ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Variability and Stability of Water Chemistry
in a Deep Temperate Lake: Results of Long-Term
Study of Eutrophication
Tadeusz Sobczyński1, Tomasz Joniak2
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1Department of Water and Soil Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry,
2Department of Water Protection, Faculty of Biology,
Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2013;22(1):227-237
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ABSTRACT
Temporal and seasonal variability of hydrochemical properties in a deep, highly eutrophic lake was presented.
It was shown that the feedback between the biocenosis and abiotic properties was of key importance
for the lake environment, especially for features shaped by oxygen content. During vegetation season in a shallow
trophogenic zone supersaturated with oxygen, quick depletion of some nutrients (mineral forms of nitrogen,
phosphorus, and carbon) were noted. In a tropholytic zone, which constituted the major part of the lake
water column, the mineralization of organic matter concentrations of mineral compounds were high. This layer
was completely and permanently deoxygenated (anoxia). The reductive conditions intensified the release of
biogenic compounds from bottom sediments. Many correlations between abiotic properties of water reflecting
the complex interrelationships between biocenosis and biotope were stated. The relationship between photosynthesis
and alkalinity and calcium distribution in the water column also was explained. On the basis of
historical data (since the 1930s), tendencies of temporal changes in lake water chemistry were discussed as
well as causes and effects of eutrophication.