Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes

Sergei M.  Golubkov; Mikhail S.  Golubkov; Evgenia V. Balushkina; Larisa F.  Litvinchuk

doi:10.21697/seb.2014.12.4.05

Published: 2014-12-31

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2014)

Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes

Sergei M. Golubkov

, Mikhail S. Golubkov

, Evgenia V. Balushkina

, Larisa F. Litvinchuk

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

Section: Natural Foundations of Environmental Protection

https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2014.12.4.05

Abstract

Environmental variables, food-web dynamics, and energy pathways were investigated in ecosystems of six shallow lakes of the Crimea with salinity ranging from 24 to 340‰. There were considerable inter- and intra-annual #uctuations in the abiotic characteristics of the lakes. All the lakes had a very high concentration of total phosphorus in the water (up to 5.6 gP m^-3) due to a great influence of the watershed on the lakes. A high level of primary production (up to 14.9 gC m^-2d^-1) was found in the most of the lakes. The lowest primary production was found in the most saline lake with a dense population of the filtrator, Artemia urmiana. Grazing benthic energy pathways were dominant at salinities between 24 and 58‰. Greater levels of salinity led to a gradual reduction of benthic and increase of planktonic energy pathways. A fast shift from turbid to the clear-water regime was observed in one of the lakes, caused by annual variations in weather conditions.

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saline lakes, primary production, secondary production, zooplankton, zoobenthos, energy pathways, regime shift

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Golubkov, S. M. ., Golubkov, M. S. ., Balushkina, E. V., & Litvinchuk, L. F. . (2014). Biotic interactions, energy pathways and trigger factors of ecosystem dynamics in shallow saline lakes. Studia Ecologiae Et Bioethicae, 12(4), 83–113. https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2014.12.4.05

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Sergei M. Golubkov

golubkov@zin.ru
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9308-2062

Affiliation:

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Federation

Mikhail S. Golubkov

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-5421

Affiliation:

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Federation

Evgenia V. Balushkina

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0567-3610

Affiliation:

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Federation

Larisa F. Litvinchuk

Affiliation:

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute Russian Federation