Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Differences in food webs and trophic states of Brazilian tropical humid and semi-arid shallow lakes: implications of climate change

  • SHALLOW LAKES RESEARCH
  • Published:
Hydrobiologia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Global warming may intensify eutrophication of shallow lakes by affecting nutrient loading, evaporation rates, and water level and thus produce major changes in food webs. We investigated to what degree food webs in tropical humid lakes differed from those in more eutrophic semi-arid lakes of the same latitude. Our results indicate that the catchment area-to-lake area ratio, nutrients, chlorophyll a, suspended solids, abundances of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and omnivorous fish as well as total fish catch per unit effort were all higher in the semi-arid lakes, whereas inlet water-to-evaporation ratio (proxy for water balance), water transparency, percentage macrophytes cover, and the piscivores:omnivores ratio were higher in the humid lakes. Our results suggest that reduced inlet water-to-evaporation ratio will increase lake eutrophication, which, in turn, as in temperate regions, will alter trophic structure of the freshwater community.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Ab’saber, A. N., 1994. The Caatinga Domain. Caatinga, Sertão, Sertanejos. Livroarte Editora, Rio de Janeiro.

    Google Scholar 

  • Appelberg, M., B. C. Bergquist & E. Degerman, 2000. Using fish to assess environmental disturbance of Swedish lakes and streams – a preliminary approach. International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology 27(1): 311–315.

    Google Scholar 

  • Barbosa, J. E., E. S. F. Medeiros, J. Brasil, R. D. S. Cordeiro, M. C. B. Crispim & G. H. G. da Silva, 2012. Aquatic systems in semi-arid Brazil. Limnology and management. 24: 103–118.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bottrell, H. H., A. Duncan, Z. M. Gliwicz, E. Grygierek, A. Herzig, A. Hillbrichtilkowska, H. Kurasawa, P. Larsson & T. Weglenska, 1976. Review of some problems in zooplankton production studies. Norwegian Journal of Zoology 24: 419–456.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bouvy, M., R. Molica, S. De Oliveira, M. Marinho & B. Beker, 1999. Dynamics of a toxic cyanobacterial bloom (Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii) in a shallow reservoir in the semi-arid region of northeast. Brazil. 20: 285–297.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bouvy, M., D. Falcão, M. Marinho, M. Pagano & A. Moura, 2000. Occurrence of Cylindrospermopsis (Cyanobacteria) in 39 Brazilian tropical reservoirs during the 1998 drought. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 23: 13–27.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bowen, G. J. & J. Revenaugh, 2003. Interpolating the isotopic composition of modern meteoric precipitation. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002086.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Branco, C. W. C., M.-I. A. Rocha, G. F. S. Pinto, G. A. Gomara & R. De Filippo, 2002. Limnological features of Funil Reservoir (R.J., Brazil) and indicator properties of rotifers and cladocerans of the zooplankton community. Lakes and Reservoirs Research and Management 7: 87–92.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Brasil, J., J. L. Attayde, F. R. Vasconcelos, D. D. F. Dantas & V. L. M. Huszar, 2016. Drought-induced water-level reduction favors cyanobacteria blooms in tropical shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia 770: 145–164.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Burrows, M. T., D. S. Schoeman, L. B. Buckley, P. Moore, E. S. Poloczanska, K. M. Brander, C. Brown, J. F. Bruno, C. M. Duarte, B. S. Halpern, J. Holding, C. V. Kappel, W. Kiessling, M. I. O’Connor, J. M. Pandolfi, C. Parmesan, F. B. Schwing, W. J. Sydeman & A. J. Richardson, 2011. The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Science 334: 652–655.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Costa, M. R. A., J. L. Attayde & V. Becker, 2016. Effects of water level reduction on the dynamics of phytoplankton functional groups in tropical semi-arid shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia 778: 75–89.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Culver, D. A., M. M. Boucherle, D. J. Bean & J. W. Fletcher, 1985. Biomass of fresh-water crustacean zooplankton from length weight regressions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42: 1380–1390.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cunha, E. M. S., I. M. Silveira, A. M. B. Nogueira & J. G. Vilaça, 1990. Análise ambiental do setor costeiro Maxaranguape-Touros/RN. Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia, Natal.

