Water quality characteristics of two reservoir lakes in eastern Connecticut, USA
| Autor: | Fred L. Ogden, Glenn S. Warner, George E. Hoag, Farhad Nadim, Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 12:187-202 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1770 1320-5331 |
| Popis: | The Mansfield Hollow Lake (MHL) and Willimantic Reservoir (WR) are two reservoirs located in eastern Connecticut in the north-eastern USA. The MHL was constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1952, being primarily fed by the Fenton, Mount Hope and Natchaug Rivers. The WR lies downstream from the Mansfield Hollow Dam. The physical and chemical characteristics of MHL, WR, and the three streams discharging into them were intensively evaluated during four sampling quarters in 2001 and 2002. This study focused on possible sources of eutrophication, and occurrence of trace amounts of selected priority pollutants, in the sediments and waters of MHL and WR. Analytical results for total dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus and chlorophyll-a indicated that, in terms of eutrophication status, the waterbodies can be classified as mesotrophic. Comparison of the analytical results in this study to historical limnological data reported for lakes in southern New England and eastern Connecticut indicates that the median levels of total nitrogen, total phosphorus, dissolved inorganic carbon, calcium, magnesium, and iron measured in this study were higher than previously reported median values. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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