Biogeochemistry project update : snow cores 1989-1992 : Plastic Lake & Harp Lake : report

64 Pages·1993·3 MB·English

by  Findeis, J. G

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY PROJECT UPDATE:
SNOW CORES 1989-1993
PLASTIC LAKE & HARP LAKE
APRIL 1993
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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY PROJECT UPDATE:
SNOW CORES 1989-1992 --
PLASTIC LAKE & HARP LAKE
APRIL 1993
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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY PROJECT UPDATE:
SNOW CORES 1989-1992 —
PLASTIC LAKE & HARP LAKE
Report prepared by:
J.G. Findeis, B.D. LaZerte and L.D. Scott
Water Resources Branch
Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy
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PREFACE
The Unpublished Data Report series is intended as a readily available source of basic data
collected for lakes and watersheds in the Muskoka-Haliburton area of Ontario. These data
were collected as part of the Acid Precipitation in Ontario study.
The Acid Precipitation in Ontario Study (1979 - present) was initiated, in part, to investigate
the effects of the deposition of strong acids on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in Ontario.
The primary findings of these studies have been and will continue to be published as
reviewed papers and technical reports.
ABSTRACT
Snow was collected and analyzed as part of the Biogeochemistry program to determine
chemical and hydrological inputs to groundwater flow in two Dorset area watersheds.
Graphs of chemistry, snow depth and water equivalence data for the winters of 1989/90,
1990/91 and 1991/92 are included, as is meteorological data for the same time period.
Complete data summaries are also included for data collected from January 1988 to April
1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
iyT ogT SE O USI M SA nn ay CR vi 1
Snow Sampling .......... oie vay Rohe BAG POR che To Te EE DR Uae 1
Meteorological Data’... ....5 6.5.05. BEN ARTEN TI PRES2 20 2
Summary Data HADIES be (ee, CAES UE AFRO AN | Me et toes 2
Chemistry Graphs ...... PNR RUE RO 5d Werg r PRO RO 3
SDoNDeposition and Weather Graphs:- 20 Doce, sys ante EE Lee 3
II REFERENCES. Lesssales vies ON Rede Po te 3
Ill “ LIST OF FIGURES
Chemistry Results - Plastic Lake
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De ODA PERS RER ge EL Due he a SORE PRE DEN El in 7
5} NOD LEO OD Pees eels athe epeea hS pee tee ssst arr i'd Layers Gorter cae CARS CE TOR ETC 10
Chemistry Results - Harp Lake
Bras OSD AC TERRE URE ER TRAEL Cn CAE 13
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6. AUS DIRS EL RER EEE RE NT OR OT ee RER, 2e | RE 19
Temperature, Precipitation, Snow Depth and Water
| Equivalence - Plastic Lake
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LIST OF TABLES
Complete Data Summaries - Plastic Lake
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Harp Lake
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