Physical Controls on Spatial Variability in Decomposition of Organic Matter in Lake Kinneret,Israel |
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Authors: | Ami Nishri Alon Rimmer Udi Wagner Zvi Rosentraub Peter Yeates |
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Institution: | (1) Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, IOLR, Haifa, Israel;(2) Physics Department, IOLR, Haifa, Israel;(3) Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia;(4) Lake Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, P.O.Box 447, Migdal, 14950, Israel |
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Abstract: | High resolution chemical data collected during summer 2003 indicate that the lower water mass (LWM) of the thermally stratified
Lake Kinneret (LK) can be subdivided into three layers: a benthic boundary layer (BBL), overlain by the hypolimnion (HYP),
and on top, the lower part of the metalimnion (ME-L). After onset of thermal stratification, the BBL is the first layer that
turns anoxic, followed shortly afterward by the ME-L, while the HYP remains oxic and has relatively higher pH until later
in summer. Thus, during the early summer, the HYP forms an oxygen-containing layer in-between two DO-deficient layers. Somewhat
later, the HYP is characterized by still having significant levels of nitrate NO3, while in both adjacent layers nitrate is already removed through denitrification. The mechanisms controlling the gradual
decline of dissolved oxygen (DO) in the HYP during the summer were studied. The seasonal mean lake-wide vertical eddy diffusion
coefficient in this layer, evaluated from heat flux measurements, is approximately 4 × 10−6 m2 s−1. The vertical oxygen flux due to diffusion from within the HYP toward its oxygen-deficient upper and lower boundaries accounts
for most of the slow summer decline in DO in this layer. A smaller portion of this decline can be attributed to in-layer respiratory
processes. The low turbidity, relatively high pH, and slow accumulation rate of NH4 in the HYP support the notion that the slower mineralization processes occurring in this layer result from relatively low
ambient concentrations of biodegradable organic matter, most probably due to the short residence time of the particles settling
through this layer. |
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