Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia

Sammanfattning

Relieving phosphorus loading is a key management tool for controlling Lake Erie eutrophication. During the 1960s and 1970s, increased phosphorus inputs degraded water quality and reduced central basin hypolimnetic oxygen levels which, in turn, eliminated thermal habitat vital to cold-water organisms and contributed to the extirpation of important benthic macroinvertebrate prey species for fishes. In response to load reductions initiated in 1972, Lake Erie responded quickly with reduced water-column phosphorus concentrations, phytoplankton biomass, and bottom-water hypoxia (dissolved oxygen

Nyckelord

Lake Erie; Hypoxia; Phosphorus load targets; Best management practices

Publicerad i

Journal of Great Lakes Research
2014, volym: 40, nummer: 2, sidor: 226-246
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

SLU författare

• Goto, Daisuke

  • University of Wisconsin Madison

UKÄ forskningsämne

Oceanografi, hydrologi, vattenresurser

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2014.02.004

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/112730