Potential Contribution of Atmospheric Fallout to the Phosphorus Budget of Columbia Lake, Connecticut

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The Dillon–Rigler Model applied to a heavily "urbanized" lake in New England predicts that less than one half the total input of total phosphorus enters as stream runoff. Of the remaining predicted input, about two thirds may be entering as atmospheric fallout. The balance is suspected to be septic tank seepage and lawn fertilizer runoff. Lake level management dominates the annual pattern of discharge from the watershed and basin and severely restricts the structure of the upper littoral zone. This may have an adverse effect upon the accuracy of the Dillon–Rigler Model. Key words: phosphorus budget, Columbia Lake, artificial lake, atmospheric fallout

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