Presenters Notified: November 2012
Program Schedule Posted:November 2012
Abstracts Available: January 2013
Meeting:
17-22 February 2013
Tolotti, M., IASMA Research and Innovation Centre San Michele, Italy,
monica.tolotti@fmach.it
Thies, H., University of Innsbruck, Austria,
hansjoerg.thies@uibk.ac.at
Nickus, U., University of Innsbruck,
ulrike.nickus@uibk.ac.at
Psenner, R., University of Innsbruck,
Austria, roland.psenner@uibk.ac.at
TEMPERATURE MODULATED EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS ON PHYTOPLANKTON CHANGES IN A MOUNTAIN LAKE
Piburger See, a dimictic mountain lake in Austria, experienced moderate cultural eutrophication in the 1950s. Lake restoration led to a re-oligotrophication with a decrease in seasonal phytoplankton biovolume until the late 1990s, but a reversed trend appeared since the early 2000s. We hypothesize that recent phytoplankton changes are triggered by changes in lake nitrogen and silica concentrations, and we expect climate-related factors to modulate the trophic status of Piburger See. Phytoplankton data were analyzed by non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) applied on biovolume of morpho-functional groups, combined with correlation analyses of environmental variables. Since the 2000s, short-term changes in phytoplankton of Piburger See were explained by varying concentrations and ratios of nitrogen and silica, while the inter-annual variability in phytoplankton species composition was rather attributed to superimposed rising water temperature and lake thermal stability. Our results underline the co-dominant role of phosphorus and nitrogen as phytoplankton drivers in lakes that experience periods of nitrogen limitation. The combined impact of nutrients and climate on phytoplankton development can thus mimic short-term increases in the trophic level of less productive lakes.
Poster presentation
Session #:SS78
Date: 2/21/2013
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
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