Regional Lake Trophic Patterns in the Northeastern United States: Three Approaches |
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Authors: | Spencer A Peterson David P Larsen Steven G Paulsen N Scott Urquhart |
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Institution: | (1) US EPA National Health and Ecological Effects Research Laboratory, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon 97333, USA , US;(2) Oregon State University Department of Statistics Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA , US |
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Abstract: | N = 11,076). Results were compared to a large, nonrandomly sampled data set for the same area compiled by Rohm and others and
contrasted with lake trophic state information published in the National Water Quality Inventory: 1994 Report to Congress
305(b) report. Lakes across the entire Northeast were identified by EMAP data as 37.9% (±8.4%) oligotrophic, 40.1% (±9.7%)
mesotrophic, 12.6% (±7.9%) eutrophic, and 9.3% (±6.3%) hypereutrophic. Lakes in the ADI and NEU generally are at a low, nearly
identical trophic state (96% oligotrophic/mesotrophic), while those in the CLP are much richer (45% eutrophic). EMAP results
are similar to results of the Rohm data set across the entire region. In the CLP, however, EMAP identified approximately 45%
of the lakes as eutrophic/hypereutrophic, while the Rohm data set identified only 21% in these categories. Across the entire
Northeast, the 305(b) report identified a much higher proportion (32.2%) of lakes in eutrophic condition and a much smaller
proportion (19.8%) in oligotrophic condition than did the EMAP survey data (12.5% ± 7.9% and 37.9% ± 8.5%, respectively).
Probability sampling has several advantages over nonrandom sampling when regional resource condition assessment is the goal. |
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Keywords: | : Lake trophic state Phosphorus Probability survey Regional condition |
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