Loading...
Continued Monitoring of Macrophyte Biomass and Filamentous Algal Cover in Conesus Lake Summer 2009
Journal Title
Readers/Advisors
Journal Title
Term and Year
Publication Date
2010-01-22
Book Title
Publication Volume
Publication Issue
Publication Begin
Publication End
Number of pages
Files
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Abstract
This study continues a long-term program designed to monitor trends in growth of macrophyte beds and filamentous algae along the shoreline of Conesus Lake. The program was initiated as part of the U.S.D.A. watershed project and is now sustained with the support of Livingston County. We now have an extensive and valuable ten-year record of plant biomass and distribution that can be used to assess natural changes in the Conesus Lake ecosystem and to evaluate the efficacy of management practices that target nuisance plant growth.
The results of the 2009 monitoring study reported here provide more evidence on the potential changes in plant growth at North Gully Cove brought about by the rechanneling of North Gully creek. Because our study sites are a subset of those included in the U.S.D.A. project, the present study also contributes to the long-term database of macrophyte and filamentous algal growth along the shoreline in Conesus Lake.
Citation
DOI
Description
Report Submitted to The Livingston County Planning Department by
Isidro Bosch, Hannah Dodge, Adam Dumas, and Matthew Stryker
Department of Biology, State University of New York at Geneseo
1 College Circle, Geneseo NY 14454