Download or read book Long-term Limnological Research and Monitoring at Crater Lake, Oregon written by G.L. Larson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special volume represents the current state of knowledge of the status of Crater Lake, an ecosystem essentially undisturbed by human activities. The lake’s natural dynamics and processes have been studied, including its special optical properties, algal nutrient limitations, pelagic bacteria, and models of the inter-relationships of thermal properties, nutrients, phytoplankton, deep-water mixing, and water budgets.