Phytoplankton responses to repeated pulse perturbations imposed on a trend of increasing eutrophication.

ABSTRACT: While eutrophication remains one of the main pressures acting on freshwater ecosystems, the prevalence of anthropogenic and nature-induced stochastic pulse perturbations is predicted to increase due to climate change. Despite all our knowledge on the effects of eutrophication and stochastic events operating in isolation, we know little about how eutrophication may affect the response and recovery of aquatic ecosystems to pulse perturbations. There are multiple ways in which eutrophication and pulse perturbations may interact to induce potentially synergic changes in the system, for instance, by increasing the amount of nutrients released after a pulse perturbation. Here, we performed a controlled press and pulse perturbation experiment using mesocosms filled with natural lake water to addr

SUBMITTER: Stelzer JAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888247 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature