Overview

Lakes change constantly in response to their surrounding landscape, and their airshed. Mirror Lake, located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, has been carefully researched since the 1960s. This book, edited by Thomas C. Winter and Gene E. Likens, summarizes and interprets the extensive data collected on this lake and its watershed from 1981 to 2000, a period during which the lake was affected by a variety of climate conditions as well as significant human activity. The findings documented also identify the panoply of chemicals influenced by limnological processes and include percentages of inflow sources, percentages of water loss from seepage, surface outflow, and evaporation, and the effect of water flow on the lake nutrients.

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Author:   Thomas C. Winter ,  Gene E. Likens
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780520261198

ISBN 10:   0520261194
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   25 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments xv 1. A Limnological Introduction to Mirror Lake 1 Gene E. Likens Limnological History of the Lake 4 The Lake Today 5 This Book 13 Tables 15 References 19 2. Hydrologic Processes and the Water Budget 23 Donald O. Rosenberry and Thomas C. Winter Hydrogeologic Setting 24 Hydrologic Processes 27 Methods of Determining Water Budget Components 31 Results 44 Tables 65 References 67 3. Nutrient Dynamics 69 Donald C. Buso, Gene E. Likens, James W. LaBaugh, and Darren Bade Research Methods 71 Research Results 83 Considerations 128 Conclusions 152 Tables 155 References 201 4. Evaluation of Methods and Uncertainties in the Water Budget 205 Thomas C. Winter and Donald O. Rosenberry Water Storage in the Lake 205 Precipitation 206 Evaporation 207 Surface Water 208 Groundwater 211 Tables 221 References 223 5. Evaluation of Methods and Uncertainties in the Chemical Budget 225 James W. LaBaugh, Donald C. Buso, and Gene E. Likens Uncertainty in the Water Budgets Used to Determine Chemical Budgets 226 Uncertainties in Chemical Analyses 229 Uncertainties in Sample Collection 230 Alternate Approaches to Determining Chemical Budgets 236 The Relation of Uncertainties to Hypotheses 246 The Relation of Water and Solute Budgets to Lake Concentrations 257 Uncertainty in Perspective 262 Tables 264 References 295 6. Mirror Lake: Past, Present, and Future 299 Gene E. Likens and James W. LaBaugh Historical Change 300 Hydrological and Biogeochemical Fluxes 303 Management Considerations 306 Cultural Eutrophication 310 The Future 314 References 320 7. Summary and Conclusions 327 Thomas C. Winter and Gene E. Likens Index 333

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Highly recommended. --Choice

Author Information

Thomas C. Winter is a senior research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Gene E. Likens is the Director and President of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY.

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