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Deepwater sediments and trophic conditions in Florida lakes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1982
ISBN
9789400980112
Abstract
Sediment cores were taken from near maximum depth in 15 Florida lakes representing a wide range of trophic conditions. Chemical analyses of surface sediments showed Al, Fe, and Ca to be the most abundant elements in all samples, and the ratio of Al to Ca to be smaller for eutrophic lakes. Sediment organic matter increased with trophic state, as did the degree to which it was enriched in nitrogen. Corresponding sediment C/N ratios decreased with increasing lake trophic state and showed significant negative correlation with chlorophyll a, total N, and total P in the water column. Concentrations of sedimentary chlorophyll derivatives showed some relation to trophic state but differences in basin morphometry hinder its use as an inter-lake index of chlorophyll production.
Publisher
The Hague: W. Junk Publishers
Recommended Citation
Flannery, M.S., Snodgrass, R.D., & Whitmore, T.J. (1982). Deepwater sediments and trophic conditions in Florida lakes. In P.G. Sly (Ed.), Sediment/freshwater interaction: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium held in Kingston, Ontario, 15–18 June 1981 (pp. 597-602). The Hague: W. Junk Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-009-8009-9_58.
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