By Jim Kennedy, National Pond Service Why Fallen Leaves in Your Pond Matter More in November Than Any Other Month Every November I get some version of the same phone call. A pond owner walks down to the water on a gray afternoon, looks at a layer of brown leaves [...]
Phosphorous(P) is a naturally occurring element that is valuable to the residents of a pond food chain. When phosphorous is limited the productivity of primary consumers and producers is reduced. On the other hand, when phosphorous is too abundant overproduction of aquatic plants and some animals can happen with [...]
When trying to figure out what is causing the algae problem or reduced water clarity in a pond you should try to determine where nutrients like phosphorous, nitrogen or ammonia are coming from before they reach the pond. Sometimes it is obvious like a stream or creek used to [...]