论文标题: |
Diatom taxa and assemblages for establishing nutrient criteria of lakes with anthropogenic hydrologic alteration |
作者: |
Zhang, Yali; Huo, Shouliang; Li, Renhui; Xi, Beidou; Li, Hua; He, Zhuoshi; Pang, Chengfang |
出版刊物: |
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS |
出版日期: |
AUG |
出版年份: |
2016 |
卷/期: |
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DOI: |
10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.048 |
论文摘要: |
Stressor-response models offer guidance for concentration-based nutrient criteria in lakes under human intervention. Diatom-based statistics from biological responses were incorporated to derive taxon-specific and community-level change points (thresholds) of phosphorous and nitrogen in 77 Yangtze floodplain lakes. Diatom metrics relating with conductivity were adopted as response variables, since conductivity explained the maximum variation (38.1%) in diatom assemblages via Bootstrapped regression trees. Nonparametric change-point analysis and Threshold Indicator Taxa ANalysis showed threshold responses of diatom community structure at 0.05-0.08 mg TP/L in connected lakes and 0.02-0.04 mgTP/L in isolated lakes. Distinct community change points of sensitive diatoms occurred at 0.96-1.63 mgTN/L in connected lakes and 0.52-0.63 mgTN/L in isolated lakes. Diatom community structures of tolerant taxa were substantially altered beyond 0.22-0.23 mg/L in connected lakes and 0.52-0.69 mg NOx/L in isolated lakes. Hydrological river-lake connectivity differed significantly in ecological nutrient criteria with more TN/TP criteria and less NOx criteria in connected lakes. Given the ecological significance and biological integrity, diatom-based statistics can provide more reliable change points (thresholds) for nutrient criteria than Chl alpha-nutrient relationships. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |