Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 2547-2554Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15621-8
Keywords
Maximum lake surface water temperature; Threshold; Ice-free lakes; Climate warming
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41761084]
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LSWT is crucial for the metabolism of aquatic organisms and lake ecosystems. Research on extreme changes in LSWT trends should be prioritized. This study found a continuous increase in MLSWT in Dianchi Lake, which may have complex and long-term impacts on cyanobacterial outbreaks, water quality, lake ecosystems, and aquatic organism growth.
Lake surface water temperature (LSWT) plays an important role in the metabolism of aquatic organisms, and is also an important indicator in lake ecosystems which affects the ecology and biogeochemical processes of lakes. The current research mainly focuses on the long-term trends of LSWT and the impact of climate warming on LSWT. Researchers have not paid enough attention to the study of extreme changes in trend of LSWT. An ice-free lake in China called Dianchi Lake was selected as our research area. We carried out a quantitative analysis of and provided a discussion on the changes in the maximum lake surface water temperature (MLSWT) from 2001 to 2018 at two timescales (month and year) based on MODIS 11A2 composite product data and water temperature environment of cyanobacteria outbreaks. The results showed that the MLSWT of Dianchi Lake increased between 2001 and 2018 and continued to exceed the temperature threshold (17.6 degrees C) for cyanobacterial outbreaks during some timeframes and that the duration of high temperatures also increased. This phenomenon will extend the suitable growth period of cyanobacteria and will have a complex and long-term impact on water quality, the lake ecological environment, and the growth of aquatic organisms.
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