Submerged aquatic vegetation in Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe: Assessment of changes in response to increased water transparency

David C. Depew; Adam J. Houben; Tedy Ozersky; Robert E. Hecky; Stephanie J. Guildford

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2010.07.009

Submerged aquatic vegetation in Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe: Assessment of changes in response to increased water transparency

David C. Depew, Adam J. Houben, Tedy Ozersky, Robert E. Hecky, Stephanie J. Guildford

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Abstract

A high frequency echo sounding method was employed to assess the extent of SAV cover and depth of colonization in Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe during the late summer of 2006 and 2007. Results from this study are compared to historical echo sounding surveys in Cook's Bay conducted in 1984 and 1987, prior to reductions in point source phosphorus loads to the lake and before dreissenid mussel invasion. This study revealed that the total area of inner Cook's Bay covered by SAV has increased 65% since 1987, and SAV coverage extends to depths approaching 10. m. The areal expansion of SAV and increased depth of colonization are consistent with observations of increasing water transparency documented by the Ontario Ministry of Environment since the 1980s. Tissue nutrient content (N and P) of SAV growing in Cook's Bay during 2006 was found to be significantly lower than nutrient content measured in 1984 suggesting that light availability has increased relative to nutrient availability to SAV. The results of this study support are consistent with other studies demonstrating an areal expansion and increased depth of SAV colonization in response to increased water transparency.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	72-82
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume	37
Issue number	SUPPL. 3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2010.07.009
State	Published - 2011

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The authors gratefully acknowledge Ann Balasubrumanian, Zing-Ying Ho, Ryan Sorichetti and Yuan Zhang for assistance in the field and laboratory. Laboratory space was kindly provided by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Staff at the Lake Simcoe Fisheries Assessment Unit at Sibbald Provincial Park. We thank Ray Valley (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) for contributing R code for GAMs, Dave Ness (Parks Canada) for providing the Lake Simcoe water level data, and Joelle Young (Ontario Ministry of Environment) for providing the Ministry of Environment Lake Simcoe TP and Secchi depth data. Funding for this project was provided by the Ontario Ministry of Environment through a Best in Science grant to S.J. Guildford. Comments from two anonymous reviewers greatly improved the quality of the original manuscript.

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Kriging
Lake Simcoe
Macrophytes
Water transparency

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Submerged aquatic vegetation in Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe: Assessment of changes in response to increased water transparency

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