Simulated Long-Term Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Characteristics of Minnesota Lakes and Resulting Habitat Limits for Fishes

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• habitat 71%
• fish 69%
• lake 67%
• stratification 57%
• temperature 43%
• water column 39%
• solar radiation 25%
• mixed layer 18%
• surface layer 16%
• water body 16%
• water temperature 16%
• air temperature 15%
• radiation 13%
• epilimnion 12%
• hypolimnion 12%
• wind forcing 11%
• summer 11%
• longwave radiation 11%
• internal wave 10%
• potential energy 10%
• open water 10%
• lake basin 10%
• energy 9%
• temperature gradient 9%
• drag 9%
• heat transfer 8%
• inflow 8%
• evaporation 7%
• convection 7%
• cooling 6%
• loss 5%
• water 2%