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Nutrients and zooplankton as factors controlling phytoplankton growth in the Cheboksary Reservoir

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We present a detailed study of spatial distribution of nutrient elements, phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Cheboksary Reservoir—a eutrophic artificial lake in Central Russia—during summer periods of 2017–2021 and review the relationships between these elements of the food chain to determine what shapes the trophic state of the lake. It is shown that vast differences in nutrient content of the reservoir’s tributaries cause its trophic state to change significantly in mouth areas of some larger inflowing rivers. However, in the largest part of the lake the relationship between nutrient content and chlorophyll becomes more subtle, whereas zooplankton community structure steps up as an important factor controlling the phytoplankton growth. It is clear that major efforts in nutrient loading reduction are needed to improve the ecological state of the reservoir, and nitrogen control may be more effective, than phosphorus control. However, described trophic interactions may reduce efficiency of nutrient control and require some biomanipulation measures to improve water quality of the reservoir.

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Funding

Most of the fieldwork for this study was supported by the Russian Geographical Society («The Floating University of the Volga Basin», project no. 02/2019-P, 07/2020-p, 17/2021-P). Research of plankton communities of the reservoir and its tributaries was supported by the federal academic leadership program «Priority 2030» of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (subject-matter H-477-99_2021-2023). Studies of nutrient limitation were performed as a part of the State Assignment no. 121051400038-1 of the LMSU Department of Hydrology.

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  1. Department of Hydrology, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Maria Tereshina, Oxana Erina & Dmitriy Sokolov

  2. Laboratory of Water Ecosystems, Department of Ecology, Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    Vyacheslav Zhikharev, Ekaterina Vodeneeva, Dmitriy Gavrilko & Galina Shurganova

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by MT, OE, VZ, EV, DS and DG. GS conceptualized and supervised the study and provided funding acquisition. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MT and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Tereshina, M., Erina, O., Zhikharev, V. et al. Nutrients and zooplankton as factors controlling phytoplankton growth in the Cheboksary Reservoir. Hydrobiologia (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05367-4

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