TITLE:
Distribution of Sediment Measurements in Lake Michigan as a Case Study: Implications for Estimating Sediment and Water Interactions in Eutrophication and Bioaccumulation Models
AUTHORS:
David H. Miller, Xiangsheng Xia, Wei-Chuang Huang, Ronald Rossmann
KEYWORDS:
Lake Michigan, Sediments, Nonparametric Comparison Tests, Cross-Validation Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.7 No.15,
September
29,
2016
ABSTRACT: Lake Michigan, the sixth largest freshwater
lake in the world by surface area, was utilized as a water body for assessment.
Field data collected at sampling sites throughout the lake in an intensive
monitoring effort were utilized for evaluation of the distribution of sediment
measurements. An assessment of sediment nutrient and carbon measurements within
Lake Michigan was completed to recognize strata resulting from the
hydrodynamics of the system. Nonparametric comparison tests revealed that significant
differences exist between measurements of sediment nutrients and organic carbon
in the lake using strata based upon water column depth (all results
demon-strated a p