University of Michigan: Release of Nutrients From Lake-Bottom Sediments Worsens Lake Erie's Annual 'Dead Zone,' Could Intensify as Climate Warms
February 20, 2021
February 20, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Robotic laboratories on the bottom of Lake Erie have revealed that the muddy sediments there release nearly as much of the nutrient phosphorus into the surrounding waters as enters the lake's central basin each year from rivers and their tributaries.
Excessive phosphorus, largely from agricultural sources, contributes to the annual summer cyanobacteria bloom that . . .
Robotic laboratories on the bottom of Lake Erie have revealed that the muddy sediments there release nearly as much of the nutrient phosphorus into the surrounding waters as enters the lake's central basin each year from rivers and their tributaries.
Excessive phosphorus, largely from agricultural sources, contributes to the annual summer cyanobacteria bloom that . . .