Evaluation of biological water purification functions of inland lakes using an aquatic ecosystem model |
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Authors: | Koichi Taguchi Kisaburo Nakata |
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Institution: | 1. Chuden CTI Co., Ltd., 1-4-6 Masaki, Naka Ward, Nagoya 460-8690, Japan;2. Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Tokai, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan |
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Abstract: | An effective measure to cope with eutrophication of lakes is to remove nutrients that can cause algal blooming by taking advantage of natural water purification processes. Here the term “purification” is defined, in a wide sense, as the potential role of a water body to contribute to the reduction of pollutants and thus controlling eutrophication. Also regarded as a kind of ecological regulating services, biological purification involves various processes concerning seasonal nutrient fixation, such as uptake by aquatic macrophytes, biofouling onto foliage substrates, feeding by organisms in higher trophic level, and eternal loss or removal of substance from the water. In order to evaluate the water purification ability, a numerical lake ecosystem model highlighting the role of macrophyte colonies in the shore zone was developed and applied to Lakes Suwa, Kasumi and Biwa, as well as five small lakes attached to Lake Biwa. |
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Keywords: | Lakes and attached small lakes Water purification ability Offshore and inshore Macrophyte Hydrological parameter |
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