Open AccessLake Erie Sediments: All Dredged Up with Nowhere to Grow
Author(s) -
J. Besl
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo162719
Subject(s) - sediment , oceanography , algae , agriculture , plague (disease) , environmental science , key (lock) , archaeology , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , fishery , ecology , geology , biology , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering
Agriculture is a key contributor to the algae mats that plague Lake Erie. With so many fertilizers entering the lake, could sediment from the lake floor be used to grow crops instead?