Comment on An additional challenge of Lake Kivu in Central Africa – upward movement of the chemoclines by Finn Hirslund

Submitted: 24 January 2012
Accepted: 6 March 2012
Published: 24 July 2012
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In a paper published earlier this year, Hirslund suggested to release degassed deepwater from methane harvesting to the surface layer of Lake Kivu in order to counteract an observed slow rising of the chemoclines in the lake. In this comment, we present strong evidence for the presence of subaquatic springs in the lake that maintain the chemoclines at their present levels. Furthermore, the observed changes in the stratification do not call for urgent action. We therefore strongly advise against the proposed measures, which would most probably be harmful for the ecosystem, and instead propose to further monitor the development of the stratification in the lake.

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Swiss National Science Foundation
Martin Schmid, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Department: Surface Waters - Research and Management Group leader "Applied System Analysis"

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Schmid, Martin, KellyAnn Ross, and Alfred Wüest. 2012. “Comment on An Additional Challenge of Lake Kivu in Central Africa – Upward Movement of the Chemoclines by Finn Hirslund”. Journal of Limnology 71 (2):e35. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e35.

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