    Google Scholar 

  • Da Silva, V. D. R., 2004. On climate variability in Northeast of Brazil. Journal of Arid Environments 58: 575–596.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Senerpont Domis, L. N., J. J. Elser, A. S. Gsell, V. L. M. Huszar, B. W. Ibelings, E. Jeppesen, S. Kosten, W. M. Mooij, F. Roland, U. Sommer, E. van Donk, M. Winder & M. Lurling, 2013a. Plankton dynamics under different climate conditions in tropical freshwater systems (a reply to the comment by Sarmento et al., 2013). Freshwater Biology 58: 2211–2213.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Senerpont Domis, L. N., J. J. Elser, A. S. Gsell, V. L. M. Huszar, B. W. Ibelings, E. Jeppesen, S. Kosten, W. M. Mooij, F. Roland, U. Sommer, E. Van Donk, M. Winder & M. Lurling, 2013b. Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and time. Freshwater Biology 58: 463–482.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dumont, H. J., I. Vandevelde & S. Dumont, 1975. Dry weight estimate of biomass in a selection of Cladocera, Copepoda and Rotifera from plankton, periphyton and benthos of continental waters. Oecologia 19: 75–97.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fernando, C. H., 1994. Zooplankton, fish and fisheries in tropical fresh-waters. Hydrobiologia 272: 105–123.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gat, J. R., 1991. The heavy isotope enrichment of water in coupled evaporative systems. In Bowser, C., H. P. J. Taylor, J. R. O’Neil & I. R. Kaplan (eds), Stable Isotope Geochemistry: A tribute to Samuel Epstein. Geochemistry Society, St. Louis: 159–168.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gonzalez-Bergonzoni, I., M. Meerhoff, T. A. Davidson, F. T. de Mello, A. Baattrup-Pedersen & E. Jeppesen, 2012. Meta-analysis shows a consistent and strong latitudinal pattern in fish omnivory across ecosystems. Ecosystems 15: 492.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guntzel, A. M., T. Matsumura-Tundisi & O. Rocha, 2003. Life cycle of Macrothrix flabelligera Smirnov, 1992 (Cladocera, Macrothricidae), recently reported in the Neotropical region. Hydrobiologia 490: 87–92.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ha, K., E.-A. Cho, H.-W. Kim & G.-J. Joo, 1999. Microcystis bloom formation in the lower Nakdong River, South Korea: importance of hydrodynamics and nutrient loading. Marine and Freshwater Research 50: 89–94.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Havens, K. E., J. R. Beaver, E. E. Manis & T. L. East, 2015. Inter-lake comparisons indicate that fish predation, rather than high temperature, is the major driver of summer decline in Daphnia and other changes among cladoceran zooplankton in subtropical Florida lakes. Hydrobiologia 750: 57–67.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hessen, D. O., B. A. Faafeng, P. Brettum & T. Andersen, 2006. Nutrient enrichment and planktonic biomass ratios in lakes. Ecosystems 9: 516–527.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hillebrand, H., C. D. Durselen, D. Kirschtel, U. Pollingher & T. Zohary, 1999. Biovolume calculation for pelagic and benthic microalgae. Journal of Phycology 35: 403–424.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Iglesias, C., M. Meerhoff, L. S. Johansson, I. González-Bergonzoni, N. Mazzeo, J. P. Pacheco, F. T. de Mello, G. Goyenola, T. L. Lauridsen, M. Søndergaard, T. A. Davidson & E. Jeppesen, 2017. Stable isotope analysis confirms substantial differences between subtropical and temperate shallow lake food webs. Hydrobiologia 784: 111–123.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • IPCC, 2007. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge.

