Seepage lakes

Hurley JP, Watras CJ, Bloom NS. 1994. Distribution and flux of particulate mercury in four stratified seepage lakes. In Watras CJ, and Huckabee J, editors. Mercury as a global pollutant integration and synthesis. Chelsea (MI) Lewis, p. 69-82. 

Krabbenhoft DP, Gflmour CC, Beniot JM, Babiarz CL, Andren AW, Hurley JP. 1998a. Methyhnercury dynamics in littoral sediments of a temperate seepage lake. C J Fish Aquat Sci 55 835-844. 

Cope WG, Wiener JG, Rada RG. 1990. Mercury accumulation in yellow perch in Wisconsin seepage lakes relation to lake characteristics. Environ Toxicol Chem 9 931-940. 

While an exact number of site clusters has not been proposed, the authors consider from approximately 3 to 10 clusters of sites to be appropriate. These clusters should represent different ecoregions with different ecological characteristics as well as different loadings (both in amount and source) of mercury deposition. Care should be taken to monitor different types of water bodies and watersheds (e.g., seepage lakes, drainage lakes, old reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries). Areas that should be considered as potential cluster site locations include lakes in northern New England/the Adirondacks, lakes in the upper Midwest, rivers and streams in the southeastern coastal plain, lakes in south-central and southeastern Canada, western... 

Bloom, N.S., C.J. Watras, and J.P. Hurley. 1991. Impact of acidification on the methylmercury cycle of remote seepage lakes. Water Air Soil Pollut. 56 477-491. 

Rada, R.G., D.E. Powell, and J.G. Wiener. 1993. Whole-lake burdens and spatial distribution of mercury in surficial sediments in Wisconsin seepage lakes. Canad. Jour. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50 865-873. 

His 40+ publications have dealt with biogeochemical processes that control the alkalinity of surface waters, the geochemisty of dilute seepage lakes, sediment chemistry, the interpretation of water-quality trends, regional analysis of water quality, modeling lake eutrophication, lake management, reservoir water quality, and nonpoint source pollution. He recently joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at Arizona State University. 

Site Description. Little Rock Lake (LRL) is a soft-water oligotrophic seepage lake located in the Northern Highland Lake District in north-central Wisconsin (Vilas County 45°59 55"N, 89°42 15"W). Public access to the site, which is in the Northern Highlands State Forest, has been restricted since the study began. 

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