Accelerated recovery of lake macroinvertebrates in the third
decade since the reversal of acidification

J 2023

Accelerated recovery of lake macroinvertebrates in the third decade since the reversal of acidification

PETRUŽELOVÁ, Jana, Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ, Jan SYCHRA, Selma DE DONNOVÁ, Jaroslav VRBA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Accelerated recovery of lake macroinvertebrates in the third decade since the reversal of acidification

Authors

PETRUŽELOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan SYCHRA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Selma DE DONNOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Jaroslav VRBA, Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Linda SEIFERT, Vanda ŠORFOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří KOPÁČEK

Edition

Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 2023, 0048-9697

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 9.800 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131441

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164553

UT WoS

001028272000001

Keywords in English

Acid stress; Biological recovery; Bohemian Forest; Feeding habits; Species traits

Abstract

V originále

Chemical reversal from acidification has been progressing in European freshwaters since the late 1980s, responding to successful control of atmospheric pollution by acidifying emissions. However, biological recovery is often delayed after improvements in water composition. We studied macroinvertebrate recovery from acidification in eight glacial lakes in the Bohemian Forest (central Europe) between 1999 and 2019. The chemical composition of these lakes reflects a complex of environmental changes, dominated by a very steep decline in acid deposition and, currently, by elevated nutrient leaching following climate-induced tree dieback within their catchments. Temporal trends in species richness, abundance, species traits and community composition were evaluated with regard to water chemistry, littoral habitat properties and fish colonisation. The results showed accelerated recovery of macroinvertebrates following two decades of gradual improvement in water composition and slowly progressing biological rehabilitation. We observed a signif-icant increase in macroinvertebrate species richness and abundance, coupled with distinct changes in community com-position, the extent of changes varying between lakes, reflecting different littoral habitat properties (vegetated vs. stony) and water chemistry. Overall, the communities shifted toward more specialised (grazers, filterers, and phytophilous species) and acid-tolerant taxa at the expense of detritivorous, eurytopic and acid-resistant taxa. Where fish reappeared, open-water taxa declined greatly. Compositional changes were likely driven by the combined effects of water chemistry reversal, rehabilitation of habitat conditions and fish colonisation. Despite favourable trends, communities in recovering lakes still lack several biotic elements, particularly less vagile, acid-sensitive taxa and specialised herbivores known from the regional species pool. It is expected that future progress in lake recovery will be further promoted or inhibited by stochastic colonisation or disturbance events.

Citovat

PETRUŽELOVÁ, Jana, Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ, Jan SYCHRA, Selma DE DONNOVÁ, Jaroslav VRBA, Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ, Linda SEIFERT, Vanda ŠORFOVÁ and Jiří KOPÁČEK. Accelerated recovery of lake macroinvertebrates in the third decade since the reversal of acidification. Science of the Total Environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2023, vol. 892, September, p. 1-12. ISSN 0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164553.

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N2  - Chemical reversal from acidification has been progressing in European freshwaters since the late 1980s, responding to successful control of atmospheric pollution by acidifying emissions. However, biological recovery is often delayed after improvements in water composition. We studied macroinvertebrate recovery from acidification in eight glacial lakes in the Bohemian Forest (central Europe) between 1999 and 2019. The chemical composition of these lakes reflects a complex of environmental changes, dominated by a very steep decline in acid deposition and, currently, by elevated nutrient leaching following climate-induced tree dieback within their catchments. Temporal trends in species richness, abundance, species traits and community composition were evaluated with regard to water chemistry, littoral habitat properties and fish colonisation. The results showed accelerated recovery of macroinvertebrates following two decades of gradual improvement in water composition and slowly progressing biological rehabilitation. We observed a signif-icant increase in macroinvertebrate species richness and abundance, coupled with distinct changes in community com-position, the extent of changes varying between lakes, reflecting different littoral habitat properties (vegetated vs. stony) and water chemistry. Overall, the communities shifted toward more specialised (grazers, filterers, and phytophilous species) and acid-tolerant taxa at the expense of detritivorous, eurytopic and acid-resistant taxa. Where fish reappeared, open-water taxa declined greatly. Compositional changes were likely driven by the combined effects of water chemistry reversal, rehabilitation of habitat conditions and fish colonisation. Despite favourable trends, communities in recovering lakes still lack several biotic elements, particularly less vagile, acid-sensitive taxa and specialised herbivores known from the regional species pool. It is expected that future progress in lake recovery will be further promoted or inhibited by stochastic colonisation or disturbance events.
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PETRUŽELOVÁ, Jana, Jindřiška BOJKOVÁ, Jan SYCHRA, Selma DE DONNOVÁ, Jaroslav VRBA, Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ, Linda SEIFERT, Vanda ŠORFOVÁ and Jiří KOPÁČEK. Accelerated recovery of lake macroinvertebrates in the third decade since the reversal of acidification. \textit{Science of the Total Environment}. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2023, vol.~892, September, p.~1-12. ISSN~0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164553.

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