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Light limitation of primary production in high latitude reservoirs
1Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, S-601 76 Norrkoping, Sweden
2Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linkoping University, S-581 83, Linkoping, Sweden
Abstract. To explore the effects of vertical mixing on the primary production in a northern reservoir, a Lagrangian particle dispersion model was coupled to a 1-D reservoir model where the vertical mixing was calculated using a k-ε model together with an empirically-based deep-water eddy viscosity. The primary production of each phytoplankton cell is assumed to be a function of the ambient light and not to be nutrient limited. The photoadaption follows first-order kinetics where the photoadaptive variables, a, b, and Pm, describe the coefficients of the photosynthesis-irradiance curve. The model is applied to the northern reservoir Akkajaure, which is strongly regulated with a mean and maximum depth of 30 m and 100 m respectively. Based on the release of 1000 particles (plankton), the model calculated the mean primary production of each plankton, during four different growing seasons. Vertical mixing has a substantial effect on the vertical distribution of phytoplankton and, thus, on the primary production in a reservoir. It was found that primary production was greater in a cold summer with weak stratification than in a warm summer when the reservoir was more stratified.
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Citation: Sahlberg, J. and Rahm, L.: Light limitation of primary production in high latitude reservoirs, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 707-720, 2005. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager
