Modelling the response of a highly eutrophic lake to reductions in external and internal nutrient loading

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-185

  Ozkundakci D ^a   Hamilton, D P ^a   Trolle, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DYRESM CAEDYM; Lake Okaro; lake restoration; model validation; nitrogen; nutrient limitation; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STATUS; ZEOLITE;

BAY OF PLENTY; LAKE OKARO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 79957813098     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2010.548072     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Abell JM, Ö zkundakci D, Hamilton DP 2010. Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of phytoplankton growth in New Zealand lakes: implications for eutrophication control. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9367-9.
2. APHA 2005. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 21st edition. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
3. Arar EJ, Collins GB 1997. Method 445.0. In vitro determination of chlorophyll a and pheophytin a in marine and freshwater algae by fluorescence, Revision 1.2. Cincinnati, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
4. Arhonditsis GB, Brett MT 2004. Evaluation of the current state of mechanistic aquatic biogeochemical modeling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 271: 13-26. (Pubitemid 38681883)
5. Arhonditsis GB, Brett MT 2005. Eutrophication model for Lake Washington (USA) Part II* model calibration and system dynamics analysis. Ecological Modelling 187: 179-200. (Pubitemid 41224266)
6. Bruce LC, Hamilton D, Imberger J, Gal G, Gophen M, Zohary T, Hambright KD 2006. A numerical simulation of the role of zooplankton in C, N and P cyclingin Lake Kinneret, Israel. Ecological Modelling 193: 412-436. (Pubitemid 43247806)
7. Burger DF, Hamilton DP, Pilditch C 2007a. Modellingthe relative importance of internal and external nutrient loads on water column nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton biomass in a shallow polymictic lake. Ecological Modelling211: 411-423. (Pubitemid 351147821)
8. Burger DF, Hamilton DP, Hall JA, Ryan EF 2007b. Phytoplankton nutrient limitation in a polymictic eutrophic lake: community versus speciesspecific responses. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 169: 57-68. (Pubitemid 47507918)
9. Burns NM, Deely J, Hall J, Safi K 1997. Comparing past and present trophic states of seven Central Volcanic Plateau lakes, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 71-87.
10. Carlson RE 1977. A trophic state index for lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 22: 361-369.
11. Carpenter SR 2003. Regime shifts in lake ecosystems: pattern and variation. Excellence in Ecology Series Number 15. Oldendorf/Luhe, Ecology Institute.
12. Carpenter SR 2008. Phosphorus control is critical to mitigating eutrophication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 11039- 11040.
13. Conley DJ, Paerl HW, Howarth RW, Boesch DF, Seitzinger SP, Havens KE, Lancelot C, Likens GE 2009. Controllingeutrophication: nitrogen and phosphorus. Science 323: 1014-1015.
14. Environment Bay of Plenty 2006. Lake Okaro Action Plan. Environmental Publication 2006/ 03.
15. Fink D, Mitch WJ 2004. Seasonal and storm event nutrient removal by a created wetland in an agricultural watershed. Ecological Engineering 23: 313-325. (Pubitemid 40281351)
16. Fischer HB, List EG, Koh RCY, Imberger J, Brooks NH 1979. Mixingin Inland and Coastal Waters. San Diego, CA, Academic Press
17. Flynn KJ 2005. Castles built on sand: dysfunctionality plankton models and the inadequacy of dialogue between biologists and modelers. Journal of Plankton Research 27: 1205-1210. (Pubitemid 43356335)
18. Franks PJS 1995. Coupled physical-biological models in oceanography. Reviews of Geophysics 33: 1177-1187.
19. Friedman R, Ansell CS, Diamond S, Haimes YY 1984. The use of models for water resources management, planning and policy. Water Resources Research 20: 793-802.
20. Gal G, Hipsey MR, Parparov A, Wagner U, Makler V, Zohary T 2009. Implementation of ecological modellingas an effective management and investigation tool: Lake Kinneret as a case study. Ecological Modelling 220: 1697-1718.
21. Hamilton DP 2005. Land use impacts on nutrient export in the Central Volcanic Plateau, North Island. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 49: 27-31.
