Percent Incident Light
01
50
100
Temperature (C)
5
10
15
20
0
.
5
ure
temperat
Metalimnion
10
Hypolimnion
15
20
Figure 1.2.4. Diagram illustrating thermal patterns typical of a stratified monomictic lake.
The extinction of incident light is also shown illustrating the relationship between
absorbance of light energy and the resulting temperatures in a lake.
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