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Some features of the thermal and dissolved oxygen structure in boreal, shallow ice-covered Lake Vendyurskoe, Russia

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The 5-year-long (2001–2005) studies of the winter thermal structure and the dissolved oxygen (DO) dynamics in Lake Vendyurskoe, Russia, a typical boreal shallow mesotrophic lake of glacial origin, revealed still poorly studied features of lake-wide dynamics, such as net lateral heat flux towards deeper parts of a lake and development of the anaerobic zone over the deepest points of the lake basin. We estimated magnitude of the heat transport along the bottom slope based on scaling analysis. The seasonal changes in DO concentration appear to be controlled mostly by biochemical consumption. We identify four factors controlling the extent of anoxic zones in shallow ice-covered lakes: (1) the amount of organic matter stored in the bottom layers, including the sediments surface during the autumnal bloom; (2) the length of the ice-covered period; (3) heat content of bottom sediments; and (4) the initial water temperatures at the time of the ice cover formation.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian Fund of Basic Research (project 07-05-00351); European Commission (projects INTAS-97-0734, INTAS-01-2132, and INTAS-05-1000007-431); Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences; Swedish Institute (VISBY Programme); long-term co-operation with TVRL, Lund University, Sweden; NATO Programme “Security through science” (project ESP.NR.NRCLG 982964); and German Foundation of Basic Research (DFG, Project KI-853/3-1 in frames of the programme “AQUASHIFT”). Support is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are thankful to three anonymous reviewers for the fruitful comments. We also would like to express our gratitude to Profs. Matti Leppäranta and Kalevi Salonen for valuable comments and help in improving the manuscript.

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  1. Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 185030, Petrozavodsk, Russia

    A. Terzhevik, N. Palshin, A. Mitrokhov, R. Zdorovennov & G. Zdorovennova

  2. Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 196105, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    S. Golosov, E. Shipunova & I. Zverev

  3. Institute of Water Ecology and Inland Fishery, 12561, Berlin, Germany

    G. Kirillin

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Terzhevik, A., Golosov, S., Palshin, N. et al. Some features of the thermal and dissolved oxygen structure in boreal, shallow ice-covered Lake Vendyurskoe, Russia. Aquat Ecol 43, 617–627 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-009-9288-x

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