Ultraviolet radiation in North American lakes: Attenuation estimates from DOC measurements and implications for plankton communities

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Williamson, Craig E., Stemberger, Richard S., Morris, Donald P., Frost, Thomas M., Paulsen, Steven G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Rock Lake; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.1024; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1996.41.5.1024; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.1024

Climate warming in North America is likely to be accompanied by changes in other environmental stresses such as UV‐B radiation. We apply an empirical model to available DOC (dissolved organic C) data to estimate the depths to which 1% of surface UV‐B and UV‐A radiation penetrate for several major re...