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Environmental Change in Scottish Lochs Revisited UCL DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE RESEARCH CENTRE The Scottish Freshwater Group 100th Meeting, Stirling, April 2018 Environmental change in Scottish lochs revisited Helen Bennion & Rick Battarbee In the ECRC we have been principally interested in the use of long-term records to understand how and why lake ecosystems change in time and space and in particular how they respond to pressures from human activity Coring Indicators Diatoms Lakes with core data Plant macrofossils Cladocera Environmental change in Scottish lochs - revisited Upland waters - Rick • Palaeolimnological evidence for the impact of acid deposition • Evidence for recovery from the Upland Waters Monitoring Network (also see talk by Ewan Shilland) Lowland waters – Helen • Understanding of timing, rates and causes of eutrophication • Determining baselines and degree of ecological change • Ecological response to enrichment • Insights into climate-nutrient interactions • Assessing recovery from eutrophication • Informing conservation of rare species (see talk by Isabel Bishop) SNH, 2002 The “acid rain” debate Loss of brown trout populations in Scandinavia and Scotland 1950 Holmevatn, Norway Overrein et al. 1980 SNSF Project FR 19/80 Loch Fleet, Scotland Turnpenny 1992 Restoring Acid Waters, Elsevier And many other countries in Europe and North America Maitland et al. 1987, Natural Environment Research Council Sulphur emissions from coal and oil burning? Ratcliffe-on-Soar Britannica Student Encyclopedia Or post-war afforestation of moorland? From Harriman & Morrison 1982 Data from Loch Ard burns Lochs on the granites in Galloway, with and without afforested catchments Galloway, Scotland Talnotry 1980 At the Round Loch of Glenhead, with a moorland catchment, acidification began in the mid 19th century changes in diatom assemblage composition: ca. 1750 - 1985 Flower & Battarbee 1983, Nature, 305, 130-133; Jones, et al. 1989, J. Ecology 77, 1-23 Palaeolimnology played its part in persuading Margaret Thatcher and the UK Government in 1987 to sign up to international protocols requiring S and N gas emissions to be reduced from UK power stations Current Directives and Protocols • UNECE Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions (second sulphur protocol) 1994 • UNECE Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, 1999 • EU Proposal for a National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) (1999) • EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000) The Acid (now Upland) Waters Monitoring Network (from 1988) (a) (b) Low alkalinity lakes and streams in high and low acid deposition areas, with and without forestry Eight sites in Scotland (c) (d) CL-E (1990) (e) (f) Photos: E Shilland The UWMN is run by a research consortium including CEH, MSS, QMUL and UCL and it is now co-ordinated by CEH and funded by WAG, NRW, SNH, FC and NIEA. UK emissions UK Sulphur dioxide emissions 1970-2020 1988 UK NOx emissions 1970-2020 RoTAP, 2012, Defra, UK Non-marine sulphate (1988 – 2015), comparing non- acidified sensitive “clean” control sites in north-west Scotland, with two acidified sites in SW Scotland (Round Loch of Glenhead) and N Wales (Llyn Llagi) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 marine sulphate (µeq/L) - 0 -10 non -20 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Loch Coire nan Arr Round Loch of Glenhead Llyn Llagi Loch Coire Fionnaraich pH (1988-2015) comparing sensitive (Coire nan Arr, Coire Fionnaraich) and less sensitive (Burnmoor Tarn) “control” sites with two acidified sites (Llagi and RLGH) 2008 7 6 pH 5 4 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Loch Coire nan Arr Round Loch of Glenhead Burnmoor Tarn Llyn Llagi Loch Coire Fionnaraich Recovery? Some recovery after 1995 , but return to more acid tolerant diatom assemblages after 2008 Round Loch of Glenhead E Shilland Sediment core (1790 – 1990) + sediment trap (1991- 2013) Battarbee et al. Ecological Indicators, 2014, 37, 365-380 PCA of diatom assemblage data from the Round Loch of Glenhead combining sediment core data (red) and sediment trap data (blue) and comparing trajectories from 1800 AD to 2008 AD and 1800 AD to 2013 AD 2013 2008 2008 1800 1800 Battarbee et al. Ecological Indicators, 2014, 37, 365-380 Climate change Increased precipitation exacerbated by sea-salt rich storms leads to lower pH in runoff from base poor soils Monteith, personal communication http://www.kayarchy.co.uk/html/03thesea/008predicting.htm Acidification and climate change - summary • Acidification caused by sulphur and nitrogen deposition from fossil-fuel combustion • UK emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides have declined greatly since 1980 • Chemical and biological data from the Upland Waters Monitoring Network show signs of recovery during the 1990s but little improvement since ca. 2008 • Increasing precipitation