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PHYSICO-CHEMICAL FEATURES OF LAKE OTOTOA, A SAND-DUNE LAKE IN NORTHERN NEW ZEALAND

J. D. Green

School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract Lake Ototoa is a warm monomictic lake at 36° 31'S, 174° 14'E. During a year's study (March 1969-March 1970), the lake became thermally stratified in November, the metalimnion being between depths of 12 m iand 16 m. Surface temperatures ranged between 10.2°c (in August ) and 25.2°c (in late January), and bottom temperatures between 9.7°c and 17.5°c. The annual heat budget was calculated to be 642 354 KJ.irn² (15 500 cal.cm-²) and the work of the wind in distributing the heat income 1.730 KJ.mr² (1766 g.cm.cm ²). Secchi disc transparencies ranged between 5 m and 9,2 m (mean 7.07 m) and were greatest in the summer. Light transmission per metre was also high, ranging between 61% and 87%. Surface waters were normally supersaturated with oxygen, but during summer stratification oxygen concentrations in the bottom waters dropped to a minimum of 2.3 mg.litre"² and a positive heterograde distribution of oxygen with depth was found. The oxygen deficit was 0.015 mg.cm^.day"¹ and showed the lake to be oligotrophic. Mean surface pH was 7.82, and the ionic composition of the waters was similar to that of other small New Zealand and Australian lakes located near the sea. Compared with other New Zealand lakes PO,t-P concentrations (range 1.00-10.20 /jg.litre ^;1) were low and NO.3-N concentrations (range 0.12-0.60 mg.litre"') high.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9 (2) : 199-222.
Received 1 May 1974, revision received 16 January 1975

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