Title:
Internal Loading in Southeastern Piedmont Impoundments
Internal Loading in Southeastern Piedmont Impoundments
| dc.contributor.author | Ceballos, Elena L. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Rasmussen, Todd C. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-07T13:38:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-07T13:38:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-03 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 27-29, 2007, Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In Piedmont impoundments in Georgia, as well as lakes and impoundments throughout the world, accelerated eutrophication of lakes causes detrimental ecological effects such as algal blooms, lake anoxia and toxic metal release from sediments. It often renders water unsafe for agricultural use, recreation and drinking. To reduce the eutrophication of local Piedmont impoundments, recent regulatory controls for nutrients were established as part of the Clean Lakes program and courtordered total maximum daily loads. These regulatory efforts focus on the reduction and minimization of pointsource watershed nutrient inputs, primarily phosphorus, into lake systems, as phosphorus is the limiting nutrient in Piedmont impoundments. Reductions in phosphorus loading are expected to improve lake water quality. However, in the Piedmont, as well as worldwide, many lakes continue to experience algal blooms and lake anoxia after sources of external loading are discontinued. Internal loading has been identified to be a source of algal available phosphorus, as well as other nutrients. The conditions under which internal loading takes place are region-specific as they vary based on local physical, chemical and biological conditions. The purpose of our research is to quantify changes in algal biomass in response to internal loading from resuspended sediment in Lake Allatoona, Georgia. The results of a mesocosm experiment are used to evaluate potential appropriate remediation strategies to minimize detrimental algal blooms in Southeastern Piedmont impoundments. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397) or the other conference sponsors. | |
| dc.embargo.terms | null | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48269 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | GWRI2007. Poster Presentations | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Piedmont impoundments | en_US |
| dc.subject | Algal blooms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lake anoxia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Toxic metal release | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water contamination | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water quality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lake eutrophication | en_US |
| dc.subject | Internal loading | en_US |
| dc.title | Internal Loading in Southeastern Piedmont Impoundments | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Water Resources Institute | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Georgia Water Resources Conference | |
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