Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir

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León, José Gabriel; Beamud, Sara Guadalupe; Temporetti, Pedro Felix; Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo; Diaz, Monica Mabel; Pedrozo, Fernando Luis
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2016
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Reservoir trophic state is controlled by light and nutrient availability, as well as by hydraulic management and stratification pattern. In arid zone reservoirs, the inflow and outflow discharges have extreme seasonal variations which produce well‐defined cycles of filling and draining. Moreover, since stratification often occurs, epilimnion and hypolimnion renewal rates may vary producing different environmental conditions throughout the water column. These variation patterns may affect phytoplankton growth at both temporal and spatial scales. For two hydrological years, we analyzed the influence of light climate, nutrients, residence time (Tw), and stratification on phytoplankton biomass (as chlorophyll‐a [Chl‐a]) in an irrigation reservoir (276 hm3) in the arid central Andes in Argentina (33°S). The reservoir was turbid (ZSecchi: 1.4 m) with relatively high levels of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus (60 μgP L−1 and 560 μgN L−1, respectively). Stratification occurred from mid‐spring to late‐summer, when hypolimnetic oxygen and pH decreased whereas dissolved nutrients increased. The reservoir was mesotrophic (Chl‐a: 4.6–10.8 μg L−1) and showed two semi‐annual peaks of Chl‐a (summer and winter). Depending on the water column circulation, Chl‐a was directly related to Tw for 60 > Tw > 200 and inversely to ammonia, during mixing and stratification periods, respectively. Phytoplankton development was strongly influenced by the seasonal variations of inflow/outflow and stratification. Chl‐a peaked in summer, when inflow plunged into the hypolimnion of the stratified reservoir and in the warm and mixed epilimnion algae proliferated until nutrients depletion. Alternatively, the winter Chl‐a maximum is likely to be produced by the higher concentration of nutrients combined with the turbulent mixing in the water column which acts as a mechanism that helps to overcome light‐limitation. Since stratification modifies the vertical distribution of Tw, the use of a single annual value of this hydraulic parameter to assess its effect on the reservoir trophic state results inadequate. This paper constitutes the first description of hydrologic effects on Chl‐a dynamics in a reservoir in arid central western Argentina.
Fil: León, José Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Beamud, Sara Guadalupe. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Temporetti, Pedro Felix. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Diaz, Monica Mabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Pedrozo, Fernando Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
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spelling Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoirLeón, José GabrielBeamud, Sara GuadalupeTemporetti, Pedro FelixAtencio, Adrian GonzaloDiaz, Monica MabelPedrozo, Fernando LuisHYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIMENUTRIENTSRESERVOIRTROPHIC STATEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Reservoir trophic state is controlled by light and nutrient availability, as well as by hydraulic management and stratification pattern. In arid zone reservoirs, the inflow and outflow discharges have extreme seasonal variations which produce well‐defined cycles of filling and draining. Moreover, since stratification often occurs, epilimnion and hypolimnion renewal rates may vary producing different environmental conditions throughout the water column. These variation patterns may affect phytoplankton growth at both temporal and spatial scales. For two hydrological years, we analyzed the influence of light climate, nutrients, residence time (Tw), and stratification on phytoplankton biomass (as chlorophyll‐a [Chl‐a]) in an irrigation reservoir (276 hm3) in the arid central Andes in Argentina (33°S). The reservoir was turbid (ZSecchi: 1.4 m) with relatively high levels of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus (60 μgP L−1 and 560 μgN L−1, respectively). Stratification occurred from mid‐spring to late‐summer, when hypolimnetic oxygen and pH decreased whereas dissolved nutrients increased. The reservoir was mesotrophic (Chl‐a: 4.6–10.8 μg L−1) and showed two semi‐annual peaks of Chl‐a (summer and winter). Depending on the water column circulation, Chl‐a was directly related to Tw for 60 > Tw > 200 and inversely to ammonia, during mixing and stratification periods, respectively. Phytoplankton development was strongly influenced by the seasonal variations of inflow/outflow and stratification. Chl‐a peaked in summer, when inflow plunged into the hypolimnion of the stratified reservoir and in the warm and mixed epilimnion algae proliferated until nutrients depletion. Alternatively, the winter Chl‐a maximum is likely to be produced by the higher concentration of nutrients combined with the turbulent mixing in the water column which acts as a mechanism that helps to overcome light‐limitation. Since stratification modifies the vertical distribution of Tw, the use of a single annual value of this hydraulic parameter to assess its effect on the reservoir trophic state results inadequate. This paper constitutes the first description of hydrologic effects on Chl‐a dynamics in a reservoir in arid central western Argentina.Fil: León, José Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; ArgentinaFil: Beamud, Sara Guadalupe. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Temporetti, Pedro Felix. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; ArgentinaFil: Diaz, Monica Mabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Pedrozo, Fernando Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaWiley VCH Verlag2016-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/102988León, José Gabriel; Beamud, Sara Guadalupe; Temporetti, Pedro Felix; Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo; Diaz, Monica Mabel; et al.; Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir; Wiley VCH Verlag; International Review of Hydrobiology; 101; 1-2; 2-2016; 1-121434-2944CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/iroh.201501811info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/iroh.201501811info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:05:20Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/102988instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:05:20.935CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
title Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
spellingShingle Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
León, José Gabriel
HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME
NUTRIENTS
RESERVOIR
TROPHIC STATE
title_short Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
title_full Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
title_fullStr Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
title_full_unstemmed Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
title_sort Stratification and residence time as factors controlling the seasonal variation and the vertical distribution of chlorophyll‐a in a subtropical irrigation reservoir
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv León, José Gabriel
Beamud, Sara Guadalupe
Temporetti, Pedro Felix
Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo
Diaz, Monica Mabel
Pedrozo, Fernando Luis
author León, José Gabriel
author_facet León, José Gabriel
Beamud, Sara Guadalupe
Temporetti, Pedro Felix
Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo
Diaz, Monica Mabel
Pedrozo, Fernando Luis
author_role author
author2 Beamud, Sara Guadalupe
Temporetti, Pedro Felix
Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo
Diaz, Monica Mabel
Pedrozo, Fernando Luis
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME
NUTRIENTS
RESERVOIR
TROPHIC STATE
topic HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME
NUTRIENTS
RESERVOIR
TROPHIC STATE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Reservoir trophic state is controlled by light and nutrient availability, as well as by hydraulic management and stratification pattern. In arid zone reservoirs, the inflow and outflow discharges have extreme seasonal variations which produce well‐defined cycles of filling and draining. Moreover, since stratification often occurs, epilimnion and hypolimnion renewal rates may vary producing different environmental conditions throughout the water column. These variation patterns may affect phytoplankton growth at both temporal and spatial scales. For two hydrological years, we analyzed the influence of light climate, nutrients, residence time (Tw), and stratification on phytoplankton biomass (as chlorophyll‐a [Chl‐a]) in an irrigation reservoir (276 hm3) in the arid central Andes in Argentina (33°S). The reservoir was turbid (ZSecchi: 1.4 m) with relatively high levels of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus (60 μgP L−1 and 560 μgN L−1, respectively). Stratification occurred from mid‐spring to late‐summer, when hypolimnetic oxygen and pH decreased whereas dissolved nutrients increased. The reservoir was mesotrophic (Chl‐a: 4.6–10.8 μg L−1) and showed two semi‐annual peaks of Chl‐a (summer and winter). Depending on the water column circulation, Chl‐a was directly related to Tw for 60 > Tw > 200 and inversely to ammonia, during mixing and stratification periods, respectively. Phytoplankton development was strongly influenced by the seasonal variations of inflow/outflow and stratification. Chl‐a peaked in summer, when inflow plunged into the hypolimnion of the stratified reservoir and in the warm and mixed epilimnion algae proliferated until nutrients depletion. Alternatively, the winter Chl‐a maximum is likely to be produced by the higher concentration of nutrients combined with the turbulent mixing in the water column which acts as a mechanism that helps to overcome light‐limitation. Since stratification modifies the vertical distribution of Tw, the use of a single annual value of this hydraulic parameter to assess its effect on the reservoir trophic state results inadequate. This paper constitutes the first description of hydrologic effects on Chl‐a dynamics in a reservoir in arid central western Argentina.
Fil: León, José Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Beamud, Sara Guadalupe. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Temporetti, Pedro Felix. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Atencio, Adrian Gonzalo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Diaz, Monica Mabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Fil: Pedrozo, Fernando Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
description Reservoir trophic state is controlled by light and nutrient availability, as well as by hydraulic management and stratification pattern. In arid zone reservoirs, the inflow and outflow discharges have extreme seasonal variations which produce well‐defined cycles of filling and draining. Moreover, since stratification often occurs, epilimnion and hypolimnion renewal rates may vary producing different environmental conditions throughout the water column. These variation patterns may affect phytoplankton growth at both temporal and spatial scales. For two hydrological years, we analyzed the influence of light climate, nutrients, residence time (Tw), and stratification on phytoplankton biomass (as chlorophyll‐a [Chl‐a]) in an irrigation reservoir (276 hm3) in the arid central Andes in Argentina (33°S). The reservoir was turbid (ZSecchi: 1.4 m) with relatively high levels of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus (60 μgP L−1 and 560 μgN L−1, respectively). Stratification occurred from mid‐spring to late‐summer, when hypolimnetic oxygen and pH decreased whereas dissolved nutrients increased. The reservoir was mesotrophic (Chl‐a: 4.6–10.8 μg L−1) and showed two semi‐annual peaks of Chl‐a (summer and winter). Depending on the water column circulation, Chl‐a was directly related to Tw for 60 > Tw > 200 and inversely to ammonia, during mixing and stratification periods, respectively. Phytoplankton development was strongly influenced by the seasonal variations of inflow/outflow and stratification. Chl‐a peaked in summer, when inflow plunged into the hypolimnion of the stratified reservoir and in the warm and mixed epilimnion algae proliferated until nutrients depletion. Alternatively, the winter Chl‐a maximum is likely to be produced by the higher concentration of nutrients combined with the turbulent mixing in the water column which acts as a mechanism that helps to overcome light‐limitation. Since stratification modifies the vertical distribution of Tw, the use of a single annual value of this hydraulic parameter to assess its effect on the reservoir trophic state results inadequate. This paper constitutes the first description of hydrologic effects on Chl‐a dynamics in a reservoir in arid central western Argentina.
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