2005). One of the most important recent advances in our understanding of freshwater eutrophication is the discovery that the biological responses of producer organisms to nutrient availability can be strongly modified by consumer communities (Hrbacek et al 1961;Shapiro and Wright 1984;Carpenter et al 1995).…”

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Eutrophication of freshwater and marine ecosystems

Smith

Joye

Howarth

2006

Limnology & Oceanography

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Initial understanding of the links between nutrients and aquatic productivity originated in Europe in the early 1900s, and our knowledge base has expanded greatly during the past 40 yr. This explosion of eutrophication-related research has made it unequivocally clear that a comprehensive strategy to prevent excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus from entering our waterways is needed to protect our lakes, rivers, and coasts from water quality deterioration. However, despite these very significant advances, cultural eutrophication remains one of the foremost problems for protecting our valuable surface water resources. The papers in this special issue provide a valuable cross section and synthesis of our current understanding of both freshwater and marine eutrophication science. They also serve to identify gaps in our knowledge and will help to guide future research.

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“…Daphnia, a genus of freshwater zooplankton, improves water quality by consuming algae (15,16). Accordingly, lakes are sometimes managed to support large Daphnia populations by reducing the abundance of their predators (15,17).…”

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Invasive species triggers a massive loss of ecosystem services through a trophic cascade

Walsh

Carpenter

Zanden

2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Despite growing recognition of the importance of ecosystem services and the economic and ecological harm caused by invasive species, linkages between invasions, changes in ecosystem functioning, and in turn, provisioning of ecosystem services remain poorly documented and poorly understood. We evaluate the economic impacts of an invasion that cascaded through a food web to cause substantial declines in water clarity, a valued ecosystem service. The predatory zooplankton, the spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus), invaded the Laurentian Great Lakes in the 1980s and has subsequently undergone secondary spread to inland lakes, including Lake Mendota (Wisconsin), in 2009. In Lake Mendota, Bythotrephes has reached unparalleled densities compared with in other lakes, decreasing biomass of the grazer Daphnia pulicaria and causing a decline in water clarity of nearly 1 m. Time series modeling revealed that the loss in water clarity,

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Biological Control of Eutrophication in Lakes

Cited by 130 publications

References 20 publications

Missing ecology: integrating ecological perspectives with the social-ecological system framework

Missing ecology: integrating ecological perspectives with the social-ecological system framework

Eutrophication of freshwater and marine ecosystems

Invasive species triggers a massive loss of ecosystem services through a trophic cascade

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