  • IPCC, 2014. Climate Change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Part B: regional aspects. In Barros, V. R., C. B. Field, D. J. Dokken, M. D. (eds), MastrandreContribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

  • Jeppesen, E., J. P. Jensen, M. Søndergaard, T. Lauridsen & F. Landkildehus, 2000. Trophic structure, species richness and biodiversity in Danish lakes: changes along a phosphorus gradient. Freshwater Biology 45: 201–218.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., J. P. Jensen, C. Jensen, B. Faafeng, D. O. Hessen, M. Sondergaard, T. Lauridsen, P. Brettum & K. Christoffersen, 2003. The impact of nutrient state and lake depth on top-down control in the pelagic zone of lakes: a study of 466 lakes from the temperate zone to the arctic. Ecosystems 6: 313–325.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., M. Søndergaard, N. Mazzeo, M. Meerhoff, C. C. Branco, V. Huszar, & F. Scasso, 2005. Lake restoration and biomanipulation in temperate lakes: Relevance for subtropical and tropical lakes by Eutrophication of lakes. In Reddy, M. V. (ed), Restoration and Management of Tropical Eutrophic Lakes. CRC Press, Boca Raton: 341–359.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., M. Meerhoff, B. A. Jacobsen, R. S. Hansen, M. Sondergaard, J. P. Jensen, T. L. Lauridsen, N. Mazzeo & C. W. C. Branco, 2007a. Restoration of shallow lakes by nutrient control and biomanipulation-the successful strategy varies with lake size and climate. Hydrobiologia 581: 269–285.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., M. Søndergaard, M. Meerhoff, T. L. Lauridsen & J. P. Jensen, 2007b. Shallow lake restoration by nutrient loading reduction – some recent findings and challenges ahead. Hydrobiologia 584: 239–252.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., B. Kronvang, M. Meerhoff, M. Sondergaard, K. M. Hansen, H. E. Andersen, T. L. Lauridsen, L. Liboriussen, M. Beklioglu, A. Ozen & J. E. Olesen, 2009. Climate change effects on runoff, catchment phosphorus loading and lake ecological state, and potential adaptations. Journal of Environmental Quality 38: 1930–1941.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., M. Meerhoff, K. Holmgren, I. Gonzalez-Bergonzoni, F. Teixeira-de Mello, S. A. J. Declerck, L. De Meester, M. Søndergaard, T. L. Lauridsen, R. Bjerring, J. M. Conde-Porcuna, N. Mazzeo, C. Iglesias, M. Reizenstein, H. J. Malmquist, Z. Liu, D. Balayla & X. Lazzaro, 2010. Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function. Hydrobiologia 646: 73–90.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jeppesen, E., S. Brucet, L. Naselli-Flores, E. Papastergiadou, K. Stefanidis, T. Nõges, P. Nõges, J. L. Attayde, T. Zohary, J. Coppens, T. Bucak, R. F. Menezes, F. R. S. Freitas, M. Kernan, M. Søndergaard & M. Beklioğlu, 2015. Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity. Hydrobiologia 750: 201–227.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kosten, S., V. L. M. Huszar, N. Mazzeo, M. Scheffer, L. D. Sternberg & E. Jeppesen, 2009a. Lake and watershed characteristics rather than climate influence nutrient limitation in shallow lakes. Ecological Applications 19: 1791–1804.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kosten, S., G. Lacerot, E. Jeppesen, D. Da Motta Marques, E. H. Van Nes, N. Mazzeo & M. Scheffer, 2009b. Effects of submerged vegetation on water clarity across climates. Ecosystems 12: 1117–1129.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kosten, S., V. L. M. Huszar, E. Becares, L. S. Costa, E. van Donk, L.-A. Hansson, E. Jeppesenk, C. Kruk, G. Lacerot, N. Mazzeo, L. De Meester, B. Moss, M. Lurling, T. Noges, S. Romo & M. Scheffer, 2012. Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes. Global Change Biology 18: 118–126.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lazzaro, X., 1987. A reviews of planktivorous fishes – their evolution, feeding behaviours, selectivities, and impacts. Hydrobiologia 146: 97–167.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lund, J. W. G., C. Kipling & E. D. Lecren, 1958. The inverted microscope method of estimating algae number and the statistical basis of estimating by counting. Hydrobiologia 11: 143–170.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Magalhães, A., H. Filho, F. Garagorry, J. Gasques, L. Molion, M. D. S. Neto, C. Nobre, & E. Porto, 1988. The climatology of droughts and droughts prediction. In The Effects of Climatic Variations on Agriculture in Northeast Brazil: 29–48.

