Littoral eutrophication indicators are more closely related to nearshore land use than to water nutrient concentrations: A critical evaluation of stressor-response relationships
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2020
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Schneider, Susanne C.Biberdžić, Vera
Braho, Vjola
Budzakoska Gjoreska, Biljana
Cara, Magdalena

Dana, Zamira
Đurašković, Pavle
Eriksen, Tor Erik

Hjermann, Dag

Imeri, Alma
Jovanović, Katarina
Krizmanić, Jelena

Kupe, Lirika

Loshkoska, Tatjana
Lynn Kemp, Joanna
Marković, Aleksandra

Patceva, Suzana
Rakočević, Jelena

Stojanović, Katarina

Talevska, Marina
Trajanovska, Sonja
Trajanovski, Sasho

Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta
Vidaković, Danijela

Zdraveski, Konstantin

Živić, Ivana

Vermaat, Jan E.

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Biological assessmentmetrics and water chemistry measurements are used to quantify the link between stressors
and their effects on lake ecosystems, for the Water Framework Directive. However, correlations between metrics
andwater chemistry are often poor. This is seen as majorweaknesses ofWater Framework Directive-relatedmonitoring
and assessment.We analyzed macrophytes, benthic algae, benthic macroinvertebrates, water chemistry
and sediment total phosphorus content in the littoral of six lakes in the Western Balkans and used CORINE land
use data to estimate nutrient enrichment via runoff from the adjacent land. Lakes with a higher estimated phosphorus
runoff fromthe adjacent land did not have higher littoralwater nutrient concentrations, but littoral diatom
assemblages indicated more eutrophic conditions. These lakes also had higher abundances of littoral benthic primaryproducers,
which in turnwere associatedwithlowconcentrations of dissolved nutrients, but only in autumn,
no...t in spring. This is consistent with primary producers taking up nutrients during the summer growth season. In
lakeswith high abundances of benthic primary producers, it is likely that the littoral vegetation plays a large role in
the transfer of nutrients from the water to the benthos. This process impairs correlations between biological metrics
and water nutrient concentrations. Our results suggest that CORINE land cover may be more useful to characterize
littoral nutrient enrichment than lake water chemistry. Increased benthic primary producer biomasses and
“eutrophic” diatom indicesmay indicate littoral nutrient enrichment even ifwater nutrient concentrations are low
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Littoral / Macrophytes / Eutrophication / Nutrient cycling / Water Framework Directive / DiatomsSource:
Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 748, 141193-Publisher:
- Elsevier
Funding / projects:
- The project was financially supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (STAR-WALK).
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141193
ISSN: 0048-9697
PubMed: 32810803
WoS: 000581049800019
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Schneider, Susanne C. AU - Biberdžić, Vera AU - Braho, Vjola AU - Budzakoska Gjoreska, Biljana AU - Cara, Magdalena AU - Dana, Zamira AU - Đurašković, Pavle AU - Eriksen, Tor Erik AU - Hjermann, Dag AU - Imeri, Alma AU - Jovanović, Katarina AU - Krizmanić, Jelena AU - Kupe, Lirika AU - Loshkoska, Tatjana AU - Lynn Kemp, Joanna AU - Marković, Aleksandra AU - Patceva, Suzana AU - Rakočević, Jelena AU - Stojanović, Katarina AU - Talevska, Marina AU - Trajanovska, Sonja AU - Trajanovski, Sasho AU - Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta AU - Vidaković, Danijela AU - Zdraveski, Konstantin AU - Živić, Ivana AU - Vermaat, Jan E. PY - 2020 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3674 AB - Biological assessmentmetrics and water chemistry measurements are used to quantify the link between stressors and their effects on lake ecosystems, for the Water Framework Directive. However, correlations between metrics andwater chemistry are often poor. This is seen as majorweaknesses ofWater Framework Directive-relatedmonitoring and assessment.We analyzed macrophytes, benthic algae, benthic macroinvertebrates, water chemistry and sediment total phosphorus content in the littoral of six lakes in the Western Balkans and used CORINE land use data to estimate nutrient enrichment via runoff from the adjacent land. Lakes with a higher estimated phosphorus runoff fromthe adjacent land did not have higher littoralwater nutrient concentrations, but littoral diatom assemblages indicated more eutrophic conditions. These lakes also had higher abundances of littoral benthic primaryproducers, which in turnwere associatedwithlowconcentrations of dissolved nutrients, but only in autumn, not in spring. This is consistent with primary producers taking up nutrients during the summer growth season. In lakeswith high abundances of benthic primary producers, it is likely that the littoral vegetation plays a large role in the transfer of nutrients from the water to the benthos. This process impairs correlations between biological metrics and water nutrient concentrations. Our results suggest that CORINE land cover may be more useful to characterize littoral nutrient enrichment than lake water chemistry. Increased benthic primary producer biomasses and “eutrophic” diatom indicesmay indicate littoral nutrient enrichment even ifwater nutrient concentrations are low PB - Elsevier T2 - Science of the Total Environment T1 - Littoral eutrophication indicators are more closely related to nearshore land use than to water nutrient concentrations: A critical evaluation of stressor-response relationships VL - 748 SP - 141193 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141193 ER -
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Schneider, S. C., Biberdžić, V., Braho, V., Budzakoska Gjoreska, B., Cara, M., Dana, Z., Đurašković, P., Eriksen, T. E., Hjermann, D., Imeri, A., Jovanović, K., Krizmanić, J., Kupe, L., Loshkoska, T., Lynn Kemp, J., Marković, A., Patceva, S., Rakočević, J., Stojanović, K., Talevska, M., Trajanovska, S., Trajanovski, S., Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, E., Vidaković, D., Zdraveski, K., Živić, I.,& Vermaat, J. E.. (2020). Littoral eutrophication indicators are more closely related to nearshore land use than to water nutrient concentrations: A critical evaluation of stressor-response relationships. in Science of the Total Environment Elsevier., 748, 141193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141193
Schneider SC, Biberdžić V, Braho V, Budzakoska Gjoreska B, Cara M, Dana Z, Đurašković P, Eriksen TE, Hjermann D, Imeri A, Jovanović K, Krizmanić J, Kupe L, Loshkoska T, Lynn Kemp J, Marković A, Patceva S, Rakočević J, Stojanović K, Talevska M, Trajanovska S, Trajanovski S, Veljanoska-Sarafiloska E, Vidaković D, Zdraveski K, Živić I, Vermaat JE. Littoral eutrophication indicators are more closely related to nearshore land use than to water nutrient concentrations: A critical evaluation of stressor-response relationships. in Science of the Total Environment. 2020;748:141193. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141193 .
Schneider, Susanne C., Biberdžić, Vera, Braho, Vjola, Budzakoska Gjoreska, Biljana, Cara, Magdalena, Dana, Zamira, Đurašković, Pavle, Eriksen, Tor Erik, Hjermann, Dag, Imeri, Alma, Jovanović, Katarina, Krizmanić, Jelena, Kupe, Lirika, Loshkoska, Tatjana, Lynn Kemp, Joanna, Marković, Aleksandra, Patceva, Suzana, Rakočević, Jelena, Stojanović, Katarina, Talevska, Marina, Trajanovska, Sonja, Trajanovski, Sasho, Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta, Vidaković, Danijela, Zdraveski, Konstantin, Živić, Ivana, Vermaat, Jan E., "Littoral eutrophication indicators are more closely related to nearshore land use than to water nutrient concentrations: A critical evaluation of stressor-response relationships" in Science of the Total Environment, 748 (2020):141193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141193 . .