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Both lake regime and fish introduction shape autotrophic planktonic communities of lakes from the Patagonian Plateau (Argentina)

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Strobel Plateau hosts more than 1,500 shallow lakes displaying different water regimes, which constitute the habitat for many species. Although the region is naturally fishless, many of the lakes were stocked with trout, bearing uncertainty about the possible effects on the ecosystem. The main objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of planktonic autotrophic communities of lakes differing in regime (phytoplankton turbid, clear vegetated, and clear unvegetated) and presence/absence of fish. During late spring and summer, 14 water bodies were sampled in 2011 and 2013 considering different regimes and presence/absence of fish. Besides limnological variables, the autotrophic communities, from pico to microplankton, were also analyzed. Differences in physical and chemical characteristics observed among the lakes corresponded to their current regime and the presence/absence of trouts. Autotrophic picoplankton and phytoplankton > 20 µm abundances differed among lake types being highest in fish-stocked lakes. Although the three type of lakes presented phycoerythrin-rich picocyanobacteria and picoeukaryotes, only fish-stocked lakes hosted phycocyanin-rich picocyanobacteria. Moreover, fish-stocked lakes were dominated by cyanobacteria, while chlorophytes abounded in fishless systems. Evidences that lake regime and fish occurrence influence planktonic autotrophic communities of Strobel plateau is here provided, highlighting the intra- and interannual dynamism of the aquatic systems.

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  • 05 December 2018

    Due to an unfortunate turn of events, the first- and surnames of all authors were transposed in the original publication. The original article has been corrected and the proper representation of the authors’ names and their affiliation is also listed here.

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We thank Lic. Cristina Marinone, Dr. Ignacio Roesler, and Dr. Rodrigo Sinistro for their collaboration during the field campaigns. Also special thanks to the people of “Estancia Laguna Verde” for the lodging and collaboration on the logistics during the campaigns. This investigation was supported by a grant of the Argentinean Fund for Technical and Scientific Investigation (FONCYT, PICT 0794).

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  1. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional del COMAHUE, San Martín 247, San Antonio Oeste, 8520, Río Negro, Argentina

    Juan Francisco Saad

  2. National Council of Scientific and Technical Research from Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Juan Francisco Saad, Julio Lancelotti, Inés O’Farrell & Irina Izaguirre

  3. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Sol Porcel, Inés O’Farrell & Irina Izaguirre

  4. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de Ecosistemas Continentales CENPAT-CONICET, Chubut, Argentina

    Julio Lancelotti

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Saad, J.F., Porcel, S., Lancelotti, J. et al. Both lake regime and fish introduction shape autotrophic planktonic communities of lakes from the Patagonian Plateau (Argentina). Hydrobiologia 831, 133–145 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3660-6

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