Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake | Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake
Kers, Erwin Laurens | Leu, Eva | Amundsen, Per-Arne | Primicerio, Raul | Kainz, Martin | Poste, Amanda Elizabeth
Climate warming causes shorter winters and changes in ice and snow cover in subarctic lakes, highlighting the need to better understand underice ecosystem functioning. The plankton community in a subarctic, oligotrophic lake was studied throughout the ice-covered season, focusing on lipid dynamics and life history traits in two actively overwintering copepods, Cyclops scutifer and Eudiaptomus graciloides. Whereas C. scutifer was overwintering in C-IV to C-V stage, E. graciloides reproduced under ice cover. Both species had accumulated lipids prior to ice-on and showed a substantial decrease in total lipid content throughout the ice-covered period: E. graciloides (60%–38% dw) and C. scutifer (73%–33% dw). Polyunsaturated fatty acids of algal origin were highest in E. graciloides and declined strongly in both species. Stearidonic acid (18:4n-3) content in E. graciloideswas particularly high and decreased rapidly during the study period by 50%, probably due to reproduction. The copepods differed infeeding behavior, withthe omnivoreC. scutifer continuingto accumulate lipids until January, whereasthe herbivorousE. graciloides accumulated lipids from under-ice primary production during the last months of ice-cover. Our findings emphasize the importance of lipid accumulation and utilization for actively overwintering copepods irrespective of the timing of their reproduction.
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