22. Harris GP 1994. Patter, process and prediction in aquatic ecology. A limnological view of some general ecological problems. Freshwater Biology 32: 143-160. (Pubitemid 2126757)
23. Hipsey, M.R., J.R. Romero, J.P. Antenucci and D.P. Hamilton. 2006. Computational Aquatic Ecosystem Dynamics Model. v2.3 Science Manual. Centre for Water Research, the University of Western Australia. http://www.cwr.uwa.edu.au/ services/models/legacy/model/dyresmcaedym/dyresmcaedym-documentation.html (posted 16/01/2006)
24. Howarth RW, Marino R, Lane J 1988. Nitrogen fixation in freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. 1. Rates and importance. Limnology and Oceanography 33: 669-687.
25. Hupfer M, Lewandowski J 2008. Oxygen controls the phosphorus release from lake sediments*a long-lasting paradigm in limnology. International Review of Hydrobiology 93: 415-432.
26. Imberger J, Patterson JC 1981. A dynamic reservoir simulation model*DYRESM: 5. In: Fischer HB ed. Transport models for inland and coastal waters. New York, Academic Press. Pp. 310-361.
27. Irwin J 1974. Environmental investigations*Lakes Okaro and Ngapouri. Wellington, Department of Science and Industrial Research.
28. Jakeman AJ, Letcher RA, Norton JP 2006. Ten iterative steps in development and evaluation of environmental models. Environmental Modelling& Software 21: 602-624.
29. Jeppesen E, Søndergaard M, Jensen JP, Havens KE, Anneville O, Carvalho L, Coveney MF, Deneke R, Dokulil MT, Foy B, Gerdeux D, Hampton SE, Hilt S, Kangur KL, Kö hler JK, Lammens EHHR, Lauridsen TL, Manca M, Miracle MAR, Moss B, Ges PN, Persson G, Phillips G, Portielje B, Romo S, Schelske CL, Straile D, Tatrai I, Wille E, Winder M 2005. Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading*an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies. Freshwater Biology 50: 1747-1771.
30. Jeppesen E, Søndergaard M, Meerhoff M, Lauridsen TL, Jensen JP 2007. Shallow lake restoration by nutrient loadingreduction *some recent findings and challenges ahead. Hydrobiologia 584: 239-252. (Pubitemid 46804474)
31. Kamykowski D, Yamazaki H, Janowitz GS 1994. A Lagrangian model of phytoplankton photosynthetic response in the upper mixed layer. Deep-Sea Research 16: 59-69.
32. Lean DRS, Mitchell SF, Pick FR, Rueter JG, Downes MT, Payne GW, Pickmere SE, White E, Woods PH 1987. The effects of changes in both abundance of nitrogen and phosphorus and their ratio on Lake Okaro phytoplankton, with comment on six other central volcanic plateau lakes. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 21: 539-542.
33. Lewis WM, Wurtsbaugh WA 2008. Control of lacustrine phytoplankton by nutrients: erosion of the phosphorus paradigm. International Review of Hydrobiology 93: 446-465.
34. NorbergJ, DeAngelis D 1997. Temperature effects on stocks and stability of a phytoplankton* zooplankton model and the dependence on light and nutrients. Ecological Modelling 95: 75-86.
35. OECD 1982. Eutrophication of waters*monitoring, assessment and control. Paris: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
36. Oliver RL, Ganf GG 2000. Freshwater blooms. In: Whitton BA, Potts M eds. The ecology of cyanobacteria*their diversity in time and space. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. 149-194.
37. Özkundakci D, Hamilton DP, Scholes P 2010. Effect of intensive catchment and in-lake restoration procedures on phosphorus concentrations in a eutrophic lake. Ecological Engineering 36: 396-405.
38. Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment 2004. Growing for good: intensive farming, sustainability and New Zealand's environment. Wellington: Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
39. Patten BC, Egloff DA, Richardson TH 1975. Total ecosystem model for a cove in Lake Texoma, system analysis and simulation in ecology. New York, Academic Press. Pp. 206- 423.
40. Paul WJ, Hamilton DH, Gibbs MM 2008. Low-dose alum application trialled as a management tool for internal nutrient loads in Lake Okaro, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 207-217.
41. Power M 1993. The predictive validation of ecological and environmental models. Ecological Modelling68: 33-50. (Pubitemid 24414445)
42. Quinn JM 2009. Special issue on restoration of aquatic ecosystems. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43: 653-657.
