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Failure of spring turnover in Onondaga Lake, NY, U.S.A.

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Onondaga Lake, N.Y., failed to turnover in the spring of 1986 because of the strong chemical stratification under the ice that developed as a result of ionic discharges from an alkali plant. This stratification had a negative impact on the O2 resources of the lake, as the lower depleted layers of the lake were not replenished with O2. Anoxia and anaerobiesis in the bottom water expanded following ‘ice-out’. Comparison of characteristics observed for the winter through spring interval of 1986 with historic data indicates Onandaga Lake has failed to experience spring turnover in a number of years (approximately 7 of the last 18 yr) because of the ionic discharges from the alkali plant.

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  1. Upstate Freshwater Institute, Inc., Box 506, 13214, Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.A.

    Steven W. Effler & Mary Gail Perkins

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Effler, S.W., Perkins, M.G. Failure of spring turnover in Onondaga Lake, NY, U.S.A.. Water Air Soil Pollut 34, 285–291 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193776

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