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dc.contributor.authorMadsen, John Douglasen_US
dc.contributor.authorSmart, R. Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorEichler, Lawrence W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBoylen, Charles W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSutherland, James W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBloomfield, Jay A.en_US
dc.creatorRensselaer Polytechnic Instituteen_US
dc.creatorNew York (State). Department of Environmental Conservationen_US
dc.creatorAquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.creatorEnvironmental Laboratory (U.S.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-23T19:55:27Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-03-23T19:55:27Zen_US
dc.date.issued1993-08en_US
dc.identifier.govdocTechnical Report A-93-14en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11681/6404en_US
dc.descriptionTechnical Reporten_US
dc.description.abstractOnondaga Lake, located in upstate New York near Syracuse, has been heavily impacted by industrial and domestic effluent. Due to these impacts, the native littoral vegetation had largely disappeared. The primary purpose of this research is to revegetate the littoral zone of the lake. In order to achieve this goal, field and greenhouse studies were performed to evaluate factors limiting the growth of aquatic plants. Species selected for greenhouse studies included sago pond weed, Eurasian watermilfoil, water celery, elodea, curly-leaf pond weed, waterchestnut, American pond weed, white water-lily, cattail, arrowhead, and rigid-leaf arrowhead. Only 13 percent of 3,497 quadrats examined in the lake had aquatic plants. The most common plant was sago pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus, 11 percent); water stargrass (Heteranthera dubia, 2 percent), curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus, 0.3 percent), coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum, 0.3 percent), and Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum, 0.06 percent) were also found. Growth of sago pondweed on Onondaga Lake sediments was correlated to the abundance of plants in situ, indicating that growth limitation of plants in the lake was partially due to sediment-based nutrition. Growlh on Onondaga Lake sediments was substantially below the reference sediment. Tests of different species indicated several plants could be used to revegetate Onondaga Lake littoral zones, depending on the sediment type. Sago pondweed (P. pectinatus), American pondweed (P. nodosus), and arrowhead (S. latifolia) were the three most successful and desirable plants for revegetation efforts.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineersen_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsPreface.....................................vi 1-Introduction.....................................1 The Problem.....................................1 Purpose.....................................5 2-Materials and Methods.....................................7 Field Studies.....................................7 Greenhouse Studies.....................................9 General experimental setup.....................................9 Laboratory analytical methods.....................................9 Sediment bioassay--survey.....................................10 Sediment bioassay--sediment types.....................................11 Sediment/species bioassays.....................................11 Seed bank studies.....................................12 3-Results and Discussion.....................................13 Field Studies.....................................13 Surficial sediments.....................................13 Aquatic plants.....................................15 Greenhouse Studies.....................................31 Water quality of greenhouse tanks.....................................31 Sediment survey growth bioassay greenhouse experiment.....................................31 Species survey growth bioassay greenhouse experiment.....................................35 Onondaga Lake sediment seed bank.....................................40 4-Conclusions and Recommendations.....................................44 Conclusions.....................................44 Identification of Continuing Issues.....................................45 Mercury cycling.....................................45 Expansion of current plant distributions.....................................45 Revegetation.....................................45 Sediment composition and water quality improvements.....................................45 Recommendations.....................................46 Remediation.....................................46 Management.....................................46 Monitoring.....................................46 Research.....................................46 References.....................................47 Appendix A: Voucher Specimens of Aquatic Macrophytes Taken from Onondaga.....................................A1 SF 298en_US
dc.format.extent60 pages/10.68 MBen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relationhttp://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1043490en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTechnical Report (Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)) ; no.Technical Report A-93-14en_US
dc.rightsApproved for public release; distribution is unlimiteden_US
dc.sourceThis Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resourceen_US
dc.subjectAquatic plantsen_US
dc.subjectLittoral zoneen_US
dc.subjectMacrophytesen_US
dc.subjectSedimenten_US
dc.subjectRevegetationen_US
dc.subjectLake restorationen_US
dc.subjectOnondaga Lake (N.Y.)en_US
dc.subjectAquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)en_US
dc.titleSubmersed littoral vegetation distribution : field quantification and experimental analysis of sediment types from Onondaga Lake, New Yorken_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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