  • Marengo, J. A., R. Jones, L. M. Alves & M. C. Valverde, 2009. Future change of temperature and precipitation extremes in South America as derived from the PRECIS regional climate modeling system. International Journal of Climatology 29: 2241–2255.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Margalef, R., 1983. Limnologia. Ômega, Barcelona.

    Google Scholar 

  • McCauley, E., 1984. The estimation of the abundance and biomass of zooplankton in samples. In Downing, J. A. & F. H. Riegler (eds), A Manual on Methods for the Assesment of Secondary Productivity in Fresh Waters. Blackwell, Oxford: 228–265.

    Google Scholar 

  • Moscati, M. C. D. L. & M. A. Gan, 2007. Rainfall variability in the rainy season of semiarid zone of Northeast Brazil (NEB) and its relation to wind regime. International Journal of Climatology 512: 493–512.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moss, B., 1990. Engineering and biological approaches to the restoration from eutrophication of shallow lakes in which aquatic plant communities are important components. Hydrobiologia 200-201(1):367-377

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moss, B., S. Kosten, M. Meerhoff, R. W. Battarbee, E. Jeppesen, N. Mazzeo, K. Havens, G. Lacerot, Z. Liu, L. De Meester, H. Paerl & M. Scheffer, 2011. Allied attack: climate change and eutrophication. Inland Waters 1: 101–105.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • NEN-EN, 1996. Bepaling van de totale en de samengestelde alkaliniteit Water – Bepaling van de alkaliniteit – Deel 1 (ISO-9963-1).

  • New, M., D. Lister, M. Hulme & I. Makin, 2002. A high-resolution data set of surface climate over global land areas. Climate Research 21: 1–25.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • NNI, 1986. Water – photometric determination of the content of dissolved orthophosphate and the total content of phosphorous compounds by continuous flow analysis. Normcommissie 390 147 “Waterkwaliteit”, Nederlands Normalisatie-insituut, 8.

  • NNI, 1990. Water – photometric determination of the content of ammonium nitrogen and the sum of the contents of ammoniacal and organically bound nitrogen according to Kjeldahl by continuous flow analysis. In Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut, Normcommissie 390 147”. Nederlands Normalisatie-insituut, Normcommissie 390 147 “Waterkwaliteit,” 8.

  • Nõges, T., P. Nõges & R. Laugaste, 2003. Water level as the mediator between climate change and phytoplankton composition in a large shallow temperate lake. Hydrobiologia 506: 257–263.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nusch, E. A., 1980. Comparison of different methods for chlorophyll and phaeopigments determination. Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 14: 14–36.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • O’Brien, K., B. Hayward, & F. Berkes, 2009. Rethinking social contracts: Building resilience in a changing climate. Ecol. Soc. 14(2): 12.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oksanen, J., F. G. Blanchet, F. Michael, K. Roeland, P. Legendre, D. McGlinn, P. R. Minchin, R. B. O’Hara, G. L. Simpson, P. Solymos, M. H. H. Stevens, E. Szoecs, & H. Wagner, 2017. vegan: Community Ecology Package. R package version 2.4-4., http://cran.r-project.org/package=vegan.

  • Oyama, M. D. & C. A. Nobre, 2003. A new climate-vegetation equilibrium state for tropical South America. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL018600.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Özen, A., B. Karapinar, I. Kucuk, E. Jeppesen & M. Beklioglu, 2010. Drought-induced changes in nutrient concentrations and retention in two shallow Mediterranean lakes subjected to different degrees of management. Hydrobiologia 646: 61–72.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Parmesan, C. & G. Yohe, 2003. A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems. Nature 421: 37–42.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pauli, H. R., 1989. A new method to estimate individual dry weights of rotifers. Hydrobiologia 186: 355–361.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • PBMC, 2014. Base científica das mudanças climáticas. Contribuição do Grupo de Trabalho 1 do Painel Brasileiro de Mudanças Climáticas. Primeiro Relatório da Avaliação Nacional sobre Mudanças Climáticas [Ambrizzi, T., Araujo, M. (eds)]. Rio de Janeiro, http://www.pbmc.coppe.ufrj.br/documentos/MCTI_PBMC_SumarioExecutivo4_Finalizado.pdf.

