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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 20 | NUMBER 8 | PAGES 1423-1433 | 1998
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UV damage in shallow lakes: the implications of water mixing

Horacio E. Zagarese1, Barbara Tartarotti1,3, Walter Cravero1,2 and Pablo Gonzalez1

1Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, UP Universidad 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 2Centro At{acute}mico Bariloche 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 3Institute for Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received on October 16, 1997; accepted on February 27, 1998 The plankton of shallow lakes is expected to experience increasing exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) within the next decades. In addition to stratospheric ozone depletion, decreases in dissolved organic carbon (DOC), caused by climate warming or acidification, will result in greater UVR penetration in many lakes. Circulation patterns induced by moderate winds force the plankton of shallow lakes to be cycled through the whole water column. This translates into higher doses and fluctuating dosage rates. Here, we report the results of a series of ‘in situ’ UV exposure experiments in which two zooplankton crustaceans (one capable of photorecovery and the other not) were incubated either at fixed depths or under simulated mixing. Our main goal was to assess the extent to which the results from static incubations could be extrapolated to vertically moving zooplankton. Static incubations accurately predicted the survival of moving individuals for the species without photorecovery, but failed to do so for the species capable of photorecovery. The fluctuations in dosage rate for high doses tended to increase the survival of the species with photorecovery. We contend that neglecting the effects of vertical mixing may result in a biased perception of UVR effects in shallow lakes.


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