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A Proposal to fertilize the Overton Arm and Gregg Basin areas of Lake Mead
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A Proposal to fertilize the Overton Arm and Gregg Basin areas of Lake Mead
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Paulson, Larry J.
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Several limnological studies have been conducted in Lake Mead during the past decade. The recent studies clearly show that most of Lake Mead is deficient in nutrients, especially phosphorus, and very low in productivity. The reservoir-wide average total phosphorus concentration for 1981 - 1982 was only 9 mg/m3. This is below levels found In most oligotrophic lakes and reservoirs. Algal biomass, as measured by chlorophyll-a, averaged only 1.5 mg/m3. That also places Lake Mead in the...
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1984-11-15
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text
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application/pdf
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http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/68
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=water_pubs |
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Publications (WR)
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Digital Scholarship@UNLV
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Chlorophyll
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Effluent quality Freshwater fishes Lake Mead (Ariz.-Nev.) Las Vegas Bay (Nev.) Limnology Phosphorus Phytoplankton Water reclamation Water temperature Zooplankton Aquaculture and Fisheries Environmental Chemistry Environmental Health and Protection Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Environmental Monitoring Fresh Water Studies Natural Resource Economics Natural Resources and Conservation Sustainability Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Water Resource Management |
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