Macrophyte Production, Fish Herbivory, and Water Quality in a Tailwater Reservoir- Lake Ogallala, Nebraska

• Main Authors: Harris, Douglas D., Gutzmer, Michael P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1996
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Reservoir Lake; Zannichellia palustris
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tnas/82; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/tnas/article/1081/viewcontent/Harris_and_Gutzmer_TNAS_1996_Macrophyte.pdf

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) began monitoring aquatic-macrophyte production in Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, in 1989 because the lake provides cooling water for a coal-fired electricity generating facility-Gerald Gentleman Station (GGS). Large mats of macrophytes in the cooling water caused seve...