coupled with increasing storminess may be causing more acidic runoff, inhibiting further recovery Lowland waters 1. Understanding of timing, rates and causes of eutrophication Assessing eutrophication and reference conditions for Scottish freshwater lochs using subfossil diatoms Bennion et al. (2004) Journal of Applied Ecology 1. Identifying causes of enrichment e.g. Loch Shin AulacoseiraCyclotella distansCyclotella (cf. rossii) kuetzingianaBrachysiraFragilariforma vitrea var. Achnanthidiumplanetophora exiguaEncyonema minutissimumEunotia gracileFrustulia incisa(agg.)Achnanthidium rhomboidesAchnanthidiumTabellaria subatomoidesTabellaria rosenstockii fenestrata Tabellariaflocculosa Achnanthesflocculosa(short)Asterionella (long) saxonica formosaFragilaria Aulacoseira capucina subarcticavar. gracilis Fragilaria crotonensisEunotiaHill's tridentula N2 PCA Axis 1 DI-TP SCD % plankton Radiometric dates (AD) Down-core depth (cm) 0 2 4 2010 4 3 2000 6 8 1990 10 1980 12 1970 14 2 16 1960 18 1950 20 1940 1930 22 1920 24 1910 1 1900 26 1890 1880 28 1870 1860 30 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 40 60 0 20 40 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 -0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 0 5 10 15 20 0.5 1.0 1.5 0 20 40 60 Relative abundance (%) N2 Sample score ug L-1 SCD units % Increasing pressures in the catchment during the mid to late twentieth century: - 1950s dam construction / water level - 1960s forestry plantation and fertilisation Mid-1990s the most marked changes are coincident with the arrival of the fish farms on the loch in 1994-1995 Bennion et al. (2016) Report to SEPA & the Forestry Commission 2. Determining baselines and degree of ecological change Site name Site code SCD Squared chord distance measures Loch Awe North AWEN 0.6575 of floristic (diatom) change Loch Awe South AWES 0.7395 Loch of Butterstone BUTT 0.6720 Carlingwark Loch CARL 1.0979 Scores: 0 to 2 Castle Loch CASL 1.1471 0: exactly the same Castle Semple Loch SEMP 1.1793 2: completely different Loch Davan DAVA 0.5439 Loch Doon DOON 1.2136 <0.3 significantly similar at the 1st percentile Loch Earn EARN 1.6281 <0.4 significantly similar at the 2.5th percentile Loch Eck ECK 0.4138 <0.5 significantly similar at the 5th percentile th Loch Eye EYE 0.8250 <0.6 significantly similar at the 10 percentile Loch of Harray HARY 0.7907 Kilbirnie Loch KILB 1.3653 Loch Kinord KINO 0.3135 Loch Leven LEVE 0.7974 Loch Lomond North LOMON 0.2199 Top Loch Lomond South LOMOS 0.6585 Loch of the Lowes LOWE 1.1771 Loch Lubnaig LUBN 0.2224 Loch Maree MARE 0.1291 Lake of Menteith MENT 0.9438 Bottom Mill Loch MILL 0.6831 (c 1850 AD) Loch Rannoch RANN 0.2526 Loch Shiel SHIE 0.2439 Bennion & Simpson (2011) JOPL Loch of Skene SKEN 0.8665 3. Ecological response to enrichment e.g. Loch Monzievaird Diatoms Cladocera Cyclotella comensisCyclotella pseudostelligeraCyclotella radiosaAchnanthes minutissimaFragilaria construensFragilaria capucina Asterionellavar. venter var. formosa gracilisFragilaria crotonensisAulacoseiraAulacoseira ambiguaStephanodiscus granulata% parvusplankton Date ADDepth (cm)Bosmina longirostris Chydorus sphaericusAlonella exiguaAlonellaGraptoleberis nana Alona testudinaria guttataAlona intermedia Alonavar tuberculata quadrangularisAlona costataAlona guttataAlona rectangulaPCA axis 1 Date (AD)Depth (cm) 0 0 2000 5 2000 5 3 10 10 1980 1980 15 15 1980 20 20 1960 2 1960 1940 25 1940 25 1920 1920 1900 30 1900 30 1880 1860 35 1900 35 1840 40 40 45 45 50 50 1 55 55 60 60 65 65 70 70 75 75 0 20 40 60 80 0 20 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 40 0 20 40 0 0 0 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 % Ephippia Plant macrofossils CamptocercusLeydigia rectirostris sppSimocephalusChydorid spp sppDaphnia hyalina agg Ceriodaphnia spp PotamogetonPotamogeton crispus turion spp spinesPotamogeton (broad) leaf fragments sppPotamogeton (fine) leaf fragmentstipsCallitriche seeds Chara oosporesNitella spp. oospores Ceratophyllum spinesNymphaea alba seedNymphaeaceae fragments trychosclereidsZannichelliaNajas palustrisflexilis spines seedsM-E 0 0 4 5 5 1980 10 10 15 15 3 20 20 25 O-M 25 30 30 1900 35 35 40 40 Depth (cm) Depth Depth (cm)Depth 45 45 50 50 O 2 55 55 60 60 65 65 70 70 1 75 75 0 10 0 20 40 0 20 40 0 20 40 0 80 160 0 20 40 0 20 40 0 40 80 0 20 40 0 20 40 0 50 100 150 0 20 40 60 0 200 400 0 40 80 0 50 100 150 0 40 80 0 10 0 200 400 Number per 100cm3 4. Value of combining long-term and palaeoecological datasets Comparison of palaeo and historical records for Loch Leven Oligotrophic- mesotrophic lake with characteristic soft-water macrophytes Early influence of nutrient- enrichment and promotion of a taller growing elodeid community A more nutrient-rich flora and more organic sediments The two approaches combined give a (following lake more complete picture of macrophyte lowering) community change over time than either method in isolation Salgado et al.
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