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Phosphorus Pools, Alkaline Phosphatase Activity, and Phosphorus Limitation in Hypereutrophic Onondaga Lake

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Connors, Susan D., Auer, Martin T., Effler, Steven W.·1996·Lake and Reservoir Management
DOI 10.1080/07438149609353996
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We examined seasonality in the phosphorus (P) physiology of the phytoplankton assemblage of culturally hypereutrophic Onondaga Lake, an urban system located in metropolitan Syracuse, NY. Four years of monitoring data for ambient dissolved and cellular phosphorus pools and phytoplankton biomass and one year of alkaline phosphatase activity (APA) assays supported the assessment. Kinetic approaches utilizing ambient dissolved and stored nutrient pools were evaluated for their utility in tracking nutrient limitation and gave evidence for luxury uptake of soluble reactive P (SRP) and utilization of the dissolved organic P (DOP) pool by the lake's phytoplankton. The high concentrations of phytoplankton biomass maintained annually from mid-to late summer were sustained in part by the DOP pool. Concentrations of SRP appear to be an inadequate representation of nutrient limitation in the lake. The cellular concentration of P, represented by the cell quota (Q, μg particulate P /μg chlorophyll), was generally lower when SRP was depleted. APA is a sensitive indicator of the utilization of DOP and the occurrence of nutrient limitation. The threshold Q value for inducement of APA in the lake is about 1 μgPPμgChl−1. The onset of APA can be used to identify conditions of resource limitation where further reductions in nutrient availability may be expected to yield proportional improvements in water quality. A kinetic framework that relates growth rate to cellular nutrient concentration (Droop kinetics) is favored over one based on ambient dissolved nutrient concentrations (Monod kinetics) for quantifying nutrient limitation in Onondaga Lake.

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  • TPe levels that continued to the late 1990s (~50 mg/L) and up to the mandated decrease in Metro effluent concentration to 0.12 mg/L (through 2004) resulted in only a small degree of nutrient limitation.

    “However, the available evidence indicates that the TPe levels that continued to the late 1990s (~50 mg/L; Connors et al. 1996), and even up to the mandated decrease in the Metro effluent concentration to 0.12 mg/L ( e.g. , through 2004), resulted in only a small degree of nutrient limitation.”

    From Implications of redox processes for the rehabilitation of an urban lake, Onondaga Lake, New York (2008) · cites this paper as Connors et al. 1996

    The citation is attached to the claimed Metro effluent concentration of approximately 50 mg/L. The Study System section (p. 4) instead reports an average effluent total-phosphorus concentration of about 0.6 mg/L since the late 1980s; this 1996 paper does not establish levels through the late 1990s. Its discussion of a small degree of nutrient limitation (p. 9) concerns the 1989–1992 study period, not the later period in the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Onondaga Lake was described as nearly nutrient saturated through the early 1990s.

    “Despite a 30-fold reduction in Metro's P load since the early 1970s (Effler et al. 2005), the lake was described as nearly nutrient saturated through the early 1990s (Connors et al. 1996).”

    From Assessment of Long-term Trends in the Oxygen Resources of a Recovering Urban Lake, Onondaga Lake, New York (2006) · cites this paper as Connors et al. 1996

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Authors
Connors, S. D., Auer, M. T., & Effler, S. W.
Affiliations
  • Michigan Technological University (US)
  • Upstate Freshwater Institute (US)
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Venue
Lake and Reservoir Management
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1996-03
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
47-57
ISSN
  • 0743-8141 (ISSN-L)
  • 1040-2381
  • 2151-5530
DOI
10.1080/07438149609353996
OpenAlex
W1977538108
Cited by
41
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Lake and Reservoir Management (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - Michigan Tech (Michigan Technological University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Keywords
phosphorus limitation, alkaline phosphatase activity, dissolved organic phosphorus, soluble reactive phosphorus, cell quota, Monod kinetics, hypereutrophic lakes, Onondaga Lake, urban lakes, seasonal variation, luxury uptake

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