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The depletion of hypolimnetic DO and the upper depth boundary of anoxia for four different years (1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981), and the accumulation of sulfide for a single year (1981), are documented for ionically enriched hypereutrophic Onondaga Lake, NY, USA. The depletion rate, represented as the areal hypolimnetic oxygen deficit (AHOD, g m−2 day−1), was extremely high (1.2–2.7 g m−2 day−1), The large differences in the rate within individual years and from year to year were largely a result of differences in attendant vertical mixing (parameterized as the hypolimnetic heating rate). The entire hypolimnion (depth interval from 11 to 20 m) was without O2 by late June of all 4 yr; anoxia was observed above the hypolimnion on some occasions when secondary stratification occurred. Sulfide accumulated progressively in the hypolimnion in 1981 following the onset of anoxia to a volume weighted concentration of I1 mg L−1. The ionic discharge from an adjoining alkali manufacturer exacerbated the problem of limited O2 resources of the hypolimnion by: (1) decreasing vertical mixing, (2) prolonging the duration of stratification, (3) causing abbreviated turnovers, and (4) encouraging increased rates of phytoplankton settling.
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Effler, S.W., Perkins, M.G. & Brooks, C. The oxygen resources of the hypolimnion of ionically enriched onondaga lake, NY, U.S.A.. Water Air Soil Pollut 29, 93–108 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149332
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