Transparency measurements in Garner Lake, Tennessee: The relationship between secchi depth and solar altitude and a suggestion for normalization of secchi depth data

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-153

  Verschuur, Gerrit L ^a  

^a Garner Lake Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Light penetration; Optical properties of water; Secchi disk depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344429384     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149709354305     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Åberg, B., and Rodhe, W., 1942. Über die Milieufaktorenin einigen Südschwedischen Seen. Symb. Bot Upsaliens, 5(3):256
2. Beeton, A. M., 1958. Relationship between Secchi disk readings and light penetration in Lake Huron. TAFS, 87:73–79.
3. Efler, S. W., 1988. Secchi disk transparency and turbidity. J. Env. Eng., 114(6):1436–1447.
4. Højerslev, N. K., 1986. Visibility of the sea with special reference to the Secchi disc. SPIE Vol. 637 Ocean Optics VIII 294–305.
5. Holmes, R. W., 1970. The Secchi disk in turbid coastal waters. Limnol. Oceanogr., 15:688–694.
6. Larson, G. L., McIntire, C. D., Hurley, M., and Buktenica, M. W., 1996. Temperature, water chemistry, and optical properties of Crater Lake. Lake and Reserv. Manage., 12(2):230–247.
7. Lathrop, R. C., 1992. “Nutrient loading, lake nutrients, and water clarity.”. In Food web management:a case study of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Edited by:Kitchell, J. F., 69–96. New York:Springer-Verlag.
8. Pilgrim, D. A., 1984. The Secchi disk in principle and in use. Hydrogr. J., 33:25–30.
9. Preisendorfer, R. W., 1986. Secchi disk science:Visual optics of natural waters. Limnol. Oceanogr., 31(5):909–926.