Seasonal variations in surface water chemistry and fire effects on a pocosin lake : Great Lake in Croatan National Forest, North Carolina / by Elena E. Trapani.
| Author/creator | Trapani, Elena E. author. |
| Other author | O'Rear, Charles W., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Biology. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1998. |
| Description | xii, 176 leaves : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm |
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| Summary | Great Lake is nutrient poor with its water source limited to precipitation and surface or subsurface seepage from the adjacent land surface. A maximum of 13 (conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, calcium, sodium, chloride, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, orthophosphate, zinc, iron, copper) and a minimum of nine chemical parameters were measured during a three year period to determine seasonal trends and to evaluate the effects of a wildfire on the lake. Pre-fire variables showed general stability across seasons while all post-fire variables were significantly different from season to season. The fire significantly affected seven (conductivity, dissolved oxygen, calcium, chloride, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, orthophosphate) of the nine parameters tested, including five (conductivity, calcium, chloride, ammonia, nitrate nitrite) which did not recover to pre-fire concentrations one year after the fire. |
| General note | Submitted to the faculty of the Department of Biology. |
| General note | Advisor: Charles W. O'Rear |
| Dissertation note | M.S. East Carolina University 1998 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-168). |
| Genre/form | dissertations. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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