Ecosystem response to earlier ice break-up date: Climate-driven changes to water temperature, lake-habitat-specific production, and trout habitat and resource use

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作者
Caldwell, Timothy J. [1 ,2 ]
Chandra, Sudeep [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Feher, Karly [2 ]
Simmons, James B. [1 ,2 ]
Hogan, Zeb [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nevada, Ecol Evolut & Conservat Biol Grad Program, Reno, NV 89557 USA
[2] Univ Nevada, Coll Sci, Dept Biol, Reno, NV 89557 USA
[3] Univ Nevada, Global Water Ctr, Reno, NV 89557 USA
关键词
climate change; ecosystem production; ecosystems; fish ecology; ice phenology; mountain lakes; stable isotopes; LENGTH-MASS RELATIONSHIPS; BROOK TROUT; ALPINE LAKE; FOOD WEBS; SALVELINUS-FONTINALIS; NORTHERN-HEMISPHERE; STABLE-ISOTOPES; BODY-SIZE; GROWTH; CARBON;
D O I
10.1111/gcb.15258
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
Climate warming has yielded earlier ice break-up dates in recent decades for lakes leading to water temperature increases, altered habitat, and both increases and decreases to ecosystem productivity. Within lakes, the effect of climate warming on secondary production in littoral and pelagic habitats remains unclear. The intersection of changing habitat productivity and warming water temperatures on salmonids is important for understanding how climate warming will impact mountain ecosystems. We develop and test a conceptual model that expresses how earlier ice break-up dates influence within lake habitat production, water temperatures and the habitat utilized by, resources obtained and behavior of salmonids in a mountain lake. We measured zoobenthic and zooplankton production from the littoral and pelagic habitats, thermal conditions, and the habitat use, resource use, and fitness of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). We show that earlier ice break-up conditions created a "resource-rich" littoral-benthic habitat with increases in zoobenthic production compared to the pelagic habitat which decreased in zooplankton production. Despite the increases in littoral-benthic food resources, trout did not utilize littoral habitat or zoobenthic resources due to longer durations of warm water temperatures in the littoral zone. In addition, 87% of their resources were supported by the pelagic habitat during periods with earlier ice break-up when pelagic resources were least abundant. The decreased reliance on littoral-benthic resources during earlier ice break-up caused reduced fitness (mean reduction of 12 g) to trout. Our data show that changes to ice break-up drive multi-directional results for resource production within lake habitats and increase the duration of warmer water temperatures in food-rich littoral habitats. The increased duration of warmer littoral water temperatures reduces the use of energetically efficient habitats culminating in decreased trout fitness.
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页码:5475 / 5491
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