Dissolved organic matter and lake metabolism. Technical progress report, 1 July 1977--30 June 1978
Interactions of dissolved organic matter with inorganic nutrient cycling and regulation of the photosynthetic and decompositional metabolism of micro- and macroflora remains the focal point of these studies. Major efforts are directed towards the sources, fates, pathways, and interactions of dissolved organic matter in inorganic chemical cycling; allochthonous sources, metabolism en route, and inputs to the lake systems of increasing stages of eutrophication; and the relationships of these compounds to the nutrient physiology and metabolism of phytoplankton, sessile algae, macrophytes, and bacterial populations of the littoral zones and wetlands of the drainage basin. Analyses of regulatory mechanisms of growth and rates of carbon cycling center on evaluation of quantitative control interactions among the microflora of the pelagial zones of seversal lakes of progressively greater eutrophy, littoral photosynthetic producer-decomposer complex, and allochthonous inorganic--organic influxes and their biotic processing. The underlying thesis is that quantification of the dynamic carbon fluxes among these components and their rate control mechanisms by physical and chemical factors are fundamental to elucidation of the rate functions of lake eutrophication.
- Research Organization:
- Michigan State Univ., Hickory Corners (USA). W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-S-02-1599
- OSTI ID:
- 6228847
- Report Number(s):
- COO-1599-139(Pt.1)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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LAKES
EUTROPHICATION
METABOLISM
NUTRIENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
WATER POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
ALGAE
BACTERIA
CARBON
CONTROL
MICROORGANISMS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PHYTOPLANKTON
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ELEMENTS
MASS TRANSFER
NONMETALS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
PLANKTON
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
SYNTHESIS
520200* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)