---
_id: '12237'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'The effectiveness of controlling nitrogen (N) to manage lake eutrophication
    is debated. Long-term, whole-lake case studies are required to determine whether
    diazotrophic cyanobacteria can fix sufficient N to offset a reduction of N-inputs.
    We document the recovery of shallow, productive Lake Müggelsee (Germany) over
    37 yr (sampling interval 1–2 weeks) during a decrease of N and phosphorus (P)
    loading of 79% and 69%, respectively. Nitrogen concentrations in the lake responded
    immediately to loading reduction whereas P concentrations remained elevated for
    about 20 yr. Total nitrogen (TN) in the lake was always lower than TN in the inflow.
    Accordingly, estimated denitrification and N-burial rates substantially exceeded
    N2 fixation rates in the long term. Phosphorus was growth limiting in spring whereas
    N was clearly limiting in summer due to high sediment P-release. TN : TP ratios,
    normalized to phytoplankton biovolume by regression, were 25.5 (weight) in spring
    and 3.3 in summer. During the study period, dissolved inorganic N (DIN) concentrations
    in summer decreased and the duration of low DIN concentrations increased by ca.
    100 d. The biovolume of cyanobacteria and total phytoplankton decreased by 89%
    and 76%, respectively. The proportion of N2-fixing cyanobacteria during summer
    decreased from 36% to 14% of the total phytoplankton biovolume. The total concentration
    of heterocysts and estimated total N2 fixation did not change over time. In the
    long term, decreasing N-inputs effectively controlled summer cyanobacteria including
    N2-fixing taxa, which did not compensate for the N-deficit. A P-only control strategy
    would not have been as successful.'
author:
- first_name: Tom
  full_name: Shatwell, Tom
  id: '86424'
  last_name: Shatwell
  orcid: 0000-0002-4520-7916
- first_name: Jan
  full_name: Köhler, Jan
  last_name: Köhler
citation:
  ama: 'Shatwell T, Köhler J. Decreased nitrogen loading controls summer cyanobacterial
    blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term response of a shallow
    lake. <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>. 2018;64(S1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002">10.1002/lno.11002</a>'
  apa: 'Shatwell, T., &#38; Köhler, J. (2018). Decreased nitrogen loading controls
    summer cyanobacterial blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term
    response of a shallow lake. <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>, <i>64</i>(S1).
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002">https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Shatwell T and Köhler J</b> (2018) Decreased Nitrogen Loading Controls
    Summer Cyanobacterial Blooms without Promoting Nitrogen‐fixing Taxa: Long‐term
    Response of a Shallow Lake. <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> <b>64</b>.'
  chicago: 'Shatwell, Tom, and Jan Köhler. “Decreased Nitrogen Loading Controls Summer
    Cyanobacterial Blooms without Promoting Nitrogen‐fixing Taxa: Long‐term Response
    of a Shallow Lake.” <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> 64, no. S1 (2018). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002">https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Shatwell, Tom und Jan Köhler. 2018. Decreased nitrogen loading controls
    summer cyanobacterial blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term
    response of a shallow lake. <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> 64, Nr. S1. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002">10.1002/lno.11002</a>, .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Shatwell, Tom</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Köhler, Jan</span>: Decreased nitrogen loading
    controls summer cyanobacterial blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa:
    Long‐term response of a shallow lake. In: <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> Bd.
    64. Hoboken, NJ, Wiley (2018), Nr. S1'
  havard: 'T. Shatwell, J. Köhler, Decreased nitrogen loading controls summer cyanobacterial
    blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term response of a shallow
    lake, Limnology and Oceanography. 64 (2018).'
  ieee: 'T. Shatwell and J. Köhler, “Decreased nitrogen loading controls summer cyanobacterial
    blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term response of a shallow
    lake,” <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>, vol. 64, no. S1, 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002">10.1002/lno.11002</a>.'
  mla: 'Shatwell, Tom, and Jan Köhler. “Decreased Nitrogen Loading Controls Summer
    Cyanobacterial Blooms without Promoting Nitrogen‐fixing Taxa: Long‐term Response
    of a Shallow Lake.” <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>, vol. 64, no. S1, 2018,
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002">https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002</a>.'
  short: T. Shatwell, J. Köhler, Limnology and Oceanography 64 (2018).
  ufg: '<b>Shatwell, Tom/Köhler, Jan</b>: Decreased nitrogen loading controls summer
    cyanobacterial blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term response
    of a shallow lake, in: <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> 64 (2018), H. S1.'
  van: 'Shatwell T, Köhler J. Decreased nitrogen loading controls summer cyanobacterial
    blooms without promoting nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term response of a shallow
    lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 2018;64(S1).'
date_created: 2024-12-08T20:29:40Z
date_updated: 2024-12-09T10:18:21Z
department:
- _id: DEP8022
doi: 10.1002/lno.11002
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        64'
issue: S1
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11002
oa: '1'
place: Hoboken, NJ
publication: Limnology and Oceanography
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1939-5590
  issn:
  - 0024-3590
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Decreased nitrogen loading controls summer cyanobacterial blooms without promoting
  nitrogen‐fixing taxa: Long‐term response of a shallow lake'
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 64
year: '2018'
...
