期刊
JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
卷 45, 期 6, 页码 1182-1196出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.007
关键词
Cladophora; Lake Michigan; Limnology; Modeling; Mussels; Phosphorus
资金
- NSF/I/UCRC on Water Equipment and Policy [1540010]
- University of Wisconsin Sea Grant [R/HCE-09]
Nutrient loading into Lake Michigan can produce algal blooms which in turn can lead to hypoxia, beach closures, clogging of water intakes, and reduced water quality. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement targets for Lake Michigan are 5600 MT annually for total phosphorus (TP) loading, 7 mu g L-1 lake-wide mean TP concentration, and a chlorophyll-a concentration of 1.8 mu g L-1. However, in light of the recent resurgence of nuisance algal (Cladophora sp.) growth in the nearshore zone, the validity of these targets is now uncertain. The occurrence and abundance of Cladophora in the nearshore area depends primarily on the availability of dissolved phosphorus, light, and temperature. The availability of dissolved phosphorus is a potentially useful indicator of nearshore areas susceptible to excessive Cladophora growth and impaired water quality. Regulating agencies are looking for guidance in determining phosphorus loading rates that minimize local exceedance of the lake target concentration. In this study, the lake assimilative capacity was quantified by applying a biophysical model to estimate the area required for mixing and diluting wastewater treatment plant outfall TP loadings to the level of the lake target concentration during the Cladophora growing season. Model results compared well with empirical measurements of particulate and dissolved phosphorus as well as Cladophora biomass and phosphorus content. The model was applied to test scenarios of wastewater treatment plant phosphorus loading in two different years, in order to help establish phosphorus discharge limits for the plant. (C) 2019 International Association for Great Lakes Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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