Iron transport in a Lake Tahoe tributary and its potential influence upon phytoplankton growth

摘要: Abstract Water from Ward Creek, a tributary of Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada, was analyzed for iron content October 1972 to April 1974. Two analytical techniques were used: bathophenanthroline colorimetric method which produced total data, and X-ray fluorescence permitted separate determinations dissolved particulate iron. Iron concentrations show marked seasonal variability. The transport during one-year period in 1972–1973 approximately 6000 kg, or 0.2% the Tahoe. Most stream water Tahoe basin results erosion, producing high predominance forms. Because possibility various breakdown mechanisms, this is potentially stimulatory algal growth lake.