An affordable and reliable assessment of aquatic decomposition: Tailoring the Tea Bag Index to surface waters

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F19%3A00504526" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/19:00504526 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0296142" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0296142</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.081" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.081</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
An affordable and reliable assessment of aquatic decomposition: Tailoring the Tea Bag Index to surface waters
Original language description
We adapted the Tea Bag Index (TBI), a highly standardized methodology for determining soil decomposition, for lakes by incorporating a leaching factor. A Citizen Science project was organized to test the aquatic TBI in 40 European lakes located in four climate zones, ranging from oligotrophic to hypereutrophic systems. The overall high decomposition rates found confirm the active role lakes play in the global carbon cycle. The lakes in the warmer temperate zone displayed a higher decomposition rate compared to the colder lakes in the continental and polar zones. Decomposition rates were also higher in eutrophic lakes compared to oligotrophic lakes. Additionally, the eutrophic lakes showed a higher stabilization factor (S), thus a less efficient microbial community, compared to the oligotrophic lakes. Our results show that the TBI can be used to adequately assess the decomposition process in aquatic systems. By providing scholarly support to the citizen groups we also showed that collecting scientifically relevant data can go hand in hand with increasing scientific and environmental literacy in participants.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10617 - Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology

Project
<a href="/en/project/LD14045" target="_blank" >LD14045: Integration of environmental, biological and management-related monitoring of fishponds: case study based on use of stable sensor system</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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