---
_id: '12238'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Phytoplankton growth depends not only on mean intensity but also on the dynamics
    of the light supply. In surface mixed layers, phytoplankton may rapidly move between
    strong light and almost darkness. The nonlinear light‐dependency of growth may
    differ between constant and fluctuating light because of the different frequency
    distribution of light and/or acclimation processes. The present study compares
    for the first time light‐dependency of photosynthesis and growth of phytoplankton
    communities in situ under defined mixing conditions and at fixed depths. Maximum
    growth rates per day were not significantly different, but the growth efficiency
    was much higher under constant light than under fluctuating light of sub‐saturating
    daily irradiance. Phytoplankton incubated under fluctuating light needed about
    three times higher mean daily irradiances to balance photosynthesis and losses
    than under constant light. The difference in growth efficiency was mostly caused
    by the different frequency distribution of underwater light, as was estimated
    by a photosynthesis model of sufficient temporal resolution. The present study
    indicates a considerable overestimation of phytoplankton growth at sub‐saturating
    light in well‐mixed water layers by the common growth measurements under constant
    light. This implies an underestimation of the compensation light intensities and
    respective overestimations of the critical mixing depths.
author:
- first_name: Jan
  full_name: Köhler, Jan
  last_name: Köhler
- first_name: Lan
  full_name: Wang, Lan
  last_name: Wang
- first_name: Alexis
  full_name: Guislain, Alexis
  last_name: Guislain
- first_name: Tom
  full_name: Shatwell, Tom
  id: '86424'
  last_name: Shatwell
  orcid: 0000-0002-4520-7916
citation:
  ama: Köhler J, Wang L, Guislain A, Shatwell T. Influence of vertical mixing on light‐dependency
    of phytoplankton growth. <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>. 2017;63(3):1156-1167.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761">10.1002/lno.10761</a>
  apa: Köhler, J., Wang, L., Guislain, A., &#38; Shatwell, T. (2017). Influence of
    vertical mixing on light‐dependency of phytoplankton growth. <i>Limnology and
    Oceanography</i>, <i>63</i>(3), 1156–1167. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761">https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761</a>
  bjps: <b>Köhler J <i>et al.</i></b> (2017) Influence of Vertical Mixing on Light‐dependency
    of Phytoplankton Growth. <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> <b>63</b>, 1156–1167.
  chicago: 'Köhler, Jan, Lan Wang, Alexis Guislain, and Tom Shatwell. “Influence of
    Vertical Mixing on Light‐dependency of Phytoplankton Growth.” <i>Limnology and
    Oceanography</i> 63, no. 3 (2017): 1156–67. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761">https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Köhler, Jan, Lan Wang, Alexis Guislain und Tom Shatwell. 2017. Influence
    of vertical mixing on light‐dependency of phytoplankton growth. <i>Limnology and
    Oceanography</i> 63, Nr. 3: 1156–1167. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761">10.1002/lno.10761</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Köhler, Jan</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Wang, Lan</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Guislain,
    Alexis</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Shatwell, Tom</span>: Influence
    of vertical mixing on light‐dependency of phytoplankton growth. In: <i>Limnology
    and Oceanography</i> Bd. 63. Hoboken, NJ , Wiley (2017), Nr. 3, S. 1156–1167'
  havard: J. Köhler, L. Wang, A. Guislain, T. Shatwell, Influence of vertical mixing
    on light‐dependency of phytoplankton growth, Limnology and Oceanography. 63 (2017)
    1156–1167.
  ieee: 'J. Köhler, L. Wang, A. Guislain, and T. Shatwell, “Influence of vertical
    mixing on light‐dependency of phytoplankton growth,” <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>,
    vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1156–1167, 2017, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761">10.1002/lno.10761</a>.'
  mla: Köhler, Jan, et al. “Influence of Vertical Mixing on Light‐dependency of Phytoplankton
    Growth.” <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i>, vol. 63, no. 3, 2017, pp. 1156–67,
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761">https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761</a>.
  short: J. Köhler, L. Wang, A. Guislain, T. Shatwell, Limnology and Oceanography
    63 (2017) 1156–1167.
  ufg: '<b>Köhler, Jan u. a.</b>: Influence of vertical mixing on light‐dependency
    of phytoplankton growth, in: <i>Limnology and Oceanography</i> 63 (2017), H. 3, 
    S. 1156–1167.'
  van: Köhler J, Wang L, Guislain A, Shatwell T. Influence of vertical mixing on light‐dependency
    of phytoplankton growth. Limnology and Oceanography. 2017;63(3):1156–67.
date_created: 2024-12-08T20:31:00Z
date_updated: 2024-12-09T10:16:41Z
department:
- _id: DEP8022
doi: 10.1002/lno.10761
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        63'
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10761
oa: '1'
page: 1156-1167
place: 'Hoboken, NJ '
publication: Limnology and Oceanography
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1939-5590
  issn:
  - 0024-3590
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Influence of vertical mixing on light‐dependency of phytoplankton growth
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 63
year: '2017'
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