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Cleveland State University

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2008

Pennsylvania

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A Diatom Phosphorus Inference Model For 30 Freshwater Lakes In Ne Ohio And Nw Pennsylvania, Kyle C. Scotese Jan 2008

A Diatom Phosphorus Inference Model For 30 Freshwater Lakes In Ne Ohio And Nw Pennsylvania, Kyle C. Scotese

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Nutrient enrichment in the form of anthropogenic phosphorous and nitrogen inputs has occurred in lakes worldwide. In the absence of historical water chemistry data, the extent to which this disturbance has impacted lakes in the Erie/Ontario drift and lake plain and Western Allegheny Plateau ecoregions remains to be determined. The objective of this study was to develop a diatom calibration set through analysis of surface sediments and water chemistry from 30 lakes spanning a phosphorous and nitrogen gradient in the glaciated regions of northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania with an additional lake in New York. No current training set exists …