Survival, Growth, and Reproduction of Lake Trout (<i>Salvelinus namaycush</i>) and Yellow Perch (<i>Perca flavescens</i>) after Neutralization of an Acidic Lake Near Sudbury Ontario

Gunn, John M.; Hamilton, James G.; Booth, G. M.; Wren, C.D.; Beggs, G. L.; Rietveld, H. J.; Munro, J.R.

doi:10.1139/f90-048

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“…The low pH water was also accompanied by Al i concentrations at levels high enough to be deleterious to the early life stages of fish. This phenomenon was also reported by Gunn et al (1990), Booth et al (1993) in Ontario, and Barlaup et al (1998) in Norway. Lake liming can then be seen not to provide longlasting or complete protection against acid water inputs.…”

Section: Effects On Water Chemistrysupporting

confidence: 77%

“…In North America, lake liming was shown to be successful in assisting the recovery of trout populations at the highly acidified Bowland Lake in the Sudbury area (Gunn et al 1990). Once more, reproductive success seemed to be the major determinant of trout recovery, though they also noted an improvement of otolith condition in older trout that could only be due to indirect increases in dissolved calcium (Casselman and Gunn 1992).…”

Section: Effects To Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Once more, reproductive success seemed to be the major determinant of trout recovery, though they also noted an improvement of otolith condition in older trout that could only be due to indirect increases in dissolved calcium (Casselman and Gunn 1992). Gunn et al (1990) also noted that the fish community structure was unstable in the lake following liming, which led them to conclude that the long-term effectiveness of the treatment was uncertain, as it did not seem that the community would return to a pre-acidification condition.…”

Section: Effects To Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Liming for the mitigation of acid rain effects in freshwaters: A review of recent results

Clair¹,

Hindar²

2005

Environ. Rev.

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Acid rain has affected freshwater ecosystems for more than 50 years in much of northern Europe and North America. The acidification of waters, along with concurrent reduction in acid neutralization capacity, has caused deleterious changes to aquatic populations in much of these regions. To reverse some of the changes to aquatic ecosystems, a number of governmental and nongovernmental groups have applied lime and other neutralizing substances to streams, rivers, lakes, and catchments in the most affected or most ecologically valuable regions. We review the scientific literature published since the late 1980s on liming to provide an overview of successes and failures of various approaches. We discuss the rationale behind liming programs and why certain approaches may not be helpful in mitigating acidification effects under varying conditions. One of our main conclusions is that though water chemistry may be restored if only temporarily, aquatic communities probably will not return to their original states, though targeted fish species can be restored using active management approaches. The communities restored, however, are usually more unstable than those from undisturbed, or pre-acidification conditions. We also show that liming may have to be conducted for 50 to 60 years in some affected locations, which should affect the choice of approaches used in mitigation. Résumé :Les pluies acides affectent les écosystèmes d'eau douce du nord de l'Europe et de l'Amérique du Nord, depuis plus de 50 ans. Dans plusieurs de ces régions, l'acidification des eaux, ainsi que la réduction concurrente de la capacité de neutralisation des acides, a apporté des modifications néfastes dans les populations aquatiques. Afin de renverser certaines des modifications dans les systèmes aquatiques, un nombre de groupes gouvernementaux et non-gouvernementaux ont appliqué de la chaux, et autres substances neutralisantes, aux ruisseaux, aux rivières, aux lacs et aux bassins versants dans les régions les plus affectées, ou les plus importantes écologiquement. Les auteurs passent en revue la littérature scientifique depuis la fin des années 1980, sur le chaulage, afin de définir les succès et les échecs de différentes approches. Ils discutent la logique soutenant ces programmes et pourquoi certaines approches pourraient ne pas être utiles, pour mitiger les effets de l'acidification dans certaines conditions. Une des conclusions principales est que bien qu'on puisse corriger la chimie de l'eau, ne fusse que temporairement, les communautés aquatiques ne retourneront probablement pas à leur état d'origine, bien les espèces de poisson ciblées puissent être restaurées avec l'aide de techniques d'aménagement. Cependant, les communautés restaurées sont généralement moins stables que celles de milieux non-perturbés, ou celles de conditions antécédentes à l'acidification. Les auteurs montrent également que le chaulage a pu être pratiqué au cours des 50-60 dernières années dans certaines régions affectées, ce qui devrait influencer le choix des approches ...

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Section: Effects On Water Chemistrysupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Effects To Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Effects To Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Liming for the mitigation of acid rain effects in freshwaters: A review of recent results

Clair¹,

Hindar²

2005

Environ. Rev.

