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Consistent stoichiometric long-term relationships between nutrients and chlorophyll-a across shallow lakes

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  • Daniel Graeber

    (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ)

  • Mark J. McCarthy

    (Estonian University of Life Sciences)

  • Tom Shatwell

    (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ)

  • Dietrich Borchardt

    (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ)

  • Erik Jeppesen

    (Aarhus University
    Sino-Danish Education and Research Centre
    Middle East Technical University
    Middle East Technical University)

  • Martin Søndergaard

    (Aarhus University
    Sino-Danish Education and Research Centre)

  • Torben L. Lauridsen

    (Aarhus University
    Sino-Danish Education and Research Centre)

  • Thomas A. Davidson

    (Aarhus University)

Abstract

Aquatic ecosystems are threatened by eutrophication from nutrient pollution. In lakes, eutrophication causes a plethora of deleterious effects, such as harmful algal blooms, fish kills and increased methane emissions. However, lake-specific responses to nutrient changes are highly variable, complicating eutrophication management. These lake-specific responses could result from short-term stochastic drivers overshadowing lake-independent, long-term relationships between phytoplankton and nutrients. Here, we show that strong stoichiometric long-term relationships exist between nutrients and chlorophyll a (Chla) for 5-year simple moving averages (SMA, median R² = 0.87) along a gradient of total nitrogen to total phosphorus (TN:TP) ratios. These stoichiometric relationships are consistent across 159 shallow lakes (defined as average depth

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  • Daniel Graeber & Mark J. McCarthy & Tom Shatwell & Dietrich Borchardt & Erik Jeppesen & Martin Søndergaard & Torben L. Lauridsen & Thomas A. Davidson, 2024. "Consistent stoichiometric long-term relationships between nutrients and chlorophyll-a across shallow lakes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45115-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45115-3
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