Hello, I am teaching a limnology course for the first time and I would like to expose our students (all undergrads) to more primary literature. Could anyone please suggest a few peer-reviewed papers that I could use for such a class? The papers should be relatively easy for undergrads to read, and topics could include water retention time, internal phosphorus loading, global freshwater distribution, differences between catchment types (e.g., reservoirs vs. natural lakes), and littoral vs. pelagic zone.
For lab, we are measuring in our local lake, Lake Mitchell (Mitchell, SD), dissolved oxygen, turbidity (with a secchi disk), and the temperature profile every two weeks. We also will do a plankton tow this week, and we will measure total P and probably total N later in the semester. Papers related to these would be helpful! These topics are out of my specialty, so I am well versed in food web papers for lakes, but these other factors, well, not so much. Has anyone ever done a "reader" of limnology? That would be very useful... Thank you for your suggestions! Best regards, Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ L. Brian Patrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology and Chair Department of Biological Sciences Dakota Wesleyan University 1200 W. University Ave. Mitchell, SD 57301
