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Zooplankton community response to experimental acidification in boreal shield lakes with different ecological histories

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, ISSN: 0706-652X, Vol: 64, Issue: 6, Page: 887-898
2007
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Community responses to acidification and recovery of boreal lakes are poorly understood, particularly after several years of recovered lake-water pH (pH ≥ 6.0). We tested if zooplankton communities in two circumneutral lakes with different acidification histories were adapted to historical lake-water pH with a reciprocal transplant field enclosure experiment. A second objective was to assess the influence of local environments on zooplankton survival and abundance. Differences in acid tolerance could be detected in some zooplankton among the two lakes with different acidification histories - zooplankton from acid-recovering Carlyle Lake, recovered to pH ≥ 6.0 for 6 years were more speciose and maintained higher total abundance at pH 4.8 than the community from a buffered lake. The zooplankton community in this historically acidified lake was comprised of two dominant species with acid-adaptable tolerances, Holopedium gibberum and Leptodiaptomus minutus. High establishment of transplanted zooplankton in our experiment has important implications for the recovery of zooplankton communities because it suggests that local conditions are suitable for most species in acid-recovering lakes with pH ≥ 6.0 and that other factors such as dispersal limitation and biotic interactions may be impeding recovery. © 2007 NRC.

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