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Sub-Alpine Lake (>600 m) High-Frequency Water Temperature, DOC (2007-2021), and Weather Station (Fall 2023) Dataset, Maine, USA.
We collected high-frequency surface and bottom water temperature in a set of nine high-elevation lakes in Maine, USA from 2007-2021. High-elevation is defined >600m above sea level. Dissolved organic carbon concentration data for the same time period and set of lakes is modified from Nelson, S.J., R.A. Hovel, J.F. Daly, A.L. Gavin, S. Dykema, and W.H. McDowell. 2021. Northeastern Mountain Ponds Geochemistry Compilation 1978-2019 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/8b51d651da0e0cff8c6ad853ef69ec3b. Air temperature and precipitation data were collected from a weather station deployed in the Mountain Pond watershed in Fall 2023 to aid comparison with low and high resolution PRISM datasets.
Crossing Treeline: Bacterioplankton community composition in alpine and subalpine lakes of the Rocky Mountain southern ecoregion and associated physical and chemical characteristics
This dataset includes lake water samples collected in the summer of 2016 from 16 different mountain lakes in the Rocky mountains in both Rocky Mountain National Park and the Snowy Range of southern Wyoming. Each lake was sampled twice: once in the early summer when hydrologic connections with the surrounding terrestrial environment were high and again in the late summer when hydrologic connections were low. The main goal of the study was to compare communities of bacterioplankton in alpine and subalpine lakes to determine if communities differed across treeline as soil microbes in the surrounding terrestrial environment were. To do so, we collected water samples from the deepest point of each lake, mixed it with a surface water sample and characterized bacterioplankton communities with 16S sequencing technology. Additionally, we wanted to identify abiotic factors that may correlate with community dissimilarity and characterized a suite of chemical attributes for each lake. Lake characteristics reported included surface temperature, soluble reactive phosphorous (SRP), ammonia (NH3+), pH, total dissolved nitrogen (TDN), total dissolved phosphorus (TDP), and total dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and chlorophyll a (chl-a).
Whole-lake metabolism in arctic-alpine lakes
<p>This dataset contains daily and seasonal averages of whole-lake metabolism in 43 arctic-alpine Swedish lakes, as well as meteorological and lake physical conditions. Metabolism was estimated based on the free-water dissolved oxygen (DO) method following the maximum likelihood estimation approach by Solomon et al. (2013, <em>Limnology & Oceanography</em>) and using scripts by Windslow et al. 2016 (<em>Inland Waters</em>; R package LakeMetabolizer). The dataset is described in a manuscript submitted to <em>Limnology and Oceanography</em>.</p> <p>Changes in version 1.01 relative to original version: We corrected negligible mistakes in the metabolism data (third decimal of seasonal mean gross primary production, ecosystem respiration and net ecosystem production).</p>
Allopatric and sympatric diversification within roach (Rutilus rutilus) of large pre‐alpine lakes
<p>This is the data for the study entitled "Allopatric and sympatric diversification within roach (<em>Rutilus rutilus</em>) of large pre‐alpine lakes" published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13502">https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13502 .</a></p> <p>The dataset consists of three files:</p> <p><strong>Morphology.txt </strong></p> <p>Morphology data from seven Swiss lakes. Given are the individual ID, the respective lake, the habitat classification, grouped habitat classification, length of each fish (mm), and the raw x and y coordinates for 11 landmarks.</p> <p>Geometric morphometric landmarks were set as follow:</p> <p>1) anterior tip of snout, 2) anterior tip of lower jaw, 3) anterior, and 4) posterior point of operculum, 5) junction where the dorsolateral part of the head and body fuse, anterior insertion points of the 6) pectoral, 7) pelvic, and 8) anal fin, 9) ventral and 10) dorsal junction of the caudal peduncle and tail, 11) anterior insertion of the dorsal fin.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Stable_isotopes.txt </strong></p> <p>Morphology data from five Swiss lakes. Given are the individual ID, lake, baseline corrected delta 13C values.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Stable_isotopes_baselines.txt </strong></p> <p>Morphology data from five Swiss lakes. Given are the lake, the tissue used, delta 13C values.</p> <p> </p>
Bathymetry and Sediment thickness distribution of Lago dei Seracchi alpine lake, Rutor basin, Aosta Valley, Italy
<p>Maps of water depth and sediment accumulation in an Italian proglacial lake, done by Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in July 2021. Supporting Time domain reflectometry surveys and geotechnical analyses on the sediments are also provided. For details, see the readme file in the dataset folder.</p>
Alpine plant seed microbiomes, germination, and plant-soil feedbacks, Niwot Ridge and Green Lakes Valley, 2018.
