NDLI: The influence of large water level fluctuations and hurricanes on periphyton and associated nutrient storage in subtropical Lake Okeechobee, USA

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Author	Rodusky, Andrew J.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The abundance, community structure and nutrient content of periphyton, and the host plant taxa Chara, Hydrilla, Potamogeton, Vallisneria and Scirpus were studied in Lake Okeechobee, USA. Water levels were generally high during the study period (August 2002–January 2006), but substantial fluctuations occurred. All host plant biomass was seasonally variable but only Vallisneria biomass was spatially variable. All submerged plant beds disappeared after the passage of two hurricanes in September 2004, and a third hurricane passed over the lake in October 2005. Periphyton assemblages were statistically separated most by substrate and then by season. Prior to the hurricanes, annual maxima of periphyton biovolumes and those of summer submerged plant coverage coincided. During all study years, the diatom taxa dominated periphyton total biovolumes. Periphyton biomass was generally highest during the summer or prior to the hurricanes (in the case of epiphytes) and was spatially variable in the case of both Scirpus and Vallisneria. Epiphytic nutrient contents within each host plant group seasonally varied except for nitrogen and carbon in the Vallisneria epiphytes. Epipelic nutrient contents were spatially variable and seasonally variable for carbon. Nutrient contents in epipelon were significantly higher than that in Scirpus epiphytes and were similar but lower among all epiphytic communities. The total annual areal potential epiphytic phosphorus storage extrapolated during this study (2.0 × 10−4 metric tons ha−1 year−1) was underestimated because storage estimates for epipelon, Chara and Hydrilla-associated epiphytes were omitted. The Chara and Hydrilla-associated epiphytic nutrient storage values were omitted because of limited data, whereas the epipelic data may have not been spatially representative. For periphyton biovolume, host substrate type, water level fluctuation and hurricane impacts on host substrates appear to be more important than seasonal variation in such factors as temperature and nutrients. Epiphytic nutrient storage appears to be influenced most by water level fluctuation and hurricane-related impacts, while the host substrate type appears to be a less important factor than it is for periphyton biovolume. Maximum periphyton biomass and high nutrient storage in shallow subtropical and tropical eutrophic lakes may only occur at consistently lower water levels and during infrequent periods of disturbance, which enhance host substrate colonizable area.
Starting Page	797
Ending Page	815
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13862588
Journal	Aquatic Ecology
Volume Number	44
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15735125
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-02-25
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Epipelon Epiphytes Hurricanes Macrophytes Shallow lakes Ecosystems Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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