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Development and Testing of a Dissolved Oxygen Model for a Hypereutrophic Lake

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Gelda, Rakesh K., Auer, Martin T.·1996·Lake and Reservoir Management
DOI 10.1080/07438149609354006
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A mechanistic, two-layer mass balance model for dissolved oxygen (DO) in Onondaga Lake, a hypereutrophic, urban system, has been developed and tested. The model accommodates the processes of reaeration, algal photosynthesis and respiration, carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD), nitrogenous biochemical oxygen demand (NBOD), sediment oxygen demand (SOD) and water column oxidation of reduced species. Most model inputs, and many of the kinetic coefficients, were developed through a program of field monitoring and field and laboratory experimentation. The model was calibrated and verified using data collected in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Severe dissolved oxygen depletion is observed in the hypolimnion (lower mixed layer; LML) of Onondaga Lake during summer stratification. SOD and water column oxidation of reduced species diffusing from the sediment are together responsible for >70% of the summer depletion; CBOD, NBOD and algal respiration account for the balance. DO depletion occurs in the epilimnion (upper mixed layer; UML) in the fall. Oxidation of reduced species entrained from the LML is responsible for about 30% of the fall depletion, with algal respiration and mass transport to the LML accounting for about 25% each; CBOD and NBOD are minor sinks. Beyond those features of pollutant loading, fate, and transport, sensitivity analyses suggest mat meteorological conditions importantly influence the character of the DO resources of the lake.

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  • By the onset of fall turnover, CH4 and ∑S 2- were eliminated from the water column as a result of rapid oxidation.

    “By the onset of fall turnover, CH 4 and ∑S 2were eliminated from the water column as a result of the rapid oxidation of these constituents (Effler et al. 1988, Addess and Effler 1996, Gelda and Auer 1996).”

    From Implications of redox processes for the rehabilitation of an urban lake, Onondaga Lake, New York (2008) · cites this paper as Gelda and Auer 1996

    The Reduced Chemical Species Oxygen Demand section (p. 7) identifies methane and sulfide among the reduced species oxidized as fall turnover approaches. The Reduced Species section (p. 9) says their concentrations decline during fall mixing, not that they have been eliminated from the water column by the onset of turnover. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • In 1990, the minimum dissolved oxygen concentration was 1.6 mg/L.

    “Progressive increases occurred after the mid-October minimum (DOmin = 1.6 mg/L; Fig. 3a) in response to inputs from atmosphere exchange and photosynthesis exceeding sink processes (Gelda and Auer 1996).”

    From Implications of redox processes for the rehabilitation of an urban lake, Onondaga Lake, New York (2008) · cites this paper as Gelda and Auer 1996

    The Dissolved Oxygen – UML section (p. 10) describes a fall 1990 oxygen minimum followed by recovery, but it does not give the minimum as 1.6 mg/L. The cited paper supports the recovery discussed after the parenthetical value, not that specific number. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The hypereutrophic condition of Onondaga Lake caused depletion of dissolved oxygen in the upper waters during the fall mixing period associated with oxidation of reduced byproducts.

    “depletion of DO in the upper waters during the fall mixing period associated with the oxidation of these byproducts (Gelda and Auer 1996)”

    From Implications of redox processes for the rehabilitation of an urban lake, Onondaga Lake, New York (2008) · cites this paper as Gelda and Auer 1996

  • These byproducts are oxidized during the fall mixing period, causing severe depletion of dissolved oxygen (e.g., DO <5 mg/L) in the upper waters of Onondaga Lake.

    “These byproducts are oxidized during the fall mixing period, causing severe depletion of DO (e.g., DO <5 mg/L) in the upper waters (Gelda and Auer 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 Gelda and Auer 1996

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Authors
Gelda, R. K., & Auer, M. T.
Affiliations
  • Upstate Freshwater Institute (US)
  • Michigan Technological University (US)
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Venue
Lake and Reservoir Management
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1996-03
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
165-179
ISSN
  • 0743-8141 (ISSN-L)
  • 1040-2381
  • 2151-5530
DOI
10.1080/07438149609354006
OpenAlex
W2067940934
Cited by
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Language
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  • Digital Commons - Michigan Tech (Michigan Technological University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Quality and Resources Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
Keywords
dissolved oxygen modeling, hypereutrophic lakes, Onondaga Lake, reaeration, biochemical oxygen demand, sediment oxygen demand, seasonal stratification, urban lakes, model calibration and verification

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