Holomictic

Holomictic

Holomictic lakes are non-meromictic lakes (i.e., at some time during the year, the water in these 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. [Lewis, WM Jr, 1983. A revised classification of lakes based on mixing. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 1779-1787.]

Most lakes are holomictic; meromictic lakes are considered rare, although they may be more common than generally acknowledged,

References

ee also

* Amictic
* Dimictic lake
* Meromictic
* Monomictic
* Polymictic
* Thermocline

External links

* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-36 "Circulation: annual patterns of dimictic lakes" at Encyclopædia Britannica Online]


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