Predicting Secchi disk depth from average beam attenuation in a deep, ultra-clear lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Larson, Gary L ^a   Hoffman, Robert L ^a   Hargreaves, Bruce R ^b   Collier, Robert W ^c  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam attenuation; Lakes; Secchi disk depth; Transmissometer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOCHROMATORS; RANGE FINDING; UNDERWATER PROBING; WATER QUALITY;

BEAM ATTENUATION; MONOCHROMATIC WAVELENGTH; SECCHI DISK DEPTH (SD); TRANSMISSOMETERS;

LAKES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRATER LAKE; DEPTH; LIGHT ATTENUATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; TIME SERIES; TRANSPARENCY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

CRATER LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751506504     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0349-z     Document Type: Article

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