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Nutrient cycling and the growth of benthic algae in experimentally acidified Little Rock Lake, WI

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7078355
Changes in nutrient-cycling and the growth of benthic algae resulting from decreased pH in low alkalinity lake systems were analyzed by laboratory, mesocosm, and whole-lake studies on Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin. Nutrients, transparency, an algal growth in the experimentally acidified basin were compared with conditions in an untreated reference basin. During the first summer following acidification (1985), accumulation rates of attached algae were significantly higher in the acidified basin than in the reference basin during June-August, but not in September. Color and winter silica values were significantly lower in the acidified basin relative to the reference basin following treatment. In addition, the lack of a fall decline in SiO/sub 2/ in the north basin in 1986 may signal pH-related changes in siliceous algal communities.
Research Organization:
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis (USA)
OSTI ID:
7078355
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English