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UNUSUAL MONOMIXIS IN TWO SALINE ARIZONA PONDS 1
Author(s) -
Cole Gerald A.,
Whiteside Melbourne C.,
Brown Robert J.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1967.12.4.0584
Subject(s) - salinity , sulfate , carbonate , surface runoff , environmental science , evaporation , hydrology (agriculture) , temperature salinity diagrams , phosphate , environmental chemistry , oceanography , geology , chemistry , ecology , biology , geography , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , meteorology
Red Pond and Green Pond are shallow, saline pools in Apache County, Arizona, that stratify chemically during winter and circulate in midsummer. Stability is brought about by addition of dilute runoff and seep water to the surfaces; circulation occurs because evaporation increases the salinity of the upper waters and lowers the pond surfaces. Isothermy, dichothermy, mesothermy, and poikilotherny occur during the year. Winter stabilities are in excess of 200 g‐cm/cm 2 in spite of anomalous temperature profiles and the shallow nature of the ponds. The waters are chloro‐carbonates derived by concentration from dilute waters relatively high in sulfate and carbonate. At the overturn, Red Pond and Green Pond have salinities of 22% and 11%. Phosphate concentrations are remarkably high—up to 500 mg/liter in Red Pond. Ctenocladus circinnatus is present in both ponds; this may be the fourth North American record for this green alga.