Discrete Organic Phosphorus Signatures are Evident in Pollutant Sources within a Lake Erie Tributary

Using oxygen isotopes of phosphate to trace phosphorus sources and cycling in Lake Erie.

Water samples collected during three sampling trips to Lake Erie displayed oxygen isotopic values of dissolved phosphate (delta18Op) that were largely out of equilibrium with ambient conditions, indicating that source signatures may be discerned. delta18Op, values in the Lake ranged from +10% per hundred to +17% per hundred, whereas the equilibrium value was expected to be around +14% per hundr...

Daytime Photochemical Pollutant Transport over a Tributary Valley Lake in Southwestern British Columbia

Tethersonde, lidar, aircraft, and surface chemistry measurements from an intensive field campaign (Pacific ’93) in the Lower Fraser Valley (LFV) demonstrate the daytime advection of pollutants into a lake-filled valley adjoining a broad urbanized coastal valley. On three separate days (immediately before, during, and after a pollutant episode), elevated concentrations of ozone (O3) in the narro...

Great Lakes tributary phosphorus bioavailability

•Plot of sample P richness vs. Bioavailable particulate P (PP). •Slope suggests from that PP is 35% bioavailable • This is not always the case two point were not included in the regression Bioavailable P Contributions •Results of all assays are presented in the table. •If the fraction of bioavailable P (fbio) is known then the contributions of each P form can change dramatically. •Contributions...

Vertical Stratification of Soil Phosphorus as a Concern for Dissolved Phosphorus Runoff in the Lake Erie Basin.

During the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie, dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) loading and concentrations to the lake have nearly doubled, while particulate phosphorus (PP) has remained relatively constant. One potential cause of increased DRP concentrations is P stratification, or the buildup of soil-test P (STP) in the upper soil layer (<5 cm). Stratification often accompanies no-till and mul...

A multi - model approach to evaluating target phosphorus loads for Lake Erie