Holomictic Lake Information
Holomictic lakes are non-meromictic lakes (i.e., at some time during the year, the water in holomictic lakes will have a uniform temperature and density from top to bottom, allowing the lake waters to completely mix). Although the permanent ice-cover of amictic lakes prevents mixing, they are also regarded as being holomictic.[1]
Most lakes are holomictic; meromictic lakes are considered rare, although they may be more common than generally acknowledged.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Lewis, William M., Jr. (1983). "A revised classification of lakes based on mixing". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40 (10): 1779–1787. doi:10.1139/f83-207. http://cires.colorado.edu/limnology/pubs/pdfs/Pub058.pdf.
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