Monsoon influences on the limnology of Juam Lake, South Korea

Abstract

Korean lakes differ from other temperate counterparts because they are artificially constructed reservoirs and experience an annual hydrologic cycle dominated by a summer monsoon (JONES et al. 1997, 2003, KIM et al. 2001). In this paper we describe how the monsoon influences the general limnology of Juam Lake, South Korea, as a contribution to the growing body of information on processes and seasonal patterns in Asian lakes.