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OXYGEN IN LAKES, STREAMS,. AND RESERVOIRS. SOLUBILITY OF OXYGEN IN WATER RELATIVE TO PRESSURE. SOLUBILITY OF OXYGEN IN WATER RELATIVE TO TEMPERATURE. OXYGEN. SOURCES. LOSSES. CHEMICAL HUMIC ACIDS IRON COMMUNITY METABOLISM. ATMOSPHERE PHOTOSYNTHESIS. RED MUD – BLACK MUD.
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OXYGEN IN LAKES, STREAMS, AND RESERVOIRS
OXYGEN SOURCES LOSSES CHEMICAL HUMIC ACIDS IRON COMMUNITY METABOLISM • ATMOSPHERE • PHOTOSYNTHESIS
HOW COULD TWO SIMILAR LAKES HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT OXYGEN PROFILES IN SUMMER?
SUPPOSE A LAKE HAS THE FOLLOWING CLINOGRADE OXYGEN CURVE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON
CASCADE OF EVENTS LEADING TO TURNOVER WITH CHANGE IN OXYGEN PROFILE
LAKE NASSER • Surface area [km2] 6,000 • Volume [km3] 162 • Maximum depth [m] 110 • Mean depth [m] 70 • Water level Regulated Normal range of annual water level fluctuation [m] 25 • Length of shoreline [km] ca. 9,000 • Catchment area [km2] 2,849,000
OXYGEN DEFICIT INCREASES WITH • INCREASED PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTION • INCREASED PHOSPHATE • INCREASE IN HYPOLIMNETIC VOLUME
OXYGEN DEFICIT PROPORTIONAL TO THE INVERSE OF THE EPILIMNETIC TRANSPARENCY Example: Diamond Lake in Oregon