Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation

CBA professor Dag O. Hessen and colleagues published a new study about phosphorus concentration in lakes

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Map of sites showing regions (colors) and median Total Phosphorus (TP) concentrations for each lake in Fennoscandia. Isles et al. (2023)

This paper is based on time series in a number of boreal lakes in Scandinavia and North-America, demonstrating that climatic drives synchronous fluctuations in lake nutrient concentrations.

The article can be read at the journal website.

Isles, P.D.F., Creed, I.F., Hessen, D.O., Kortelainen, P., Paterson, M., Pomati, F., Rusak, J.A., Vuorenmaa, J., Bergström, A., 2023. Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation. Limnol Oceanogr Letters lol2.10318. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10318

 

Published Apr. 4, 2023 10:25 AM - Last modified Apr. 4, 2023 10:25 AM