Bibliography on Vancouver Lake Watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek
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Bibliography of Vancouver Lake watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek

A history of restoration efforts for Vancouver Lake

Raymond, R., F. Cooper. 1983a. Vancouver Lake: Pre-restoration Status and Restoration Progress Report. IN Lake Restoration, Protection & Management, Taggart, J. & Moore, L. (eds.)

Water samples collected weekly or biweekly from Vancouver Lake beginning July 10, 1981, were analyzed for turbidity, suspended solids, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, conductivity, algae, and total chlorophyll. Measurements were made in the lake for water temperature, depth and Secchi disc depth. Results of the analyses indicate that Vancouver Lake is a nutrient-rich, productive, eutrophic lake. Because it is shallow during most of the summer, the lake does not stratify and does not develop anoxic conditions at the sediment-water interface. Bottom sediments are frequently mixed into the water column because the lake is shallow and exposed to frequent winds. The water regime and chemistry of the lake appear to be controlled by a complex interactions between the varying flow of Columbia River water into and out of the lake, the chemistry of the major influent stream, Burnt Bridge Creek, and the effects of very large populations of algae that occur during the summer. Vancouver Lake is unusual because it does not have large populations of blue-green algae or attached aquatic macrophytes, both of which would ordinarily be expected in a warm, shallow, nutrient-enriched lake. In May 1982, dredging began in the lake as part of the Vancouver Lake Restoration Project. During the summer of 1982, increased recreational use occured in those areas already dredged. Suspended solids and algal cell density was lower in summer 1982 than in 1981, but transparency and turbidity remained at about the same level. This change in conditions is attributed to the effect of fine material suspended in the lake as a result of dredging.

 

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