The laurentian great lakes: A biogeochemical test bed

RW Sterner - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The Laurentian Great Lakes are vast, spatially heterogeneous, and changing. Across these
hydrologically linked basins, some conditions approach biogeochemical extremes for …

Outsized nutrient contributions from small tributaries to a Great Lake

RJ Mooney, EH Stanley… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Excessive nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading is one of the greatest threats to aquatic
ecosystems in the Anthropocene, causing eutrophication of rivers, lakes, and marine …

Drivers of water quality changes within the Laurentian Great Lakes region over the past 40 years

O Mahdiyan, A Filazzola, LA Molot… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Water quality of freshwater lakes within the Laurentian Great Lakes region is vulnerable to
degradation owing to multiple environmental stressors including climate change, alterations …

Climate-mediated changes to linked terrestrial and marine ecosystems across the Northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest margin

AL Bidlack, SM Bisbing, BJ Buma, HL Diefenderfer… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Coastal margins are important areas of materials flux that link terrestrial and marine
ecosystems. Consequently, climate-mediated changes to coastal terrestrial ecosystems and …

Climate, snowmelt dynamics and atmospheric deposition interact to control dissolved organic carbon export from a northern forest stream over 26 years

KM Meingast, ES Kane, AA Coble… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Increasing concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) have been identified in many
freshwater systems over the last three decades. Studies have generally nominated …

Stream inflows to lake deltas: A tributary junction that provides a unique habitat in lakes

JS Richardson, T Michalski, M Becu - Freshwater Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tributary junctions in stream networks provide unique habitats within fluvial networks by
contributing differently sized sediment and organic materials, providing temperature refuge …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal dynamics of cyanobacterium Dolichospermum lemmermannii populations in a bloom-prone region of Lake Superior

AW Wood, JD Callaghan, R Loiselle… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (cHABs) are increasingly common in marine
and freshwater environments, including the Laurentian Great Lakes (LGL). Lake Superior …

Larger phosphorus flux triggered by smaller tributary watersheds in a river reservoir system after dam construction

S Chen, L Chen, Y Gao, J Guo, L Li, Z Shen - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Water level fluctuation and modification in human activities induced by dam construction
have significantly affected the production and input of nutrients in the tributary watersheds. In …

[HTML][HTML] Role of tributary cyanobacterial and nutrient transport and sediment processes on cyanobacterial bloom initiation in Lake Superior nearshore

RM Kreiling, CE Givens, AC Baker, RL Kiesling… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2024 - Elsevier
Watershed fluxes of suspended sediment (SS), nutrients, in particular phosphorus (P), and
cyanobacteria may play a role in driving cyanobacterial blooms along the southwestern …

Seasonal and spatial variability of dissolved carbon concentration and composition in Lake Michigan tributaries

SM Berg, RJ Mooney, MB McConville… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a complex mixture of many compounds and its
composition dictates numerous reactions in the environment. Large lakes and marine …