Long-term Limnological Research and Monitoring at Crater Lake, Oregon A benchmark study of a deep and exceptionally clear montane caldera lake /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Larson, G. L. (Editor), Collier, R. (Editor), Buktenica, M. W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology ; 191
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Microbiology.; Invertebrates.; Vertebrates.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Crater Lake is located in the caldera of Mount Mazama in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The lake has a surface area of about 53 km2 at an elevation of 1882 m and a maximum depth of 594 m – seventh deepest in the world. Limited studies of this ultraoligotrophic lake conducted between 1896 and 198...