Nutrient limitation of benthic algae in Lake Baikal, Russia

Ted Ozersky; Ekaterina A. Volkova; Nina A. Bondarenko; Oleg A. Timoshkin; Valery V. Malnik; Valentina M. Domysheva; Stephanie E. Hampton

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Nutrient limitation of benthic algae in Lake Baikal, Russia

Ted Ozersky, Ekaterina A. Volkova, Nina A. Bondarenko, Oleg A. Timoshkin, Valery V. Malnik, Valentina M. Domysheva, Stephanie E. Hampton

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Lake Baikal, one of the world’s largest and most biologically diverse lakes, has recently begun to experience uncharacteristic nuisance blooms of filamentous benthic algae. To contribute to understanding the causes of these blooms, we deployed nutrient-diffusing substrata (NDS) at 10 sites varying in shoreline land use in the southwestern portion of the lake. Our objectives were to assess the nature of nutrient limitation of benthic algae in Lake Baikal, the relationship between land use and limitation status, and the effect of enrichment on algal community composition. Algal biomass measured as chlorophyll a (Chl a) responded strongly to nutrient enrichment and showed serial limitation by N and P at all sites. Chl a levels were ~2 and 4 higher on N- and N1P-amended NDS, respectively, than on unenriched controls. Periphyton biomass varied significantly among sites, but differences in periphyton biomass and nutrient limitation status were not related to shoreline land use. The taxonomic composition of periphyton varied significantly among landuse categories, nutrient treatments, and sites. The filamentous green alga Stigeoclonium tenue, which has been associated with recently observed nuisance blooms in Lake Baikal, tended to be most abundant on N- and N1P-amended NDS. The results of our study demonstrate strong nutrient limitation of the periphyton in Lake Baikal and highlight the potential value of improved nutrient controls for addressing benthic algal blooms in the lake.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	472-482
Number of pages	11
Journal	Freshwater Science
Volume	37
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/699408
State	Published - Sep 1 2018

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We thank the captain and crew of the R/V Papanin for their help in the field portion of this work and Stephanie Labou for assistance with data management. Comments by Associate Editor Brendan G. McKie, Hunter J. Carrick, an anonymous referee, and Andrew Camilleri helped to improve this manuscript. Funding was provided by Russian Federal grants 01201353447 (Contemporary state, biodiversity and ecology of the nearshore zone of Lake Baikal) and 034520160009 (Large-scale changes in ecology and biodiversity of the littoral communities of Lake Baikal: interdisciplinary studies, factors, prediction) to OAT, NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity grant no. 136637 to SEH and University of Minnesota funds to TO.

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Benthic algae
Eutrophication
Lake Baikal
Nutrient diffusing substrata
Nutrient limitation
Periphyton

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