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This paper describes the effect of total lake mixing with an axial flow (Garton) pump on the limnology and phytoplankton of two Oklahoma lakes.
The Garton pump destratified Ham's Lake (40 ha) in 3 days. Except for one small isolated basin, Ham's Lake remained completely destratified for the rest of the summer. Algal biomass declined, numbers of species of green algae increased, but numbers of species of blue-green algae did not decrease as expected. After destratification, pH remained high (> 8), carbonate alkalinity was observed and reactive phosphate was undetectable.
An axial flow pump increased the heat content of Arbuckle Lake (951 ha) and caused the lake to destratify about one month earlier than usual. Increasing the heat content of the lake did not affect the concentration of most water quality parameters or the biomass of algae.
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Toetz, D.W. Effects of lake mixing with an axial flow pump on water chemistry and phytoplankton. Hydrobiologia 55, 129–138 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021054
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