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Sediment oxygen demand in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, 1999

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Title Sediment oxygen demand in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, 1999
Creator Wood, Tamara M.
Subject Water quality; River sediments; Water -- Dissolved oxygen;
Coverage Portland (Or.); Oregon
Description Low dissolved oxygen concentrations (less than 4 milligrams per liter) have been documented in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, where they are detrimental to the survival of endangered sucker species in the lakes. The Bureau of Reclamation and the Klamath Tribes have been collecting water-quality data in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes since 1988. These data indicate that dissolved oxygen concentrations low enough to be of concern are most likely to occur in late summer, after large algal...
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributor Bureau Of Reclamation
Date 2001
Type text;
Format application/pdf;
Source Wood, Tamara M., Sediment oxygen demand in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, 1999, Portland, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01–4080, p19
Language eng
Rights Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Identifier http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/96

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