| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Differences in physical, chemical, and biological conditions in two small (<20 ha) saline lakes less than 1 km apart in south-central British Columbia are examined. Although the lake basins are morphometrically similar, differences in their watershed geology and topography in large part may be responsible for the more saline lake showing severe and anomalous meromictic features while the less saline lake exhibits normal dimictic characteristics. Bacterial and phytoplankton population densities and production profiles of the lakes are compared along with some aspects of their zooplankton populations. water quality, lake, limnology |
