A5056143378- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Plant and animal studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Climate variability and models
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2015-2024
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022
Macquarie University
2022
Swansea University
2022
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
2022
University of Illinois System
2022
University of Nottingham
2022
The University of Sydney
2022
University of British Columbia
2022
Colorado State University
2022
Abstract Recent changes in the seasonal timing (phenology) of familiar biological events have been one most conspicuous signs climate change. However, lack a standardized approach to analysing change has hampered assessment consistency such among different taxa and trophic levels across freshwater, terrestrial marine environments. We present 25 532 rates phenological for 726 UK terrestrial, freshwater taxa. The majority spring summer advanced, more rapidly than previously documented. Such is...
Abstract Water temperature is critical for the ecology of lakes. However, ability to predict its spatial and seasonal variation constrained by lack a thermal classification system. Here we define lake regions using objective analysis surface dynamics from satellite observations. Nine are identified that mapped robustly largely contiguously globally, even small The differed other global patterns, so provide unique information. Using model forced 21 st century climate projections, found 12%,...
Summary A number of studies have shown that spring biological events advanced in recent decades, and concluded these changes phenology are driven by climatic change. Freshwater lakes sensitive indicators climate change, where direct effects on physical processes can affect the seasonal timing planktonic communities. However, many lake ecosystems also experienced long‐term other ecological pressures could phenology. In this study, (1955–2003) physical, chemical data from Windermere (UK) were...
Stable isotope analysis has become a crucial tool for aquatic food web ecologists, but lack of methodological standardization hinders comparisons between studies. One inconsistency in stable research is the decision whether to extract lipids before analysis. The depletion zooplankton carbon values (δ 13 C) due fatty acid content and accuracy mathematical correction models designed predict this were examined range species from nine lakes diverse size productivity. Large differences up 5%...
Abstract Plans are currently being drafted for the next decade of action on biodiversity—both post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Convention Biological Diversity (CBD) and Strategy European Union (EU). Freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately threatened underprioritized relative to marine terrestrial biota, despite supporting a richness species ecosystems with their own intrinsic value providing multiple essential ecosystem services. Future policies strategies must have greater...
Summary Anthropogenic pressures, including climate change, are causing nonlinear changes in ecosystems globally. The development of reliable early warning indicators ( EWI s) to predict these is vital for the adaptive management and protection biodiversity, natural capital ecosystem services. Increased variance autocorrelation potential can be readily estimated from ecological time series. Here, we undertook a comprehensive test consistency between abundance change across species, trophic...
Ecological and biogeochemical processes in lakes are strongly dependent upon water temperature. Long-term surface warming of many is unequivocal, but little known about the comparative magnitude temperature variation at diel timescales, due to a lack appropriately resolved data. Here we quantify pattern variability waters using high-frequency data from 100 lakes. We show that near-surface range can be substantial summer relative long-term change and, for smaller than 3 km2, increases sharply...
Untangling causal links and feedbacks among biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, environmental factors is challenging due to their complex context-dependent interactions (e.g., a nutrient-dependent relationship between diversity biomass). Consequently, studies that only consider separable, unidirectional effects can produce divergent conclusions equivocal ecological implications. To address this complexity, we use empirical dynamic modeling assemble networks for 19 natural aquatic ecosystems...
Abstract As climate change progresses, there is increasing emphasis on net zero and energy system decarbonization. Several technologies are contributing to this agenda, but among these, the growth of solar photovoltaics has consistently exceeded all projections. With land-use pressures, expense building-mounted photovoltaics, water surfaces increasingly being exploited host these technologies. However, date, we lack an understanding global potential floating and, as such, do not yet have...
The concentration of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwaters is increasing large areas the world. In addition to carbon, DOM contains nitrogen and phosphorus there growing concern that these nutrients may be bioavailable contribute eutrophication. However, relatively few studies have assessed potential for (DON) or (DOP) compounds natural river phytoplankton communities at different locations times. Temporal spatial variations uptake, relative environmental characteristics were...
Land use and climate change are anticipated to affect phytoplankton of lakes worldwide. The effects will depend on the magnitude projected land changes lake sensitivity these factors. We used random forests fit with long-term (1971–2016) cyanobacteria abundance time series, observations (1971–2016), upstream catchment (global Clumondo models for year 2000) data from 14 European 15 North American basins. future in 29 focal basins 1567 across regions based three (sustainability, middle road,...
Research aimed at identifying indicators of persistent abrupt shifts in ecological communities, a.k.a regime shifts, has led to the development a suite early warning signals (EWSs). As these often perform inaccurately when applied real-world observational data, it remains unclear whether critical transitions are dominant mechanism and, if so, which EWS methods can predict them. Here, using multi-trophic planktonic data on multiple lakes from around world, we classify both lake dynamics and...
Summary 1. Linking a regional climate model (RCM) configured for contemporary atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, with phytoplankton community (PROTECH) produced realistic simulations of 20 years recent data from Bassenthwaite Lake, in the North‐West England. 2. Meteorological drivers were derived RCM to represent future scenario involving 1% per annum compound increase CO 2 concentrations until 2100. Using these drivers, PROTECH was run another year period representing last two...