TY - JOUR
T1 - Lake morphometry and light in the surface layer
AU - Sterner, R. W.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Mean irradiance in the surface layer was calculated as a percent of incident irradiance using Secchi depths and thermocline depths for two sets of lakes: (1) 20 nearly circular lakes in northwest Minnesota, USA, sampled at a similar season, and (2) 1140 lakes of heterogeneous shapes in Ontario, Canada, sampled throughout the ice-free season. For both, as lake area increased, the thickness of the surface layer increased. Consequently, lakes larger in area had lower mean irradiance in their surface layer. Mean irradiance is complexly related to lake size; when depth increases slowly with area, larger lakes may have lower mean irradiance in their surface layers. But, when depth increases quickly with area, mean irradiance can be unrelated to area. -from Author
AB - Mean irradiance in the surface layer was calculated as a percent of incident irradiance using Secchi depths and thermocline depths for two sets of lakes: (1) 20 nearly circular lakes in northwest Minnesota, USA, sampled at a similar season, and (2) 1140 lakes of heterogeneous shapes in Ontario, Canada, sampled throughout the ice-free season. For both, as lake area increased, the thickness of the surface layer increased. Consequently, lakes larger in area had lower mean irradiance in their surface layer. Mean irradiance is complexly related to lake size; when depth increases slowly with area, larger lakes may have lower mean irradiance in their surface layers. But, when depth increases quickly with area, mean irradiance can be unrelated to area. -from Author
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U2 - 10.1139/f90-076
DO - 10.1139/f90-076
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025207128
SN - 0706-652X
VL - 47
SP - 687
EP - 692
JO - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
JF - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
IS - 4
ER -