Seed and soil microbiomes strongly affect plant performance, and these effects can scale-up to influence plant community structure. However, seed and soil microbial community composition are variable across landscapes, and different microbial communities can differentially influence multiple plant metrics (biomass, germination rate), and community stabilizing mechanisms. We measured how microbiomes inside seeds and in soils varied among alpine plant species and communities that differed in plant species richness and density. Across 10 common alpine plant species, we found a total of 318 bacterial and 128 fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) associated with seeds, with fungal richness affected by plant species identity more than sampling location. However, seed microbes had only marginally significant effects on plant germination success and timing. In contrast, soil microbes associated with two different plant species had significant effects on plant biomass, and their effect depended both on the plant species and the location the soils were sampled from.
Radiometric dating of sediment cores from three alpine lakes in Utah, United States, with stable isotope data
<p>We collected sediment cores from three alpine lakes in Utah, United States, to isolate dormant <em>Daphnia </em>eggs for a resurrection ecology experiment. Our question was whether radioactive fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site in the 1950s and 1960s caused increased mutation rates and population evolution in <em>Daphnia</em>. That work is ongoing. Here, we publish radioisotope dating profiles from our sediment cores.</p>
The methane paradox in pre-alpine lakes
<p>Data collected in four Swiss pre-alpine lakes to study the methane production in oxic surface waters.</p>
Data for: Interactions between temperature and predation impact insect emergence in alpine lakes
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Radiometric dating of sediment cores from three alpine lakes in Utah, United States, with stable isotope data
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Water residence time and temperature drive the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in Alpine lakes in the Tibetan Plateau
<p>This dataset contains data from an investigation into the drivers on the spatial distribution of dissolved organic matter in alpine lakes in the Tibetan Plateau described in the paper: "Du Y., Chen F., Xiao K., Song C., He H., Zhang Q., Zhou Y., Jang K.-S., Zhang Y., Xing P., Liu Z., Zhang Y. and Lu Y. 2021. Water Residence Time and Temperature Drive the Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Alpine Lakes in the Tibetan Plateau, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35(11), e2020GB006908". </p> <p>The primary objectives of the study were to: (i) evaluate the spatial variability of the amount, source, and composition of DOM from alpine lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, and (ii) determine the primary environmental controls and mechanisms responsible for the spatial variability.</p> <p>At first, we collected 35 water samples from 25 lakes distributed in the northwestern (33.1–33.6 °N, 78.9–80.4°E), central (30.5–31.9°N, 88.3–89.4°E) and southeastern (28.6–29.1 °N, 90.4–90.8°E) regions of the plateau. We characterized water chemistry and DOM composition in these lakes by measuring dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and DOM optical properties (i.e., absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy). DOM compositions of three lakes of different water residence times (WRTs) were further analyzed using ultrahigh-resolution molecular techniques (i.e., electrospray ionization-assisted Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry, ESI FT-ICR MS).</p> <p>Secondly, we collected the indices of climatic characteristics (i.e., mean annual temperature, mean annual precipitation, and mean annual irradiation period) and lake hydrology (i.e., catchment area, lake area, mean depth and water residence time) of the sampling lakes.</p> <p>Thirdly, we performed statistical analysis to determine the primary environmental control and predictors of the spatial variability in lacustrine DOM on the Tibetan Plateau. The statistical analyses included non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn post hoc test, spearman's bivariate correlations, redundancy analysis, and linear regression models.</p> <p>Main results of this work are that (1) DOM in Tibetan alpine lakes is mediated more by in-lake production and transformations than by catchment inputs; (2) water residence time (WRT) of lakes and mean annual temperature (MAT) accounted for 30–59% of the spatial variance of the abundance of chromophoric DOM (CDOM) and fluorescent DOM (FDOM); (3) Alpine lakes on the Tibetan Plateau would play a more active and prominent role in regional and global carbon cycles in the face of climate change.</p>
Data from: Climate refugia along Lake Superior's shores: Disjunct arctic-alpine plants rely on cool shoreline temperatures but are unlikely to persist under climate warming
