Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes
Environmental variables, food-web dynamics, and energy pathways were investigated in ecosystems of six shallow lakes of the Crimea with salinity ranging from 24 to 340‰. There were considerable inter- and intra-annual #uctuations in the abiotic characteristics of the lakes. All the lakes had a very...
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| author | Sergei M. Golubkov Mikhail S. Golubkov Evgenia V. Balushkina Larisa F. Litvinchuk |
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| description | Environmental variables, food-web dynamics, and energy pathways were investigated in ecosystems of six shallow lakes of the Crimea with salinity ranging from 24 to 340‰. There were considerable inter- and intra-annual #uctuations in the abiotic characteristics of the lakes. All the lakes had a very high concentration of total phosphorus in the water (up to 5.6 gP m-3) due to a great influence of the watershed on the lakes. A high level of primary production (up to 14.9 gC m-2 d-1) was found in the most of the lakes. The lowest primary production was found in the most saline lake with a dense population of the filtrator, Artemia urmiana. Grazing benthic energy pathways were dominant at salinities between 24 and 58‰. Greater levels of salinity led to a gradual reduction of benthic and increase of planktonic energy pathways. A fast shift from turbid to the clear-water regime was observed in one of the lakes, caused by annual variations in weather conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b8ed12bfdd4143bca03b090b4c25033a2025-02-02T04:03:43ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182014-12-0112410.21697/seb.2014.12.4.05Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakesSergei M. Golubkov0Mikhail S. Golubkov1Evgenia V. Balushkina2Larisa F. Litvinchuk3Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Environmental variables, food-web dynamics, and energy pathways were investigated in ecosystems of six shallow lakes of the Crimea with salinity ranging from 24 to 340‰. There were considerable inter- and intra-annual #uctuations in the abiotic characteristics of the lakes. All the lakes had a very high concentration of total phosphorus in the water (up to 5.6 gP m-3) due to a great influence of the watershed on the lakes. A high level of primary production (up to 14.9 gC m-2 d-1) was found in the most of the lakes. The lowest primary production was found in the most saline lake with a dense population of the filtrator, Artemia urmiana. Grazing benthic energy pathways were dominant at salinities between 24 and 58‰. Greater levels of salinity led to a gradual reduction of benthic and increase of planktonic energy pathways. A fast shift from turbid to the clear-water regime was observed in one of the lakes, caused by annual variations in weather conditions.https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/6666saline lakesprimary productionsecondary productionzooplanktonzoobenthosenergy pathways |
| spellingShingle | Sergei M. Golubkov Mikhail S. Golubkov Evgenia V. Balushkina Larisa F. Litvinchuk Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae saline lakes primary production secondary production zooplankton zoobenthos energy pathways |
| title | Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes |
| title_full | Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes |
| title_fullStr | Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes |
| title_short | Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes |
| title_sort | biotic interactions energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes |
| topic | saline lakes primary production secondary production zooplankton zoobenthos energy pathways |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/6666 |
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