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Main Title Field and Laboratory Investigations to Evaluate the Influence of Nitrilotriacetic Acid (NTA) on Eutrophication.
CORP Author Pacific Northwest Water Lab., Corvallis, Oreg. National Eutrophication Research Program.
Year Published 1970
Stock Number PB-234 966
Additional Subjects Lakes ; Food chains ; Limnology ; Detergents ; Water chemistry ; Water quality ; Algae ; Primary biological productivity ; Aquatic biology ; Carbon ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Eutrophication ; Acetic acid/nitrilo-tri ; Water pollution effects(Plants)
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NTIS  PB-234 966 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The field and laboratory investigations described in this report were designed to evaluate, the potential impact of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) on lakes and on eutrophication in general. The experiments were specifically designed to determine the effect of NTA and its ultimate potential breakdown products, carbon and nitrogen, on algal growth and primary productivity as well as its effect on lake sediment-water interactions. Since NTA is considered a prime replacement for sodium tripolyphosphate in synthetic detergent formulations, the effect of phosphorus was included in the studies. Lakes and lake waters were selected for study on the basis of trophic levels, ranging from ultra-oligotrophic to highly eutrophic; differences in water quality and chemistry; and location in different geographic areas.