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Inorganic tripton in the Finger Lakes of New York: importance to optical characteristics

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Inorganic particles in the upper waters of the 11 Finger Lakes of New York are morphometrically and elementally characterized by individual particle analysis conducted with scanning electron microscopy interfaced with automated image and X-ray analyses (IPA/SAX). Coupled measurements of Secchi disk transparency (SD), the attenuation coefficient for downwelling irradiance (K d ), the beam attenuation coefficient at 660 nm, and turbidity (T n ) were made to support evaluation of the importance of non-living, inorganic particles (inorganic tripton) in regulating these optical features of water quality. Wide differences in levels of inorganic tripton, represented in terms of particle projected area per unit volume (PAV in ), and the optical measures are reported for these lakes. However, generally similar size distributions are observed for the inorganic tripton for the lakes. Terrigenous suspensoids, in the form of clay minerals, dominated the inorganic tripton particle assemblage of nine lakes, while CaCO3, formed autochthonously, dominated in the other two and was a noteworthy contributor in four others. PAV in is demonstrated to be an important regulator of the optical properties of these lakes, performing substantially better than chlorophyll in predicting SD, and T n , and interlake differences in these optical measures.

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Peng, F., Effler, S.W. Inorganic tripton in the Finger Lakes of New York: importance to optical characteristics. Hydrobiologia 543, 259–277 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-7892-2

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