Scaling relationships among drivers of aquatic respiration from the smallest to the largest freshwater ecosystems
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Abstract
To address how various environmental parameters control or constrain planktonic respiration (PR), we used geometric scaling relationships and established biological scaling laws to derive quantitative predictions for the relationships among key drivers of PR. We then used empirical measurements of PR and environmental (soluble reactive phosphate [SRP], carbon [DOC], chlorophyll a [Chl-a)], and temperature) and landscape parameters (lake area [LA] and watershed area [WA]) from a set of 44 lakes that varied in size and trophic status to test our hypotheses. We found that landscape-level processes affected PR through direct effects on DOC and temperature and indirectly via SRP. In accordance with predictions made from known relationships and scaling laws, scale coefficients (the parameter that describes the shape of a relationship between 2 variables) were found to be negative and have an absolute value 1, others <1). We also found evidence of a significant relationship between temperature and SRP. Because our dataset included measurements of respiration from small pond catchments to the largest body of freshwater on the planet, Lake Superior, these findings should be applicable to controls of PR for the great majority of temperate aquatic ecosystems.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Scaling relationships among drivers of aquatic respiration from the smallest to the largest freshwater ecosystems |
| Series title | Inland Waters |
| DOI | 10.5268/IW-6.1.839 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Freshwater Biological Association |
| Publisher location | Ambleside, Cumbria, UK |
| Contributing office(s) | Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |
| Description | 10 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Inland Waters |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 10 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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