scholarly journals Predicting lake trophic state by relating Secchi-disk transparency measurements to Landsat-satellite imagery for Michigan inland lakes, 2003-05 and 2007-08

Author(s):  
L.M. Fuller ◽  
R.S. Jodoin ◽  
R.J. Minnerick
2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 717-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Grzetic ◽  
Natasa Camprag

The Palic Lake is a shallow lake typical for the Pannonian Plain. Due inadequate water quality, it was dried out in 1971 and re-established in 1977 and since than its trophicity has been worsening. Investigation of the long-term changes in the trophic state of this lake were tracked over the total phosphorous (TP), total nitrogen (TN), chlorophyll-a and Secchi disk transparency (SD transparency), expressed as the Carlson Trophic State Index (TSI). Regarding the TSI values, the water of the Palic Lake has been constantly evolving from eutrophic to hypereutrophic. TN/TP values < 10 indicate that nitrogen is the limiting factor for algal growth.


Author(s):  
Julita Dunalska

AbstractTotal organic carbon (TOC) can be one of the parameters used to determine trophic state in lakes, as shown by the statistically significant correlation between TOC and chlorophyll, total phosphorus and Secchi disk transparency. Calculation of the TSI index based on TOC according to the formula TSI(TOC) = 20.59 + 15.71 ln(TOC) and its introduction as an additional index to the classification by Carlson may optimize the comparative analysis of lakes and allow a measurable assessment of lakes with respect to the trophic gradient.


1980 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 640-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Reid ◽  
C. H. Pharo ◽  
W. C. Barnes

Apatite is a common accessory mineral in the source rocks for the glacial debris supplying sediments to many Canadian lakes. A method has been developed which uses scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray emission spectrometry for direct identification of apatite. This method has been used to examine the apatite content of various size fractions in Kamloops Lake sediments. Apatite concentrations obtained by this direct examination correlate well (r > 0.999) with apatite concentrations determined by chemical analyses and indicate that, in addition to comprising as much as 70% of the total phosphorus load, apatite may comprise as much as one-third of the "dissolved" (< 0.45 μm) inorganic phosphorus load. Consequently the use of classical (e.g. Vollenweider 1968; Vollenweider and Dillon 1974) methods of estimating lake trophic state from inorganic phosphorus concentrations in lake water must be done with care, recognizing that the bulk of inorganic phosphorus in lakes deriving sediment from glaciated igneous or metamorphic terrains may be in the form of apatite.Key words: apatite, lake, trophic state, phosphorus load, scanning electron microscopy


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Maruf Billah

Abstract The Padma river is widely known for its dynamic and disastrous behaviour, and the river has been experiencing intense and frequent bank erosion and deposition leading to the changes and shifting of bank line. In this paper, a time series of Landsat satellite imagery MSS, TM and OLI and TIRS images and are used to detect river bank erosion-accretion and bank line shifting during the study period 1975–2015. This study exhibits a drastic increase of erosion and accretion of land along the Padma river. The results show that from 1975 to 2015, the total amount of river bank erosion is 49,951 ha of land, at a rate of 1,249 ha a−1 and the total amount of accretion is 83,333 ha of land, at a rate of 2,083 ha a−1. Throughout the monitoring period, erosion-accretion was more pronounced in the right part of the river and bank line had been shifting towards the southern direction. The paper also reveals that the total area of islands had been increased significantly, in 2015 there was about 50,967 ha of island area increased from 20,533 ha of island area in 1975, and the results evidence consistency of sedimentation in the river bed.


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