Large-Scale Operations Management Test of Use of the White Amur for Control of Problem Aquatic Plants. Report 2. First Year Poststocking Results. Volume IV. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dynamics of the Lake Conway Ecosystem: Loading Budgets and a Dynamic Hydrologic Phosphorus Model.
Abstract
An integrated nutrient budget for Lake Conway, Florida, was developed that integrated physical, chemical, and biological relationships. A hydrologic budget was constructed from measurements of stormwater runoff, subsurface seepage flows, and existing precipitation and evaporation data. It was determined that major sources of external nitrogen and phosphorus loadings were from atmospheric loadings, urban runoff, and subsurface seepage. Based upon a simulation model of the phosphorus dynamics of Lake Conway, it was concluded that sedimentation of phosphorus was occurring at higher than predicted rates, nutrient release by submerged macrophytes was salient to phosphorus dynamics, and release of phosphorus by sediments was not a significant internal source of this nutrient. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA118700
Entities
People
- Charles R. Fellows
- Eldon C. Blancher
Organizations
- University of Florida