Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia
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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
Keywords
- Lake Erie, Hypoxia, Phosphorus load targets, Best management practices
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 226-246 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Journal of Great Lakes Research |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 26 Feb 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |