期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 536, 期 -, 页码 858-865出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.010
关键词
Boreal lake; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Planktivorous fish; Copepods; Cladocerans; Coregonus albula; Osmerus eperlanus
资金
- Academy of Finland grant [139786]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [139786, 139786] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
Lake size influences various hydrological parameters, such as water retention time, circulation patterns and thermal stratification that can consequently affect the plankton community composition, benthic-pelagic coupling and the function of aquatic food webs. Although the socio-economical (particularly commercial fisheries) and ecological importance of large lakes has been widely acknowledged, little is known about the availability and trophic transfer of polyunsaturated fatty (PUFA) in large lakes. The objective of this study was to investigate trophic trajectories of PUFA in the pelagic food web (seston, zooplankton, and planktivorous fish) of six large boreal lakes in the Finnish Lake District. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) were the most abundant PUFA in pelagic organisms, particularly in the zooplanktivorous fish. Our results show that PUFA from the n-3 family (PUFAn-3), often associated with marine food webs, are also abundant in large lakes. The proportion of DHA increased from similar to 4 +/- 3% in seston to similar to 32 +/- 6% in vendace (Coregonus albula) and smelt (Osmerus eperlanus), whereas ALA showed the opposite trophic transfer pattern with the highest values observed in seston (similar to 11 +/- 2%) and the lowest in the opossum shrimp (Mysis relicta) and fish (similar to 2 +/- 1%). The dominance of diatoms and cryptophytes at the base of the food web in the study lakes accounted for the high amount of PUFAn-3 in the planktonic consumers. Furthermore, the abundance of copepods in the large lakes explains the effective transfer of DHA to planktivorous fish. The plankton community composition in these lakes supports a fishery resource (vendace) that is very high nutritional quality (in terms of EPA and DHA contents) to humans. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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