43. Reynolds C 2006. Ecology of phytoplankton. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
44. Robson BJ, Hamilton DP 2004. Three-dimensional modellingof a Microcystis bloom event in the Swan River estuary, Western Australia. Ecological Modelling 174: 203-222. (Pubitemid 38458909)
45. Robson BJ, Hamilton DP, Webster IT, Chan T 2008. Ten steps applied to development and evaluation of process-based biogeochemical models of estuaries. Environmental Modelling and Software 23: 369-384. (Pubitemid 350117732)
46. Ryan E.Hamilton D.Burger D.O'Brien B.Vant W.M. Synchronous Blooms of Anabaena Planktonica in North Island 2003 Miller N ed.
47. Rotorua Lakes 2003, practical management for good lake water quality. Rotorua, Lakes Water Quality Society. Pp. 308-310.
48. Rykiel JrEJ 1996. Testingecolog ical models: the meaningof validation. Ecological Modelling90: 229-244.
49. Schindler DW 2006. Recent advances in the understandingand management of eutrophication. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 356-363. (Pubitemid 43259726)
50. Schindler DW, Hecky RE, Findlay DL, Stainton MP, Parker BR, Paterson MJ, Beaty KG, Lyng M, Kasian SEM 2008. Eutrophication of lakes cannot be controlled by reduction of nitrogen input: results of a 37-year whole-ecosystem experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 11254-11258.
51. Schladow SG, Hamilton DP 1997. Prediction of water quality in lakes and reservoirs: Part II: Model calibration, sensitivity analysis and application. Ecological Modelling 96: 111-123.
52. Smith VH 1983. Low nitrogen to phosphorus ratios favour dominance by blue-green algae in lake phytoplankton. Science 221: 669-671.
53. Søndergaard M, Jensen JP, Jeppesen E 2003. Role of sediment and internal loadingof phosphorus in shallow lakes. Hydrobiologia 506: 135-145. (Pubitemid 38092365)
54. Spigel RH, Imberger J, Rayner KN 1986. Modelling the diurnal mixed layer. Limnology and Oceanography 31: 533-556.
55. Tanner CC, Caldwell K, Ray D, McIntosh J 2007. Constructingwetland to treat nutrient-rich inflow to Lake Okaro, Rotorua. In: Proceedings of Stormwater 2007: 5th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 16-18 May, Auckland.
56. Trolle D, Hamilton DP, Pilditch CA, Duggan IC, Jeppesen E 2010. Predictingthe effects of climate change on trophic status of three morphologically varying lakes: implications for lake restoration and management. Environmental Modellingand Software doi:10.1016/j.envsoft. 2010.08.009.
57. Trolle D, Skovgaard H, Jeppesen E 2008. The Water Framework Directive: settingthe phosphorus loadingtarg et for a deep lake in Denmark using the 1D lake ecosystem model DYRESMCAEDYM. Ecological Modelling 219: 138-804 152.
58. Wetzel RG, Likens GE 2000. Limnological analyses. New York, Springer.
59. White E, Law K, Payne G, Pickmere S 1985. Nutrient demand and availability amongplanktonic communities*an attempt to assess nutrient limitation to plant growth in 12 Central Volcanic Plateau lakes. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 19: 49-62.
60. Wood SA, Crowe ALM, Ruck JG, Wear RG 2005. New records of planktonic cyanobacteria in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 479-492. (Pubitemid 41044935)
61. Wood SA, Prentice MJ, Smith K, Hamilton DP 2010. Low dissolved inorganic nitrogen and increased heterocyte frequency: precursors to Anabaena planktonica bloom in a temperate, eutrophic reservoir. Journal of Plankton Research 32: 1315-1325.
62. Wunderlich WO 1972. Heat and mass transfer between a water surface and the atmosphere. Tennessee Valley Authority, Office of Natural Resources and Economic Development, Division of Air and Water Resources, Water Systems Development Branch. Report 14.
63. Yeates PS, Imberger J 2003. Pseudo two-dimensional simulations of internal and boundary fluxes in stratifies lakes and reservoirs. International Journal of River Basin Management 1: 297-319.