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“…The mixing zone was more toxic than the acid water alone (containing about 250 µg · L -1 monomeric Al, pH ~ 4.8, ~32 µM Ca) or the limed water (~90 µg · L -1 monomeric Al, pH ~ 7.0, ~92 µM Ca; see also Section VI.B.2). Lime additions to lakes reduce acid and Al toxicity to fish (Gunn et al, 1990, lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush; Lacroix, 1992Lacroix, , 1996, Atlantic salmon, brook trout), but care must be taken in its application. For example, if water pH rises too high, the Al(OH) 4 -anion could become toxic (Atlantic salmon smolts in enclosure experiments; Skogheim et al, 1987).…”

Section: E Gill Morphology and Al Accumulation: Laboratory And Fieldmentioning

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The Bioavailability and Toxicity of Aluminum in Aquatic Environments

Gensemer

Playle

1999

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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ABSTRACT:In this article we review the biological effects of Al, primarily with respect to the chemical factors controlling Al bioavailability and toxicity, and how its biological effects are best predicted. Our intent is not to duplicate recent reviews on Al chemistry or toxicity, but rather to update the literature since these reviews were published, and to focus on Al speciation and other external chemical influences on Al bioavailability to freshwater biota. Briefly, we first review Al chemistry, with a specific focus on understanding, as well as measuring, Al chemical species of importance to aquatic biota. Next we more comprehensively review Al toxicity and bioavailability to freshwater algae, with a thorough analysis of the relationships between speciation and toxicity, the role of important chemical complexing agents such as P, Si, and organic carbon, as well as the potential for Al to impact algal community structure. A third section reviews the more sparse literature on aquatic higher plants; the fourth section reviews a somewhat more abundant literature of Al toxicity to freshwater invertebrates. We close with an updated review of Al toxicity to fish, again with a focus on mechanisms of toxicity, and the role of Al speciation in controlling bioavailability.

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“…However, studies from Europe and North America have reported mixed results considering the biological responses to liming (Clair & Hindar 2005). In lakes, liming has often, but not always, induced improvements in fish (Gunn et al 1990;Appelberg & Degerman 1991), phytoplankton (Renberg & Hultberg 1992;Ja¨rvinen, Kuoppamaki & Rask 1995), zooplankton (Stenson & Svensson 1995;Svensson & Stenson 2002) and benthic macroinvertebrates (Carbone, Keller & Griffiths 1998;Persson & Appelberg 2001). Inconsistencies of results among studies may not be surprising, however, given that abiotic and biotic constraints affect biological recovery in context-dependent ways (Yan et al 1996(Yan et al , 2003Binks, Arnott & Sprules 2005).…”

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Biological responses to liming in boreal lakes: an assessment using plankton, macroinvertebrate and fish communities

Angeler

Goedkoop

2010

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Summary1. Biological responses to liming of acidified surface waters are equivocal and limit the overall assessment of food web responses. In this study, we analysed community structure in limed, acidified and circumneutral lakes, based on the analyses of phytoplankton, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates (littoral, sublittoral, profundal) and fish between 2000 and 2004. We also studied associations between functional feeding groups in food webs. 2. Most univariate metrics of structure and function revealed similar community attributes among lake types, suggesting that community responses to natural recovery from acidification and liming management converge with those observed in circumneutral lakes. These trends were less clear in the multivariate analyses which showed significant community differences among lake types. For phytoplankton, these patterns were partly mediated by the invasive raphidophycean flagellate Gonyostomum semen. 3. The associations between functional feeding groups indicated less connectivity and food web complexity in limed lakes relative to the other lake types. We speculate that repeated lime applications comprise frequent pulse disturbances which offset the establishment of stable trophic relationships in the food webs of limed lakes. 4. Synthesis and applications. The limited structural and functional food web similarity among lake types supports the argument that liming constitutes an ecosystem-level disturbance. Managers should be aware of the ecosystem impacts of altered disturbance regimes when designing their management schemes because this can influence the success of restoration programmes. Furthermore, the lack of recovery, mediated in part by species invasions, suggests that impacts derived from global change are likely to lead to novel environmental situations. This calls for adaptive management strategies where managers are challenged to tackle multiple forms of anthropogenic stress simultaneously.

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Survival, Growth, and Reproduction of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) after Neutralization of an Acidic Lake Near Sudbury Ontario

Cited by 29 publications

References 15 publications

Liming for the mitigation of acid rain effects in freshwaters: A review of recent results

Liming for the mitigation of acid rain effects in freshwaters: A review of recent results

The Bioavailability and Toxicity of Aluminum in Aquatic Environments

Biological responses to liming in boreal lakes: an assessment using plankton, macroinvertebrate and fish communities

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