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Originally Posted by John Mercier
"Nutrient loading can be the result of nutrients that are trapped in the bottom soils and released during an upwelling (which is why it can happen below the ice), or any time that water is ''stirred'' by either weather or other activities."
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Nutrient loading" is another term for "sequestration": which means that compounds of primarily nitrogen and phosphorus "lie in wait" to be stored, distributed or disturbed at a later time. (E.g., "carbon sequestration").
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Originally Posted by Chimi
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Excerpts from the above article regarding Wake Boats:
1) "The downward angle of the propwash from wake boats
causes algae blooms by stirring up sediment and reintroducing sequestered phosphorus and nitrates into the water column. Lake water is warmed by this increased turbidity, making aquatic ecosystems less hospitable for native flora and fauna. Often native plants are uprooted and fish nests destroyed".
2) "Some shorelines are naturally hardened and able to withstand wake boats operating nearby..."
A suggestion for the ultimate boating use for
The Broads?
