Lake Erie oxygen revisited / by Murray N. Charlton. : En13-5/85-37E-PDF

"The problem of predicting the future hypolimnion oxygen regime in Lake Erie from past records is re-assessed. Instead of comparing oxygen depletion rates, the data were manipulated to reveal comparable concentrations at the end of August each year. By removing confusion caused by variable concentrations at the beginning of stratification, the expected change of 0-2 mg/L from the 1950s to present was revealed. The oxygen regime of the east basin has changed little if at all; the year to year variability being as large as possible trends in concentration. A water sampling device used in the earliest samplings was found to produce incorrect samples under certain conditions thereby lessening confidence in the early data. The trajectory of oxygen concentration after stratification is independent of epilimnion productivity. It is proposed that oxygen depletion depends on average trophic conditions preceeding each stratified season"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
National Water Research Institute (Canada)
Title Lake Erie oxygen revisited / by Murray N. Charlton.
Series title NWRI contribution ; 85-37
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Burlington, Ont. : Aquatic Ecology Division, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, [1985].
Author / Contributor Charlton, Murray N.
Description 31, [5] p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • En13-5/85-37E-PDF
Subject terms Water quality
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