  • R Core Team, 2016. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, http://www.r-project.org/.

  • Rast, W. & J. A. Thornton, 1996. Trends in eutrophication research and control. Hydrological Processes 10: 295–313.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Roland, F., V. L. M. Huszar, V. F. Farjalla, A. Enrich-Prast, A. M. Amado & J. P. H. B. Ometto, 2012. Climate change in Brazil: perspective on the biogeochemistry of inland waters. Brazilian Journal of Biology 72: 709–722.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rosenzweig, C., D. Karoly, M. Vicarelli, P. Neofotis, Q. Wu, G. Casassa, A. Menzel, T. L. Root, N. Estrella, B. Seguin, P. Tryjanowski, C. Liu, S. Rawlins & A. Imeson, 2008. Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change. Nature 453: 353.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rozanski, K., K. Froehlich, & W. G. Mook, 2001. Surface water In Mook, W. G. (ed), Environmental Isotopes in the Hydrological Cycle: Principles and Applications. UNESCO/IAEA, Paris: 121.

  • Ruttner-Kolisko, A., 1977. Suggestions for biomass calculation of plankton rotifers. Arch Hydrobiol Beih Ergeb Limnol 8: 71–76.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sarmento, H., A. M. Amado & J. P. Descy, 2013. Climate change in tropical fresh waters (comment on the paper “Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and time” by de Senerpont Domis et al., 2013b). Freshwater Biology 58: 2208–2210.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Scheffer, M. & E. H. van Nes, 2007. Shallow lakes theory revisited: various alternative regimes driven by climate, nutrients, depth and lake size. Hydrobiologia 584: 455–466.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Scheffer, M., S. H. Hosper, M. L. Meijer, B. Moss & E. Jeppesen, 1993. Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8: 275–279.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Scheffer, M., S. Barrett, S. R. Carpenter, C. Folke, A. J. Green, M. Holmgren, T. P. Hughes, S. Kosten, I. A. van de Leemput, D. C. Nepstad, E. H. van Nes, E. T. H. M. Peeters & B. Walker, 2015. Creating a safe operating space for iconic ecosystems. Science 347: 1317–1319.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Schielzeth, H., 2010. Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 1: 103–113.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schindler, D. W., 1997. Widespread effects of climatic warming on freshwater ecosystems in North America. Hydrological Processes 11: 1043–1067.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sobrinho, T. A., P. T. S. Oliveira, D. B. B. Rodrigues & F. M. Ayres, 2010. Delimitação automática de bacias hidrográficas utilizando dados SRTM. Engenharia Agrícola 30: 46–57.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Søndergaard, M., R. Bjerring & E. Jeppesen, 2013. Persistent internal phosphorus loading during summer in shallow eutrophic lakes. Hydrobiologia 710: 95–107.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Starling, F., X. Lazzaro, C. Cavalcanti & R. Moreira, 2002. Contribution of omnivorous tilapia to eutrophication of a shallow tropical reservoir: evidence from a fish kill. Freshwater Biology 47: 2443–2452.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Teixeira-de Mello, F., M. Meerhoff, Z. Pekcan-Hekim & E. Jeppesen, 2009. Substantial differences in littoral fish community structure and dynamics in subtropical and temperate shallow lakes. Freshwater Biology 54: 1202–1215.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Thornton, J. A. & W. Rast, 1989. Lake and reservoir management preliminary observations on nutrient enrichment of semi-arid, manmade lakes in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Lake and Reservoir Management 5: 59–66.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thornton, J. A. & W. Rast, 1993. A test of hypotheses relating to the comparative limnology and assessment of eutrophication in semi-arid man-made lakes. In Straškraba, M., J. G. Tundisi & A. Duncan (eds), Comparative Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality Management Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer, Netherlands: 1–24.

