Current water quality guidelines across North America and Europe do not protect lakes from salinization

Author:

Hintz William D.12ORCID,Arnott Shelley E.3ORCID,Symons Celia C.4ORCID,Greco Danielle A.3,McClymont Alexandra3,Brentrup Jennifer A.5ORCID,Cañedo-Argüelles Miguel6,Derry Alison M.7ORCID,Downing Amy L.8,Gray Derek K.9,Melles Stephanie J.10ORCID,Relyea Rick A.11,Rusak James A.312ORCID,Searle Catherine L.13,Astorg Louis7,Baker Henry K.14ORCID,Beisner Beatrix E.7ORCID,Cottingham Kathryn L.5ORCID,Ersoy Zeynep15ORCID,Espinosa Carmen16ORCID,Franceschini Jaclyn9ORCID,Giorgio Angelina T.11,Göbeler Norman17ORCID,Hassal Emily18,Hébert Marie-Pier719ORCID,Huynh Mercedes9,Hylander Samuel20ORCID,Jonasen Kacie L.13ORCID,Kirkwood Andrea E.18,Langenheder Silke21,Langvall Ola22ORCID,Laudon Hjalmar23,Lind Lovisa24ORCID,Lundgren Maria25,Proia Lorenzo26,Schuler Matthew S.27,Shurin Jonathan B.14ORCID,Steiner Christopher F.28ORCID,Striebel Maren29ORCID,Thibodeau Simon7,Urrutia-Cordero Pablo2130,Vendrell-Puigmitja Lidia26,Weyhenmeyer Gesa A.21ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Environmental Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606

2. Lake Erie Center, The University of Toledo, Oregon, OH 43616

3. Biology Department, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3J9, Canada

4. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697

5. Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755

6. Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management Lab, Institut de Recerca de l’Aigua, Universitat de Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain

7. Interuniversity Group in Limnology, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, H2L 2C4 Canada

8. Biology Department, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 43015

9. Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L3C5, Canada

10. Chemistry and Biology Department, Urban Water Research Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

11. Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180

12. Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Dorset, ON P0A 1E0, Canada

13. Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906

14. Section of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

15. Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal

16. Center for the Study of Mediterranean Rivers, University of Vic–Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Manlleu, Spain

17. Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, 10900 Hanko, Finland

18. Faculty of Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, L1G 0C5 Canada

19. Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 0G4 Canada

20. Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, SE 392 31 Kalmar, Sweden

21. Limnology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden

22. Unit for Field-Based Forest Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-792 30 Mora, Sweden

23. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umea, Sweden

24. Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstads University, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden

25. Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, SE 392 31 Kalmar, Sweden

26. Technological Center in Biodiversity, Ecology and Environmental and Food Technology, TECNIO Network, University of Vic–Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Vic, Spain

27. Department of Biology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043

28. Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202

29. Plankton Ecology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany

30. Aquatic Ecology, Department of Biology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden

Abstract

Significance The salinity of freshwater ecosystems is increasing worldwide. Given that most freshwater organisms have no recent evolutionary history with high salinity, we expect them to have a low tolerance to elevated salinity caused by road deicing salts, agricultural practices, mining operations, and climate change. Leveraging the results from a network of experiments conducted across North America and Europe, we showed that salt pollution triggers a massive loss of important zooplankton taxa, which led to increased phytoplankton biomass at many study sites. We conclude that current water quality guidelines established by governments in North America and Europe do not adequately protect lake food webs, indicating an immediate need to establish guidelines where they do not exist and to reassess existing guidelines.

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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