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Name?[edit]

Does anyone know how the Myall lakes got their name?

Yours curiously, Nigel Myall Casares, Spain

Look at Myall and follow it through to Acacia, kinds of trees in various places including Australia. This is just what I learned on Wikipedia, and may or may not be the origin of the name. Perhaps some Australians can assist in answering the question more exactly. --DThomsen8 (talk) 03:04, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

myall is an old-time Aboriginal word meaning "A stranger (among Australian Aborigines)" --- see http://www.allwords.com/word-myall.html.

From a hydrodynamic/ecological point of view, Myall Lake has many unusual (perhaps strange) features.

Myall Lakes has only a small catchment directly draining into it but is weakly coupled to the larger catchments draining into Bombah Broadwater and Boolambayte and is also weakly coupled to the ocean. Direct rainfall is similar to precipitation (annual average). So, Myall Lake might be considered the "ultimate backwater" --- being characterized by very stable physical conditions. ^[1]

Myall Lake also differs from other NSW Lakes with respect to a bottom layer of gyttja, ^[2]

The gyttja is associated with extensive meadows of charophytes (Chara fibrosa and Nitella hyalina) and Najas marina, ^[3] ^[4]

Water in Myall Lake has unusually low turbidity and this is related to the fact that charophytes are found over a large depth range ^[5]

Also, the article wrongly states that Myall Lakes are "fresh". Myall Lakes are brackish ^[6]

I hope this information is helpful, Brian Sanderson (talk) 21:16, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Sanderson, B. G. 2008. Circulation and the nutrient budget in Myall Lakes. Hydrobiologia, 608:3-20.
^ Skilbeck, G. C., T. C. Rolph, N. Hill, J. Woods & R. H. Wilkens, 2005. Holocene millennial/centennial-scale multiproxy cyclicity in temperate eastern Australian estuary sediments. Journal of Quaternary Science 20: 327-347.
^ Sanderson, B. G., T. Asaeda, L. Rajapakse, and A. M. Redden. 2008. Mechanisms affecting biomass and distribution of charophytes and Najas marina in Myall Lake, New South Wales, Australia. Hydrobiologia, 608:99-119.
^ Shilla, D., T. Asaeda, T. Fujino, and B. Sanderson. 2006. Decomposition of dominant submerged macrophytes: implications for nutrient release in Myall Lake, NSW, Australia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 14, 427-433.
^ Asaeda, T., Rajapakse, L., and Sanderson, B.G. 2007 Morphological and reproductive acclimations to growth of two charophyte species in shallow and deep water, Aquatic Botany, 86: 393-401.
^ Sanderson, B. G. 2008. Circulation and the nutrient budget in Myall Lakes. Hydrobiologia, 608:3-20.

[1] Sanderson, B. G. 2008. Circulation and the nutrient budget in Myall Lakes. Hydrobiologia, 608:3-20.

[2] Skilbeck, G. C., T. C. Rolph, N. Hill, J. Woods & R. H. Wilkens, 2005. Holocene millennial/centennial-scale multiproxy cyclicity in temperate eastern Australian estuary sediments. Journal of Quaternary Science 20: 327-347.

[3] Sanderson, B. G., T. Asaeda, L. Rajapakse, and A. M. Redden. 2008. Mechanisms affecting biomass and distribution of charophytes and Najas marina in Myall Lake, New South Wales, Australia. Hydrobiologia, 608:99-119.

[4] Shilla, D., T. Asaeda, T. Fujino, and B. Sanderson. 2006. Decomposition of dominant submerged macrophytes: implications for nutrient release in Myall Lake, NSW, Australia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 14, 427-433.

[5] Asaeda, T., Rajapakse, L., and Sanderson, B.G. 2007 Morphological and reproductive acclimations to growth of two charophyte species in shallow and deep water, Aquatic Botany, 86: 393-401.

[6] Sanderson, B. G. 2008. Circulation and the nutrient budget in Myall Lakes. Hydrobiologia, 608:3-20.

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