Abstract
Abstract Since 1959 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has used neutralizing agents to raise the pH of New York lakes. Initial experimental lake treatments were used to neutralize bog and kettle ponds. These treatments successfully raised the pH of these ponds, but fish production was limited by low dissolved oxygen in some of these ponds. Therefore, neutralization did not always produce acceptable fish habitat. The more recent operational lake neutralization program is an effort to mitigate the impact of acidic deposition. This program has utilized a variety of neutralizing agents and dispersal systems. Pending better knowledge of the ecological effects of lake neutralization, it is used only to protect extraordinary fishery resources in New York.
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