    Google Scholar 

  • Uhelinger, V., 1964. Étude statisque des méthodes de dénobrement planctonique. Arch Sci 17: 121–123.

    Google Scholar 

  • Utermöhl, H., 1958. Zur Vervollkommung der quantitativen Phytoplankton Methodik. Mitt Int Ver Theo Angew Limnol 9: 1–38.

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Der Struijk, L. F. & C. Kroeze, 2010. Future trends in nutrient export to the coastal waters of South America : Implications for occurrence of eutrophication. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24: 1–14.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wernberg, T., B. D. Russell, M. S. Thomsen, C. F. D. Gurgel, C. J. A. Bradshaw, E. S. Poloczanska & S. D. Connell, 2011. Seaweed communities in retreat from ocean warming. Current Biology 21: 1828–1832.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wetzel, R. G. & E. Likens, 2000. Limnological Analyses. Springer, New York.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Wickham, H., 2009. ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis. Springer, New York.

    Book  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Anne Mette Poulsen for manuscript assistance and Leonardo Henrique Teixeira Pinto for valuable artwork assistance. We thank Zeca Rodrigues for his hospitality during the field campaign in the coastal lakes and Andy Lotter, Egbert van Nes, Fabrício Camacho, Elinez Rocha, Jandeson Brasil, Nils Okun, Vanessa Mosca, Wanessa Sousa, and Caroline Gabriela for field assistance. We thank Nestor Mazzeo and David da Motta Marques for the work coordination and supply of fieldwork equipment, and Vera Huszar and Carla Kruk for coordinating and supervising phytoplankton identification. We also acknowledge the three anonymous reviewers for providing valuable comments and suggestions to improve our manuscript.

Funding

Funding was provided by NWO/WOTRO, The National Geographic Society, The Schure-Beijerinck-Popping fund, Kosten Watersport bv., The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and Banco de Seguros del Estado through the SALGA project and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Educational Personnel (CAPES/PNPD—Project No.: 2304/2011). EJ was supported by the MARS project (Managing Aquatic ecosystems and water Resources under multiple Stress) funded under the 7th EU Framework Programme, Theme 6 (Environment including Climate Change), Contract No.: 603378 (http://www.mars-project.eu), and AU Centre for Water Technology (watec.au.dk). SK was supported by NWO-VENI grant 86312012.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciência Ambientais, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Rosemberg Fernandes Menezes

  2. Departamento de Ecologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

    Rosemberg Fernandes Menezes, José Luiz Attayde & Michele de Medeiros Rodrigues

  3. Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Sarian Kosten

  4. Ecología Funcional de Sistemas Acuáticos, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay

    Gissell Lacerot

  5. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Núcleo de Estudos Limnológicos (NEL), Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Leonardo Coimbra e Souza

  6. Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luciana S. Costa

  7. Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

    Leonel da S. L. Sternberg

  8. Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark

    Erik Jeppesen

  9. Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Erik Jeppesen

  10. Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Sarian Kosten

  11. Laboratório de Processamento de Imagens e Geoprocessamento, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

    Anna Claudia dos Santos

Authors
  1. Rosemberg Fernandes Menezes
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. José Luiz Attayde
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Sarian Kosten
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Gissell Lacerot
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Leonardo Coimbra e Souza
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Luciana S. Costa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Leonel da S. L. Sternberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Anna Claudia dos Santos
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Michele de Medeiros Rodrigues
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Erik Jeppesen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rosemberg Fernandes Menezes.

Additional information

Guest editors: S. Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma, Erik Jeppesen & Linda May / Shallow Lakes Research: Advances and Perspectives

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Menezes, R.F., Attayde, J.L., Kosten, S. et al. Differences in food webs and trophic states of Brazilian tropical humid and semi-arid shallow lakes: implications of climate change. Hydrobiologia 829, 95–111 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3626-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3626-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation