Phosphorus in the Boquet

Written By Michale Glennon

A weaving of total phosphorus recorded in the Boquet River 1990-2021 from long-term tributary monitoring March 1990 – October 2021.  Levels range from 4 – 620; red indicates a reading above 300 ug/L. Phosphorus is a key nutrient driving cyanobacterial blooms and lake managers are working hard to reduce phosphorus loading to Lake Champlain from the Boquet and other tributaries. Data are from the Lake Champlain Long-Term Water Quality and Biological Monitoring Project.

Creator: Kathy Kelley

Michale Glennon

Michale Glennon serves as the Senior Research Scientist of the Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute. She is interested in the effects of land use management on wildlife populations in the Adirondacks and is engaged in research ranging from issues of residential development to recreation ecology to climate change. She is an ecologist and previously spent 15 years as the Director of Science for the Adirondack Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society. At AWI, Michale works to support and help shape the scientific research program, provide high quality research opportunities for students, and distribute and champion AWI's work in order to enhance the use of science in the management and stewardship of the natural resources of the Adirondack Park.

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