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Epilimnion
Epilimnion is the top-most layer in a thermally stratified lake, occurring above the deeper hypolimnion. It is warmer and typically has a higher pH and dissolved oxygen concentration than the hypolimnion. Being exposed at the surface, it typically becomes turbulently mixed as a result of surface wind-mixing. It is also free to exchange dissolved gases (ie O2 and CO2) with the atmosphere.

See also: Lake stratification

External links

  • http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/teacher/thermal/teaching.html

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epilimnion
Jan 01, 2004; epilimnion The upper layer of water in a lake. Compare hypolimnion . See thermocline .
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Long-term response of daily epilimnetic temperature extrema to climate forcing.
Nov 01, 2006; Abstract: Twenty years (1983-2002) of hourly summer temperature data from the epilimnion of Muggelsee, a shallow lake in northern...
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Diet of larvae and juvenile perch, Perca fluviatilis performing diel vertical migrations in a deep reservoir
Jul 01, 2008; Abstract. Feeding behaviour of two functional groups of 0+ perch Perca fluviatilis (epilimnetic, staying all 24 hours in...
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Water color affects the stratification, surface temperature, heat content, and mean epilimnetic irradiance of small lakes.
Nov 01, 2006; Abstract: The effects of water color on lake stratification, mean epilimnetic irradiance, and lake temperature dynamics were...
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Reports on aquatic ecology findings from National Autonomous University provide new insights.
Sep 26, 2008; According to recent research from Mexico, Valle de Bravo (VB) is a tropical reservoir located (19 degrees 21'30 '' N, 100 degrees...
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