During the summer of 2013 the environmental office at Lycksele Municipality received a complaint, regarding algal blooms at the stream outlet between the lakes Kalven and Byssträsket in the southern parts of Lycksele Municipality. No deeper studies were made to ensure what could have caused the bloom. The purpose of this report was to examine if there was a specific source contributing to high levels of nutrients in the stream, mainly focusing on clear-cuts and a small dam by the stream inlet, and if the nutrient status differed along the stream flow. Therefore, suitable sites were picked for examination, following the stream flow between the two lakes, and in a stream not affected by clear-cuts for reference. Water samples were picked at each site, determining the status of the parameters total-nitrogen, total-phosphorus, nitrate, ammonium, pH and conductivity. The result showed quite high levels of total-phosphorus (ranging from 40-50 µg/l) and total-nitrogen (ranging from 350-450 µg/l), but low levels of ammonium and nitrate. The results showed no sign of a nutrient input from a specific location. The conclusion of this study is that the present nutrient levels could be high enough to result in a bloom, though probably dependent on contributing factors, such as warmer weather and lower water levels. An alternative explanation is that the nutrient levels could have been higher 2013, deriving from new clear-cuts, but that these clear-cuts stopped leaching nutrients due to older age. Hence, due to lack of previous studies no exact assumption can be made
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-111912 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Larsson, Simon |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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