The 1994 experimental opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana |
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Authors: | Robert R Lane John W Day Jr G Paul Kemp Dennis K Demcheck |
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Institution: | a Coastal Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA;b Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA;c Special Programs, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA;d U.S. Geologic Survey, 3535 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 120, Baton Rouge, LA 70816, USA |
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Abstract: | A diversion of Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA by way of the Bonnet Carre Spillway has been proposed as a restoration technique to help offset regional wetland loss. An experimental diversion of Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain was carried out in April 1994 to monitor the fate of nutrients and sediments in the spillway and Lake Pontchartrain. Approximately 6.4×108 m3 of Mississippi River water was diverted into Lake Pontchartrain over 42 days. As water passed through the Bonnet Carre Spillway, there were reductions in total suspended sediment concentrations of 82–83%, nitrite+nitrate (NOx) of 28–42%, in total nitrogen (TN) of 26–30%, and in total phosphorus (TP) of 50–59%. 3.9±1.1 cm of accretion was measured in the spillway. Nutrient concentrations at the freshwater plume edge in Lake Pontchartrain compared to the Mississippi River were lower for NOx (44–81%), TN (37–57%), and TP (40–70%), and generally higher for organic nitrogen (−7–57%). The Si:N ratio generally increased and the N:P ratio decreased from the river to the plume edge. Nutrient stoichiometric ratios indicate water at the plume edge was not silicate limited, suggesting conditions favoring diatomic phytoplankton. |
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Keywords: | Overland flow Nutrients Stoichiometric ratio Ecological restoration Lake Pontchartrain Bonnet Carre Spillway Mississippi River |
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