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An ecological approach to environmental impact assessment |
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| Authors: | Craig Doremus Donald C McNaught Phillip Cross Ted Fuist Edith Stanley Barbara Youngberg |
| Institution: | (1) Lake George Fresh Water Institute and Department of Environmental Engineering, Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute, 12181 Troy, N.Y.;(2) Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, 12223 Albany, N.Y.;(3) Ecosystems Analysis Group and Department of Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 12181 Troy, N.Y. |
| Abstract: | Carbon cycling analysis is presented as a means for assessing anthropogenic perturbations in an ecosystem. Data from oligotrophic, eutrophic, and dystrophic (bog) lakes are used to show general trends in the lacustrine carbon cycle. The oligotrophic lake is an unstressed system and the eutrophic lake is under nutrient enrichment with high algal standing crops and productivity. The bog lake is a pH-stressed environment that is primarily a grazing ecosystem. It is hoped that a more effective environmental impact assessment will result from the use of carbon cycling as a unifying concept in ecosystem analysis. |
| Keywords: | Environmental impact assessment Carbon cycle Lacustrine ecosystems |
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