Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse
Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing

J 2019

Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing

BAHO, D.L., E. LEU, F. POMATI, D.O. HESSEN, J. NORBERG et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing

Authors

BAHO, D.L., E. LEU, F. POMATI, D.O. HESSEN, J. NORBERG, S.J. MOE, B. SKJELBRED and Luca NIZZETTO (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, HOBOKEN, Wiley, 2019, 0730-7268

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.152

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/19:00113389

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4536

UT WoS

000486765900001

Keywords in English

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Climate change; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton; Ecological resilience

Abstract

V originále

Freshwaters are increasingly exposed to complex mixtures of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) from municipal wastewater, which are known to alter freshwater communities' structure and functioning. However, their interaction with other disturbances and whether their combined effects can impact ecological resilience (i.e., the ability of a system to tolerate disturbances without altering the system's original structure and processes) remain unexplored. Using in situ mesocosms in 2 lakes with different nutrient levels (mesotrophic and eutrophic), we assessed whether a pulse exposure to sublethal concentrations of 12 PPCPs affects the ecological resilience of natural phytoplankton communities that experienced an abrupt environmental change involving the destabilization of the water column through mixing. Such mixing events are predicted to increase as the effects of climate change unfold, leading to more frequent storms, which disrupt stratification in lakes and force communities to restructure. We assessed their combined effects on community metrics (biomass, species richness, and composition) and their relative resilience using 4 indicators (cross-scale, within-scale, aggregation length, and gap length), inferred from phytoplankton communities by discontinuity analysis. The mixing disturbance alone had negligible effects on the community metrics, but when combined with chemical contaminants significant changes were measured: reducing total biomass, species richness, and altered community composition of phytoplankton. Once these changes occurred, they persisted until the end of the experiment (day 20), when the communities' structures from the 2 highest exposure levels diverged from the controls. The resilience indicators were not affected by PPCPs but differed significantly between lakes, with lower resilience found in the eutrophic lake. Thus, PPCPs can significantly alter community structures and reinforce mechanisms that maintain ecosystems in a "degraded state." Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;00:1-12.

Citovat

BAHO, D.L., E. LEU, F. POMATI, D.O. HESSEN, J. NORBERG, S.J. MOE, B. SKJELBRED and Luca NIZZETTO. Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. HOBOKEN: Wiley, 2019, vol. 38, No 10, p. 2197-2208. ISSN 0730-7268. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4536.

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ER  -

BAHO, D.L., E. LEU, F. POMATI, D.O. HESSEN, J. NORBERG, S.J. MOE, B. SKJELBRED and Luca NIZZETTO. Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing. \textit{Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry}. HOBOKEN: Wiley, 2019, vol.~38, No~10, p.~2197-2208. ISSN~0730-7268. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4536.

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