<p>Climate refugia can serve as remnant habitat or stepping stones for species dispersal under climate warming. The largest freshwater lake by surface area, Lake Superior, USA and Canada, serves as a model system for understanding cooling-mediated local refugia, as its cool water temperatures and wave action have maintained shoreline habitats suitable for southern disjunct populations of arctic-alpine plants since deglaciation. Here we seek to explain spatial patterns and environmental drivers of arctic-alpine plant refugia along Lake Superior's shores, and assess future risk to refugia under moderate (+3.5 °C) and warmest (+5.7 °C) climate warming scenarios. First, we examined how the interactive effects of summer surface water temperatures and wind affected onshore temperatures, resulting in areas of cooler refugia. Second, we developed an ecological niche model for presence of disjunct arctic-alpine refugia (pooling 1253 occurrences from 58 species) along the lake's shoreline. Third, we fit species distribution models for 20 of the most common arctic-alpine disjunct species and predicted presence to identify refugia hotspots. Finally, we used the two climate warming scenarios to predict changes in presence of refugia and disjunct hotspots. Bedrock type, elevation above water, inland distance, July land surface temperature from MODIS/Terra satellite, and near-shore depth of water were the best predictors of disjunct occurrences. Overall, we predicted 2,236 km of the shoreline (51%) as disjunct refugia habitat for at least one species under current conditions, but this was reduced to 20% and 7% with moderate (894 km) and warmest (313 km) climate change projections.</p>
Chemical effects of snowmelt on an alpine lake in the Wind River Range, WY
<p><span>Nitrogen deposition from air pollution is increasingly reaching alpine lakes where the addition of nitrate and ammonium to sensitive surface waters can cause acidification and or eutrophication. Thirty years of sampling in the Wind River Range, WY have shown some lakes increasing in nitrogen. We sought to determine (1) if nutrient concentrations in Deep Lake increase during snowmelt when atmospheric deposition is released from the snowpack and (2) assess if the sampling season, location, meteorological factors, and time of day samples are collected influence lake chemistry metrics, to inform monitoring. We analyzed water samples from the outlet of Deep Lake in peak snowmelt (June) and from the inlet, outlet, and middle of Deep Lake when the basin was snow free (August). In June, outlet samples were more acidic, and nitrogen content was three times August levels. Acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) declined with snowmelt. August inlet samples were higher in nutrients than outlet and mid-lake samples. Our results indicate that atmospheric pollution in the snowpack enters the lake with snowmelt. Although Deep Lake has not acidified, ANC levels indicate a risk of episodic acidification if nitrogen deposition continues to increase. When monitoring lakes at risk for episodic acidification, sampling during the late snowmelt pulse should be prioritized. Simplified sampling protocols may be used in some lakes, as epilimnion and outlet samples were nearly identical. The time of day and cloud cover did not affect lake chemistry, while wind speed and precipitation weakly increased August ANC and June pH, respectively.</span></p>
Near-bed stratification controls bottom hypoxia in ice-covered alpine lakes
<p>Dataset supporting the study of the development of near-bottom hypoxia in high-altitude lakes.</p> <p>Herein, hypoxia is set for dissolved oxygen concentrations equal to or below 2 mg/l</p> <p>Variables: Lake (name of the lake), Year (corresponding winter of measurements),Max_depth (lake'smax depth, in m),Lake_surface (lake's surface area in m2), Drainage_ratio (unitless), Percent_macrophyte_cover (lake's average macrophyte cover, in %), Catchement_NDVI (unitless),Secchi (Secchi depth in m, measured over the previous summer), ice_duration (estimated duration of the ice cover, in days), T_ice_on (average water column temperature at the date of ice_on, in °C), DOinit (average concentration in dissolved oxygen at ice-on, in mg/l), DOinitsat (average saturation in dissolved oxygen_DO_ at ice-on, in %), time_under_hypoxia (duration in days of near-bottom hypoxia under the ice), time_to_hypoxia (time in days to reach near-bottom hypoxia under the ice, after the onset of ice), Kexp (near_bottom DO decay rate under the ice, in /d), Klm (rate of near_bottom DO decrease under the ice, in mg/l/d), Kheat (deep warming rate under the ice, in /d).</p> <p>see the corresponding paper for more details</p> <p> </p>
Data for "Upward migration of calanoid copepods is driven by high food quality in surface waters in an alpine lake"
<p>In this study, we explored why zooplankton migrated to surface waters at night from the perspective of their physiological characteristics and adaptability to the environment. The calanoid Arctodiaptomus sp. accumulated large amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and astaxanthin, which relieved oxidative stress to fatty acids. The concentrations of lutein, a precursor of astaxanthin synthesis, were highest in surface water, indicating the enhancement of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) to precursor synthesis, which was confirmed by our indoor experiment. The calanoids migrated to surface water at night to obtain high concentrations of lutein and PUFAs from their diets. Relevant data for this study include: the vertical distribution of <em>Arctodiaptomus</em> sp. during