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Cadmium in the Southern Basin of Lake Michigan

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Recent measurements of Cd concentrations in the tributaries, waters, and sediments of Lake Michigan's southern basin, as well as in rain and airborne particulate matter over the lake, permit the establishment of a preliminary mass balance for this element. Atmospheric inputs are found to dominate (60%); sedimentation is the major removal mechanism (> 90%). The estimated present input rate exceeds the estimated loss rate by a factor of about 2.5, implying that the Cd concentration will increase from its current value of ∼ 20 ng l−1 in off-shore waters.

We have applied a simple model to predict future Cd concentrations given various assumptions about potential increases in input rate. According to the model, even modest rates of growth in the annual input of Cd could lead within a few decades to concentrations in the range where deleterious effects on zooplankton communities are readily observable.

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Muhlbaier, J., Tisue, G.T. Cadmium in the Southern Basin of Lake Michigan. Water Air Soil Pollut 15, 45–59 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00285532

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