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SCIENCE
卷 322, 期 5906, 页码 1374-1377出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164949
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Ontario Ministry of the Environment
- Environment Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- School of Environmental Systems Engineering
- University of Western Australia
Calcium concentrations are now commonly declining in softwater boreal lakes. Although the mechanisms leading to these declines are generally well known, the consequences for the aquatic biota have not yet been reported. By examining crustacean zooplankton remains preserved in lake sediment cores, we document near extirpations of calcium- rich Daphnia species, which are keystone herbivores in pelagic food webs, concurrent with declining lake- water calcium. A large proportion ( 62%, 47 to 81% by region) of the Canadian Shield lakes we examined has a calcium concentration approaching or below the threshold at which laboratory Daphnia populations suffer reduced survival and fecundity. The ecological impacts of environmental calcium loss are likely to be both widespread and pronounced.
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