Factors affecting water clarity in Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand
作者:
P. Gerbeaux,
J. C. Ward,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 3
页码: 289-296
ISSN:0028-8330
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1080/00288330.1991.9516481
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: water clarity;chlorophyll a;inorganic suspensoids;aquatic macrophytes;wind;Lake Ellesmere;shallow lake
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Factors affecting the optical properties and water clarity of Lake Ellesmere were investigated over an 18‐month period. The dominant cause of light attenuation was scattering. Clarity was found to be more dependent on very high levels of inorganic suspensoids than on phytoplankton biomass; however, high levels of chlorophyllawere also present. Fluctuations in inorganic suspensoid levels could be explained by different wind velocities before sampling. Wind velocity is thus one of several parameters that could be used to monitor the degree of light attenuation in this lake. The very compressed euphotic zone explained why macrophyte growth was restricted to shallow and/or sheltered embayments.
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