Tutorial: Physical Limnology for Biologists and Biogeochemists - Part 1

Tutorial on Physical Limnology for Biologists and Biogeochemists
06.08.2022.

Part I: Background on Physical Limnology by Sally MacIntyre (Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara)

The ecological functioning of lakes depends on the interactions between the physical processes that cause stratification and transport, both in the vertical and horizontal, and the nutrients, dissolved gases, plankton and other particulates which interact within this framework. Accurate assessment of controls on changes in temperature, thermal structure and oxygen content, water quality, plankton productivity, and metabolism with changes in land use, introduced species, and climate require an in depth knowledge of these processes. Programs in limnology benefit from training in all areas of limnology, yet physical limnology is often neglected. The goals of this workshop are to provide a knowledge of fundamentals in key aspects of physical limnology for biogeochemists and biologists. Topics to be covered include processes that lead to stratification, mixing and horizontal transport by convective motions, mixing and horizontal transport by shear driven motions and internal waves, pathways of incoming stormwater, gases in lakes, gas exchange across the air-water interface, advances in instrumentation, and hydrodynamic modeling.