703
Chlorophylls and their Degradation in Nature
Sampling
pH
Water
temperature
(°C)
Chl a
Hypolimnion
Chl a
and depth in
SCM and DCM
DOC
Epilimnion
(μM C)
Hypolimnion Reference
Epilimnion
(μg L
−1 )
(μg L
−1 ; m)
Lake Turtle (USA)
–
–
2.47
–
–
600
–
Biddanda et al.
(2001)
Lake Minnetonka
(USA)
–
–
3.35
–
–
712
–
Biddanda et al.
(2001)
Lake Round (USA)
–
–
8.74
–
–
537
–
Biddanda et al.
(2001)
Lake Owasso (USA)
–
–
4.25
–
–
695
–
Biddanda et al.
(2001)
Lake Mitchell (USA)
–
–
52.7
–
–
784
–
Biddanda et al.
(2001)
Lake Okeechobee
(USA)
–
14.8–30.2
(monthly
mean)
10.0–60.0
–
–
–
–
James et al. (2009) a
Lake Tahoe (USA)
–
~5.0–16.0
0.2–0.9
(0–100 m)
–
~0.9; DCM
(40–60 m)
–
–
Winder et al. (2009) a
Lake Tahoe (USA)
–
~4–14
~0.1–0.7
(0–500 m)
–
~0.3–0.7; DCM
(100, 320, 350 m)
–
–
Kiefer et al. (1972) a
Florida Lakes
(n
= 438)
–
–
2–265
–
–
–
–
Bachmann et al.
(2003)
Yellow Belly Lake
(USA)
–
~3–17 (4–9 at
DCM)
0.7–3 (0–20 m) –
~2–3; SCM? (~8–15 m) –
–
Sawatzky et al.
(2006)
Redfish Lake (USA)
–
–
<4.8
–
2.2–4.8; DCM
(~18–35 m)
–
–
Gross et al. (1997) a
Lakes of the Experimental Lakes Area,
northwestern
Ontario (Canada)
–
4.0–20.0
~1.0–327
(0–15 m)
–
311; SCM or DCM ?
(5–7 m)
–
–
Fee (1976)
Quebec lakes (n
= 8),
Canada
–
–
1.5–6.9
(0.5–1.0 m)
–
–
233-625
–
McCallister and Del
Giorgio (2008)
(continued)
Table 1 (continued)