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Nitrogen and phosphorus loading from drained wetlands adjacent to Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon

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Title Nitrogen and phosphorus loading from drained wetlands adjacent to Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon
Creator Morace, Jennifer L.; Snyder, Daniel T.
Subject Water quality; Water -- Phosphorus content; Nutrient pollution of water; Organic compounds;
Coverage Portland (Or.); Oregon
Description ABSTRACT Upper Klamath Lake and the connecting Agency Lake constitute a large, shallow lake in south-central Oregon that the historical record indicates has likely been eutrophic since its discovery by non-Native Americans. In recent decades, however, the lake has had annual occurrences of near-monoculture blooms of the bluegreen alga Aphanizomenon flos-aquae that are thought to be a result of accelerated eutrophication. In 1988, two sucker species endemic to the lake, the Lost River sucker...
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributor Bureau Of Reclamation
Date 1997
Type text;
Format application/pdf;
Source Morace, Jennifer L. and Snyder, Daniel T., Nitrogen and phosphorus loading from drained wetlands adjacent to Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes, Oregon, Portland, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97–4059, p73
Language eng;
Rights Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Identifier http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/110

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