Declining
calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major
depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of
their ecological competitor: a small jelly-clad invertebrate. Scientists
say increasing ‘jellification’ will damage fish stocks and filtration
systems that allow lakes to supply drinking water, and that lakes may
have been pushed into “an entirely new ecological state”. - See more at:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/calcium-loss-turning-lakes-to-jelly?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=University+of+Cambridge+Research+Bulletin+Friday+21+November+2014&utm_content=University+of+Cambridge+Research+Bulletin+Friday+21+November+2014+CID_0ab623ec9693cc3067d7b061b8b5029c&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Read%20more#sthash.n7gEGitP.dpuf
Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of their ecological competitor: a small jelly-clad invertebrate. Scientists say increasing ‘jellification’ will damage fish stocks and filtration systems that allow lakes to supply drinking water, and that lakes may have been pushed into “an entirely new ecological state”.