the day and at night; concentrations of total astaxanthin, free astaxanthin, astaxanthin esters in <em>Arctodiaptomus</em> sp. at night and during the day; fatty acid concentration and the ratio of SAFAs (saturated fatty acids), MUFAs (monounsaturated fatty acids), and PUFAs in<em> Arctodiaptomus</em> sp. during the day and at night; the carotenoid concentrations in seston at different depth of Lake Heihai during the day and at night; the lutein concentration in seston under UVR and dark treatment; main characteristics of Lake Heihai; fatty acid concentrations and the ratio of SAFAs , MUFAs, and PUFAs of seston in Lake Heihai; the relative abundance of Chlorophytes with the size of greater than 5 μm and 0.2-5 μm in different layers of Lake Heihai; fatty acid concentrations of the calanoids in Fuxian Lake.</p>
Data for: Water depth and transparency drive the quantity and quality of organic matter in sediments of Alpine lakes on the Tibetan Plateau
<p>The primary objectives of the study were to: (i) determine OM quantity and quality in the sediments of alpine lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, (ii) identify the primary environmental regulators of OM quantity and quality, and (iii) reveal OM transformations in the water column and sediments.</p> <p>Firstly, we collected sediments and lake water from 20 lakes with diverse morphology and sizes across the entire Tibetan Plateau.</p> <p>Secondly, We analyzed the bulk sedimentary OM and two leachable pools of the sedimentary OM, i.e., water-soluble OM and alkaline-extracted OM combining elemental and stable isotopic analysis, optical measurements (i.e., absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy), and ultrahigh-resolution molecular techniques (i.e., electrospray ionization-assisted Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry, ESI FT-ICR MS). We also measured the lake water physicochemical characteristics (i.e., depth, transparency, salinity, turbidity, DO, pH, TN, TP and Chl a), as well as the composition of dissolved OM in water column via optical measurements.</p> <p>Thirdly, we performed statistical analysis to determine the primary environmental control and predictors of the spatial variability in sedimentary OM on the Tibetan Plateau. The statistical analysis included non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn post hoc test, redundancy analysis, and linear regression models.</p> <p>Main results of the study are that (i) sedimentary water-soluble OM and alkaline-extracted OM were both dominated by low-molecular-weight, low-aromaticity compounds with low contributions of terrestrial humic substances, suggesting that sedimentary leachable OM was primarily regulated by in-lake sources and processes; (ii) water depth, water transparency, and total phosphorus concentration in water column explained ~50% variance of sedimentary bulk and leachable OM, substantiating the importance of autochthonous sources and primary productivity in regulating the quantity and quality of sedimentary OM; (iii) in comparison to lake surface water DOM, water-soluble OM and alkaline-extracted OM from sediments had higher proportions of terrestrial humic-like substances, suggesting preferential preservation of allochthonous materials in the sediments.</p>
Data from: Parallel shifts in trout feeding morphology suggest rapid adaptation to alpine lake environments
<p>Eco-evolutionary interactions following ecosystem change provide critical insight into the ability of organisms to adapt to shifting resource landscapes. Here we explore evidence for the rapid parallel evolution of trout feeding morphology following eco-evolutionary interactions with zooplankton in alpine lakes stocked at different points in time in the Wind River Range (Wyoming, USA). In this system, trout predation has altered the zooplankton species community and driven a decrease in average zooplankton size. In some lakes that were stocked decades ago, we find shifts in gill raker traits consistent with the hypothesis that trout have rapidly adapted to exploit available smaller-bodied zooplankton more effectively. We explore this morphological response in multiple lake populations across two species of trout (cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii, and golden trout Oncorhynchus aguabonita) and examine the impact of resource availability on morphological variation in gill raker number among lakes. Furthermore, we present genetic data to provide evidence that historically stocked cutthroat trout populations likely derive from multiple population sources, and incorporate variation from genomic relatedness in our exploration of environmental predictors of feeding morphology. These findings describe rapid adaptation and eco-evolutionary interactions in trout and document an evolutionary response to novel, contemporary ecosystem change.</p>
Data from: Climate refugia along Lake Superior’s shores: Disjunct arctic-alpine plants rely on cool shoreline temperatures but are unlikely to persist under climate warming
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Data from: Parallel shifts in trout feeding morphology suggest rapid adaptation to alpine lake environments
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Chemical effects of snowmelt on an alpine lake in the Wind River Range, WY
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