Browsing Articles and Newsletters (Water Resources) by Author "Makarewicz, Joseph C."
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A Technique for Identifying Pollution Sources in a Watershed: Stressed Stream Analysis Revisited
(1999-04-01)This article describes stressed stream analysis, and how it is used to identify and prioritize sub-watersheds by their relative contribution to the deterioration of the lake ecosystem and, subsequently, to locate point and ... -
Agricultural BMPs in the Conesus Lake Watershed: Monitoring Impact
(2006-01-01)A goal of this project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of various agricultural management plans on steep-sloped highly erodable hydrologically sensitive farm lands to upstate farmers. -
The Impact of Stream Nutrient Loading on Macrophytes and Metaphyton in Conesus Lake, USA
(2006-02-01)During the summers of 2000, 2001 and 2002, the littoral zone of Conesus Lake (40°54'N, 77°43'W) supported massive blooms of metaphyton, mostly filamentous green algae (Zygnema sp. and Spirogyra sp.). Extensive agricultural ... -
The Occurrence of Cyanotoxins in the Nearshore and Coastal Embayments of Lake Ontario
(2006-01-01)Cyanotoxins are an emerging issue that Great Lakes’ scientists are conducting research on to determine occurrence, spatial and seasonal distribution, monitoring strategies and potential causes in Lake Ontario. Conditions ... -
Trophic Interactions: Changes in Phytoplankton Community Structure Coinciding with Alewife Introduction (Alosa pseudoharengus)
(2000-12-01)Conesus Lake is a eutrophic lake (MILLS 1975) and the most western of the Finger Lakes of New York State, USA. Abundance of a top level predator, the walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum), decreased from a high of 12,000 ... -
Understanding the Role of Phosphorus in Lakes
(2010-07-01)We believe it is important to regard the lake proper as two separate habitats, the offshore and the coastal zone. Over the last 15 years conditions along the coastal zone in Conesus Lake have deteriorated significantly, ...
