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Additional links about meromictic lakes[edit]

For Ballston Lake: Rodbell, Donald T. and Gremillion, Paul T. (2005). ""A Winter Field-based Course on Limnology and Paleolimnology," Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 53, n. 5, November, 2005, p. 494-500. EAS 02:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see that on the Wiki page for Clark Reservation State Park (NY), the lake('Green' or 'Gorge' lake) is described as meromictic, yet it is not listed on the miromictic lake list on this page. This is different from the nearby 'Green Lake' in Green Lakes Park. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.51.192 (talk) 19:33, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Use of monimolimnion and mixolimnion[edit]

Why are these terms used for meromictic lakes different to those used to describe other lakes? The lake stratification page uses the terms epilimnion, thermocline and hypolimnion. I think it would be clearer if these terms were used in this article but there may be a reason to use the others.

I was wondering about the same thing. It seems like layers of a meromictic lake are divided into two (mixolimnion & monimolimnion) or three (epilimnion, metalimnion & hypolimnion) layers and the terminology is determined more by the person doing the describing than any actual differences in the lake. I noticed that in the case of Jellyfish Lake (an article that I edited substantially), one could easily see the lake as divided into three layers instead of two as it is normally described. The lower layer clearly has two anoxic divisions, one where the bacteria grow, where the hydrogen sulfide concentration quickly rises and there is still some light penetration and one that is without bacteria, with a slowly rising hydrogen sulfide level and that is dark. So could epilimnion, metalimnion and the hypolimnion terms be applied to that lake? Under what situations does the two layer terminology apply and under what situations does the three layer terminology apply?Davefoc (talk) 21:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article has a good description of the epi-, meta-, and hypolimnions. Imberger, J. 1985. Thermal characteristics of standing waters: an illustration of dynamic processes. Hydrobiologia 125: 7–29. These refer specifically to the thermal stratification of the lake - the wind mixed layer, the most strongly stratified layer containing the thermoclines and the weakly stratified bottom of the lake. The monimolimnion and the mixolimnion refer to layers which mix and do not mix. Chogg (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental portal[edit]

Should this article be included in the wikiproject environment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Environment? Chogg (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2014 (UTC) Perhaps also WikiProject Physics: Fluid dynamics. Then these pages will be on people's radars to look after.[reply]

Photosynthetic sulfur bacteria and chemoautotrophs[edit]

From the section "Characteristics":

Because of these unique bacteria, sulfur is cycled through the chemocline. During the day dihydrogen sulfide is absent, while at night concentrations build up.^[1]

Can anyone explain the significance of this statement? And does "through" mean "across"?

--Coconutporkpie (talk) 02:12, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ The Role of Phototrophic Bacteria in the Sulfur Cycle of a Meromictic Lake

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Wiki Education assignment: EEB 4611-Biogeochemical Processes-Spring 2024[edit]

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... that some lakes don't mix all the way because of naturally occurring salts and and even pollution in regions that use road salt as a road de-icing strategy?
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Czesz003 (talk) 20:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, and welcome to DYK. Unfortunately, this article does not appear to meet WP:DYKNEW: it has not even been edited within the last two weeks, let alone created, expanded, or improved to Good Article status within the last seven days. It thus does not meet the DYK criteria. Though this can be disappointing, I would suggest reading WP:DYKCRIT to ensure that your future nominations meet the DYK criteria. Epicgenius (talk) 21:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The Role of Phototrophic Bacteria in the Sulfur Cycle of a Meromictic Lake

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