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- Title
Varying stages of ecological succession in lakes subdivided by volcanic eruptions at Akan Caldera, Japan.
- Authors
Wakana, Isamu; Kadono, Yasuro; Urabe, Jotaro; Tamura, Yuki; Suzuki, Yoshifusa; Yamada, Hiroyuki; Oyama, Yoichi; Wada, Keiji; Hasegawa, Takeshi; Ohara, Masashi
- Abstract
Ecological succession within lakes generally proceeds as eutrophication and shallowing occur and the aquatic biota of the lakes is altered. The eutrophication rate depends on the lake size and the area and fertility of the watershed. If the watershed fertility of several different lakes is equivalent and the lakes' formation time and initial environment are similar, the trophic status of each lake is expected to increase over time depending on the ratio of the watershed area to lake size. To test this supposition, we surveyed the topography and water quality of 10 lakes of varying sizes in Akan Caldera, Japan, which were formed thousands of years ago by fragmentation due to volcanic eruptions within the caldera. The ratio of the accumulated watershed area to lake size was positively correlated with total phosphorus concentration, an indicator of trophic status, and lake types were classified as oligotrophic, mesotrophic, eutrophic, and dystrophic. In addition, 21 species of macrophytes were found in the lakes, and the species composition of each lake was divided into five types corresponding to combinations of the lake types. The discovery of such diversity in a group of lakes with a similar origin paves the way for new comparative studies.
- Subjects
JAPAN; CRATER lakes; ECOLOGICAL succession; CALDERAS; WATER quality; EUTROPHICATION; WATER quality monitoring; AQUATIC organisms
- Publication
Hydrobiologia, 2023, Vol 850, Issue 18, p3919
- ISSN
0018-8158
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s10750-023-05231-5