Author:
Bertolo Andrea,Magnan Pierre
Abstract
There is increasing interest in the effects of allochthonous carbon on lake food webs. By temporarily increasing levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in lakes, logging can help us understand how carbon from the watershed could affect lake biota. The goals of this study were to determine whether (i) logging has a significant effect on the abundance of young-of-the-year (YOY) yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Canadian Shield lakes and (ii) any changes in yellow perch recruitment could be related to increases in nutrients (N and P) and (or) DOC following logging. To do this, we examined 22 Canadian Shield lakes: the watersheds of 13 were not impacted, while 9 underwent logging (1%–78% of the watershed area). We found that the relative abundance of YOY yellow perch increased after logging in proportion to the ratio between the area of the logged watershed and the lake volume. We show that this effect is likely explained by an increase in DOC following logging. This might be related to (i) an increase in secondary productivity due to a positive effect of terrestrial carbon on the microbial loop and (or) (ii) an increased hatching success and (or) larval survival due to a greater protection from UV radiation by DOC.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
13 articles.
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