Physical pathways of nutrient supply in a small, ultraoligotrophic arctic lake during summer stratification

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MacIntyre, S [1 ]
Sickman, JO
Goldthwait, SA
Kling, GW
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[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Inst Marine Sci, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[3] Univ Florida, Dept Soil & Water Sci, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[4] Univ Michigan, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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10.4319/lo.2006.51.2.1107
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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During the ice-free period in the Arctic, the thermal structure and mixing dynamics of small lakes change with the passing of air masses. In Toolik Lake, Alaska, stable warm air masses during the ice-free season were associated with lake warming, daily winds were maximally 4-7 m s(-1) for less than 12 h duration, lake numbers (L-N) varied daily between 2 and 80, and values of the coefficient of vertical eddy diffusivity ranged from molecular to 10(-6) m(2) s(-1). For the 3-week warming period following ice-off, vertical mixing, which occurred primarily near the lake's sloping boundaries, supplied inorganic nitrogen only to phytoplankton in the chlorophyll maxima and only at rates sufficient to support 10-22% of their daily needs. In the upper water Column, chlorophyll concentrations and primary productivity decreased by a factor of three relative to the maximum at ice-off. In contrast, during transitions between warm and cold air masses or the converse, wind speeds exceeded 5 m s(-1) for over 1 d and L-N decreased to values of 3 or lower for periods of 1-2 d. In consequence, turbulence increased by one to two orders of magnitude, dispersing the chlorophyll maximum into multiple layers and increasing solute concentrations in hypolimnetic waters. Increased precipitation accompanied cold air masses, and in one case stream discharge of similar to 30 times base flow led initially to an overflow and subsequently to a metalimnetic intrusion with loading of inorganic nitrogen 10 times the daily needs of phytoplankton. Overall, the frequency with which frontal systems moved through the region determined the temporal variance in nutrient supply. Spatial variability within the lake was generated by the degree of penetration of incoming streams and the vertical layering of intrusions. These temporal events and the layers induced are hot spots of activity important for sustaining growth in oligotrophic lakes.
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