Limnological and Engineering Analysis of a Polluted Urban Lake

by Effler, Steven W.

• ISBN13: 9780387943831
• ISBN10: 0387943838
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, New York is a model for the analysis and management of a polluted urban lake. Sometimes referred to as 'the most polluted lake in the United States', Onondaga Lake is one of only two lakes for which a federal advisory body has been set up to guide environmental remediation. The recipient of significant municipal effluent and industrial waste for more than a century, Onondaga Lake has been the focus of intensive limnological investigation and extensive remediation efforts. This book is a comprehensive presentation of the scientific knowledge about Onondaga Lake, based on research coordinated by the Upstate Freshwater Institute. Onondaga Lake: Limnology and Environmental Management of a Polluted Urban Lake is the most complete case study of a lake, and will be of interest to water quality scientists, engineers and managers, as well as environmental engineers, modelers, and policymakers.

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Preface
Contributors
Background	p. 1
Hydrogeologic Setting	p. 32
Tributaries and Discharges	p. 97
Hydrodynamics and Transport	p. 200
Chemistry	p. 263
Salinity	p. 263
Dissolved Oxygen	p. 272
Inorganic Carbon, Ca[superscript 2+], CaCO[subscript 3(s)], and pH	p. 283
Nitrogen Species	p. 294
Phosphorus	p. 307
Anoxic Organic Carbon Decomposition and the Distribution of Related Chemical Species	p. 324
Mercury	p. 352
Particle Chemistry	p. 359
Biology	p. 384
Phytoplankton	p. 384
Zooplankton	p. 421
Aquatic Macrophytes	p. 436
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	p. 446
Fish Communities and Habitats in Onondaga Lake, Adjoining Portions of the Seneca River, and Lake Tributaries	p. 453
Indicator Bacteria	p. 494
Optics	p. 535
Sediments	p. 600
Deposition	p. 600
Surficial Sediments	p. 611
Sediment Stratigraphy	p. 622
Mechanistic Modeling of Water Quality in Onondaga Lake	p. 667
Background and Evolution of Model Frameworks	p. 667
Chloride Model	p. 672
Total Phosphorus Model	p. 679
Nitrogen Model	p. 690
Dissolved Oxygen Model	p. 702
Fecal Coliform Bacteria Model	p. 714
Water Quality Model for the Seneca and Oswego Rivers	p. 723
Application of Models	p. 743
Synthesis and Perspectives	p. 789
Index	p. 813
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