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BIOGEOSCIENCES
Volume 11, Issue 22, Pages 6265-6276Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6265-2014
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- Schure-Beijerinck-Popping (SBP) Fonds
- Darwin Center for Biogeosciences - Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO)
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The stable carbon (C) isotope variability of dissolved inorganic and organic C (DIC and DOC), particulate organic carbon (POC), glucose and polar-lipid derived fatty acids (PLFAs) was studied in a survey of 22 North American oligotrophic to eutrophic lakes. The delta C-13 of different PLFAs were used as proxy for phytoplankton producers and bacterial consumers. Lake pCO(2) was primarily determined by autochthonous production (phytoplankton biomass), especially in eutrophic lakes, and governed the delta C-13 of DIC. All organic-carbon pools showed overall higher isotopic variability in eutrophic lakes (n = 11) compared to oligo-mesotrophic lakes (n = 11) because of the high variability in delta C-13 at the base of the food web (both autochthonous and allochthonous carbon). Phytoplankton delta C-13 was negatively related to lake pCO(2) over all lakes and positively related to phytoplankton biomass in eutrophic lakes, which was also reflected in a large range in photosynthetic isotope fractionation (epsilon(CO2-phyto), 8-25 parts per thousand). The carbon isotope ratio of allochthonous carbon in oligo-mesotrophic lakes was rather constant, while it varied in eutrophic lakes because of maize cultivation in the watershed.
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