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Pigeon Lake phosphorus budget

Description

Occurrences of significant blue-green algae blooms have resulted in stakeholders at Pigeon Lake seeking management options to assist with reducing the frequency and intensity of such events. To more effectively target activities, a nutrient budget was developed to identify phosphorus entering the lake from external and internal sources. The results of the study showed a relatively even split of external and internal phosphorous sources. This indicates that while watershed management efforts must be pursued, there may be merit in exploring in-lake options for controlling phosphorus release to achieve a more timely reduction of nuisance blooms in the future.

Updated

March 1, 2014

Tags
Pigeon Lake algae blooms cyanobacteria phosphorous water quality

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Extent

35 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Environment and Sustainable Resource Development

Contributor

Teichreb, Chris

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Resource Dates

Date Created

2014-03-01

Date Added

2018-02-16T15:30:59.854266

Date Modified

2014-03-01

Date Issued

2014-03-01

Audience information

Identifiers

ISBN (pdf)

9780778598787

ISBN (print)

9780778598770

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