Effects of shoreline development on the nearshore environment in large deep oligotrophic lakes
Rosenberger EE, Hampton SE, Fradkin SC, Kennedy BP. 2008. Effects of shoreline development on the nearshore environment in large deep oligotrophic lakes. Freshwater Biology. 53(8):1673-1691
From the Summary: "1. In large deep oligotrophic lakes, the shallow nearshore waters may provide the most important habitat for animals to feed and breed, and it is this area of the lake where humans are most likely to have initial impacts as the shoreline is developed. ... 2. Here we examined the spatially explicit effects of residential development on nearshore periphyton communities in three large deep oligotrophic lakes ... We demonstrate that substantial nearshore changes in the basal food web are detectable even with low levels of development. These changes can potentially affect wholel-lake food web dynamics. 3. For our priimary study site (Lake Crescent, Washington, USA), we found that algal biomass and accumulation of detritus were higher at developed sites. In addition, both macroinvertebrate and periphyton communities exhibited a shift in composition with more detritivores and filamentous green algae at developed sites."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Rosenberger, Elizabeth; Hampton, Stephanie; Fradkin, Steven; Kennedy, Brian
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Eutrophication, Lake Crescent, Littoral, Lyre River Watershed, Mougeotia (green algae), Pollution