2021
Vadeboncoeur, Y; Moore, MV; Stewart, SD; Chandra, S; Atkins, KS; Baron, JS; Bouma-Gregson, K; Brothers, S; Francoeur, SN; Genzoli, L; Higgins, SN; Hilt, S; Katona, LR; Kelly, D; Oleksy, IA; Ozersky, T; Power, ME; Roberts, D; Smits, AP; Timoshkin, O; Tromboni, F; Zanden, MJ Vander; Volkova, EA; Waters, AS; Wood, SA; Yamamuro, M
Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms (FABs) are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide Journal Article
In: BioScience, vol. 71, 2021.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: algal blooms, benthic, ERCZO, lakes
@article{Vadeboncoeur2021b,
title = {Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms (FABs) are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide},
author = {Y Vadeboncoeur and MV Moore and SD Stewart and S Chandra and KS Atkins and JS Baron and K Bouma-Gregson and S Brothers and SN Francoeur and L Genzoli and SN Higgins and S Hilt and LR Katona and D Kelly and IA Oleksy and T Ozersky and ME Power and D Roberts and AP Smits and O Timoshkin and F Tromboni and MJ Vander Zanden and EA Volkova and AS Waters and SA Wood and M Yamamuro},
url = {https://angelo.berkeley.edu/vadebonceour_algal_blooms/},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab049},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-07-27},
urldate = {2021-07-27},
journal = {BioScience},
volume = {71},
keywords = {algal blooms, benthic, ERCZO, lakes},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2017
Vadeboncoeur, Yvonne; Power, Mary
Attached Algae: The Cryptic Base of Inverted Trophic Pyramids in Freshwaters Journal Article
In: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 255-279, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cladophora, cyanobacteria, diatoms, ERCZO, grazers, lakes, microphytobenthos, periphyton, primary consumer, primary producer, rivers
@article{Vadeboncoeur2017,
title = {Attached Algae: The Cryptic Base of Inverted Trophic Pyramids in Freshwaters},
author = {Yvonne Vadeboncoeur and Mary Power},
url = {https://angelo.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/Annu.-Rev.-Ecol.-Evol.-Syst.-2017-Vadeboncoeur.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032340},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-08-11},
urldate = {2017-08-11},
journal = {Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics},
volume = {48},
number = {1},
pages = {255-279},
abstract = {It seems improbable that a thin veneer of attached algae coating submerged surfaces in lakes and rivers could be the foundation of many freshwater food webs, but increasing evidence from chemical tracers supports this view. Attached algae grow on any submerged surface that receives enough light for photosynthesis, but animals often graze attached algae down to thin, barely perceptible biofilms. Algae in general are more nutritious and digestible than terrestrial plants or detritus, and attached algae are particularly harvestable, being concentrated on surfaces. Diatoms, a major component of attached algal assemblages, are especially nutritious and tolerant of heavy grazing. Algivores can track attached algal productivity over a range of spatial scales and consume a high proportion of new attached algal growth in high-light, low-nutrient ecosystems. The subsequent efficient conversion of the algae into consumer production in freshwater food webs can lead to low-producer, high-consumer biomass, patterns that Elton (1927) described as inverted trophic pyramids. Human perturbations of nutrient, sediment, and carbon loading into freshwaters and of thermal and hydrologic regimes can weaken consumer control of algae and promote nuisance attached algal blooms.},
keywords = {Cladophora, cyanobacteria, diatoms, ERCZO, grazers, lakes, microphytobenthos, periphyton, primary consumer, primary producer, rivers},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
It seems improbable that a thin veneer of attached algae coating submerged surfaces in lakes and rivers could be the foundation of many freshwater food webs, but increasing evidence from chemical tracers supports this view. Attached algae grow on any submerged surface that receives enough light for photosynthesis, but animals often graze attached algae down to thin, barely perceptible biofilms. Algae in general are more nutritious and digestible than terrestrial plants or detritus, and attached algae are particularly harvestable, being concentrated on surfaces. Diatoms, a major component of attached algal assemblages, are especially nutritious and tolerant of heavy grazing. Algivores can track attached algal productivity over a range of spatial scales and consume a high proportion of new attached algal growth in high-light, low-nutrient ecosystems. The subsequent efficient conversion of the algae into consumer production in freshwater food webs can lead to low-producer, high-consumer biomass, patterns that Elton (1927) described as inverted trophic pyramids. Human perturbations of nutrient, sediment, and carbon loading into freshwaters and of thermal and hydrologic regimes can weaken consumer control of algae and promote nuisance attached algal blooms.