Journal article
Brooktrout Lake Case Study: Biotic Recovery from Acid Deposition 20 Years after the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
Environmental science & technology, v 49(5), pp 2665-2674
03 Mar 2015
PMID: 25621941
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Abstract
The Adirondack Mountain region is an extensive geographic area (26,305 km(2)) in upstate New York where acid deposition has negatively affected water resources for decades and caused the extirpation of local fish populations. The water quality decline and loss of an established brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis [Mitchill]) population in Brooktrout Lake were reconstructed from historical information dating back to the late 1880s. Water quality and biotic recovery were documented in Brooktrout Lake in response to reductions of S deposition during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s and provided a unique scientific opportunity to re-introduce fish in 2005 and examine their critical role in the recovery of food webs affected by acid deposition. Using C and N isotope analysis of fish collagen and state hatchery feed as well as Bayesian assignment tests of microsatellite genotypes, we document in situ brook trout reproduction, which is the initial phase in the restoration of a preacidification food web structure in Brooktrout Lake. Combined with sulfur dioxide emissions reductions promulgated by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, our results suggest that other acid-affected Adirondack waters could benefit from careful fish re-introduction protocols to initiate the ecosystem reconstruction of important components of food web dimensionality and functionality.
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- Title
- Brooktrout Lake Case Study: Biotic Recovery from Acid Deposition 20 Years after the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
- Creators
- James W. Sutherland - New York State Department of Environmental ConservationFrank W. Acker - Drexel UniversityJay A. Bloomfield - New York State Department of Environmental ConservationCharles W. Boylen - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDonald F. Charles - Drexel UniversityRobert A. Daniels - New York State MuseumLawrence W. Eichler - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJeremy L. Farrell - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRobert S. Feranec - New York State MuseumMatthew P. Hare - Cornell UniversitySharon L. Kanfoush - Utica CollegeRichard J. Preall - New York State Department of Environmental ConservationScott O. Quinn - New York State Department of Environmental ConservationH. Chandler Rowell - New York State Department of Environmental ConservationWilliam F. Schoch - New York State Department of Environmental ConservationWilliam H. Shaw - SUNY SullivanClifford A. Siegfried - New York State MuseumTimothy J. Sullivan - Corvallis Environmental CenterDavid A. Winkler - Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSandra A. Nierzwicki-Bauer - Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Darrin Fresh Water Inst, Bolton Landing, NY 12814 USA
- Publication Details
- Environmental science & technology, v 49(5), pp 2665-2674
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- 68D20171 / U.S. EPA; United States Environmental Protection Agency 16298 / New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000350611100015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84924068066
- Other Identifier
- 991021229888104721
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