Spatial and temporal patterns of temperature,alkalinity, dissolved oxygen and conductivity in an oligo-mesotrophic,deep-storage reservoir in central Texas |
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Authors: | H H Hannan I R Fuchs D C Whitenberg |
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Affiliation: | (1) Aquatic Station, Southwest Texas State University, 78666 San Marcos, Texas |
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Abstract: | Impoundment behavior was determined for alkalinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity from stations located along the length of a bottom-draining, oligo-mesotrophic, hardwater, deep-storage reservoir located in central Texas. The epilimnion deepened the length of the reservoir throughout the summer as a result of drawdown. Bicarbonate alkalinity and conductivity exhibited both longitudinal and vertical stratification. Alkalinity and conductivity in the epilimnion decreased from the riverine reach downreservoir to the dam. This longitudinal progression was attributed to inflow and photosynthetically induced epilimnetic decalcification.Hypolimnetic anoxic conditions first occurred in the sedimentation zone in the upreservoir and riverine reaches and then developed in a downreservoir pattern as summer progressed as a result of drawdown. Alkalinity and conductivity in the hypolimnion increased during anoxic conditions and consequently increased in a downreservoir progression. |
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Keywords: | stratification alkalinity dissolved oxygen conductivity spatial and temporal patterns reservoir |
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