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The Application of a New Method for the Determination of Particle Deposition onto a Lake
Author(s) -
Banks Hugh H.,
Nighswander James E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1938852
Subject(s) - deposition (geology) , tsuga , shore , watershed , particle (ecology) , environmental science , pollen , particle deposition , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , geology , sediment , geomorphology , geography , biology , computer science , meteorology , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , machine learning , turbulence
For any material liberated from a watershed and deposited by air onto a lake, there is likely to be a relationship between distance from shore and quantity of particle deposition. A new method of estimating total particle deposition onto a lake surface was developed. The method is based on the distance vs. quantity relationship, and uses planimetry to integrate lake surface areas at various distances from shore. The method was applied to Tsuga canadensis and Pinus spp. pollen deposition onto a small lake on the Candian Shield. General agreement was found to exist between total pollen deposition values derived by this new method and values determined by more common methods not involving the relationship between particle deposition and distance from shore.