Original paper

Net production and net heterotrophy in Lake Apopka: a comment on SCHELSKE et al. (2003)

Bachmann, Roger W.; Hoyer, Mark V.; Canfield, Daniel E.

Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 166 Number 4 (2006), p. 557 - 564

published: Aug 31, 2006

DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0557

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Abstract

We found the conclusion of SCHELSKE et al. (2003, Arch. Hydrobiol. 157 : 145-172) that Lake Apopka was not net heterotrophic was incorrect when annual rates of production and respiration for the entire lake ecosystem are taken into consideration. A new carbon budget for the water and sediments showed for the period of study the sum of the annual sources of organic carbon including primary production and inflows (765 g C m−2 yr−1) was less than the sum of the annual losses including respiration in the water and sediments and outflows (2497 g C m−2 yr−1). Diel oxygen curves demonstrated that it is possible to have oxygen supersaturation at the surface near midday and still have net heterotrophy over 24-h.

Keywords

primary production • respiration • carbon flow • net heterotrophic lake