Natural and management-induced reduction in monimolimnetic volume and stability in a Coastal, Meromictic Lake

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 71-81

  Ludlam, Stuart D ^a   Duval, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemocline; Meromictic lake; Monimolimnion reduction; Saltwater hypolimnion; Stability; Work of the wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249145328     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140109353975     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. American Public Health Association. 1981. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 15th ed. 1134Washington, D.C.:APHA.
2. Aronson, G. L., Pisano, W. C., and Connick, D. J., 1979. Assessment of alternatives for removal of hydrogen sulfide laden waters in Lower Mystic Lake Boston:On file with MDC.
3. Aurilio, A. C., Durant, J. L., Hemond, H. F., and Knox, M. L., 1995. Sources and distribution of arsenic in the Aberjona watershed, eastern Massachusetts. Wat. Air Soil Pollut., 81:265–282.
4. Birge, E. A., 1916. The work of wind in warming a lake. Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci., 18:341–391.
5. Brunskill, G. J., and Ludlam, S. D., 1969. Fayetteville Green Lake, New York. I. Physical and chemical limnology. Limnol. Oceanogr., 14:817–829.
6. Cortell, J. M., 1966. Bio-Engineering Study Lower Mystic Lake Metropolitan District Commission. Consulting report submitted to the Metropolitan District Commission 44Boston:Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
7. Cortell, J. M., 1968. Annual report biological services Metropolitan District Commission Lower Mystic Lake Project, Project No. 60177-B 47Boston, MA:Unpubl. ms submitted to the Metropolitan District Commission.
8. DiPietro, P. J., 1994. Lower Mystic Lake, Saltwater Removal Project Final Report 35Boston:Metropolitan District Commission. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
9. Duval, B., and Ludlam, D. S., 2001. The black water chemocline of meromictic Lower Mystic Lake, Massachusetts. U.S.A. Intl. J. Hydrobiol., 86(2):163–179.
10. Emery, K. O., 1969. A Coastal Pond Studied by Oceanographic Methods 77New York:Elsevier. Other printing, 1997 Oyster Pond Environmental Trust, Inc. Woods Hole, MA
11. Fofonoff, N. P., and Millard, R. C., 1983. Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science, 44:6–53.
12. Garcia-Gil, J., Casamitjana, X., and Abella, A., 1996. Comparative study of two meromictic basins of Lake Banyloes (Spain) with sulfur phototrophic bacteria. Hydrobiolog., 319:203–211.
13. Hutchinson, G. E., 1957. A Treatise on Limnology Volume 1 Geography, Physics, and Chemistry 1015New York:Wiley and Sons, Inc.
14. Idso, S. B., 1973. On the concept of lake stability. Limnol. Oceanogr., 18:681–683.
15. Kling, G. W., 1987. Seasonal mixing and catastrophic degassing in tropical lakes, Cameroon, West Africa. Science, 237:1022–1024.
16. Kling, G. W., 1988. Comparative transparency, depth of mixing, and stability of stratification in lakes of Cameroon, West Africa. Limnol. Oceanogr., 33:27–40.
17. Ludlam, S. D., 1996. The comparative limnology of high arctic, coastal, meromictic lakes. J. Paleolimnol., 16:111–131.
18. Northcote, T. G., and Hall, K. J., 1990. Vernal microstratification patterns in a meromictic saline lake:their causes and biological significance. Hydrobiolog., 197:105–114.
19. Process Research, Inc. 1974. “Water Quality Survey, Lower Mystic Lake.”. In Unpubl. ms. Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 42
20. Thaler, B., and Tait, D., 1995. Restoration of a small meromictic lake:effects on water chemistry and stratification. Limnologica, 25:193–209.
21. Totten, J. G., Bache, A. D., and Davis, C. H., 1861. On the relation of Mystic Pond and River to Boston Harbor. The United States Commissioners on Boston Harbor, Boston City Document #12 95Boston City Printers:George C. Rand & Avery.
22. United States Geological Survey. 1985. Boston North, Massachusetts Reston, VA:U.S.G.S. Map 42071-D1-TM-025
23. Walker, K. F., 1974. The stability of meromictic lakes in central Washington. Limnol. Oceanogr., 19:209–222.