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Hydrochemistry of Lakes of the Patagonian Province of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)

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Chemical studies on 19 lakes of the Argentine sector of the Patagonian Tierra del Fuego Island were performed. These lakes are placed in two geological provinces, Extra Andine (northern) and Fueguian Cordillera (southern). Range of the results obtained, pH (5.80–8.60), TDS (29.5–10,232 mg/l), ionic composition (from calcium bicarbonate to sodium chloride type), Secchi disc depth (0.05–12 m), total inorganic nitrogen (20–237 μg N/l), orthophosphate (5–498 μg P/l), total phosphorus (5–3,800 μg P/l) and chlorophyll a (0.1–63.0 μg/l), indicated the presence of a wide variety of aquatic ecosystems. According to Gibbs model, the mechanisms that control the water chemistry are mainly rock dominance and evaporation–crystallization processes.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Carlos Schroeder (member of the Argentine Society of Science) for his technical and field assistance; to Marisa Rouvier (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria) and Luis Benegas for the information about birds; to Carlos Tremouilles for making the figures; to Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC) dependent of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) for the financial support.

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  1. Laboratorio de Investigación de Sistemas Ecológicos y Ambientales (LISEA), Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900, La Plata, Argentina

    Victor H. Conzonno

  2. Calle 44, Nº 1540, 1900, La Plata, Argentina

    Javier Ulibarrena

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Conzonno, V.H., Ulibarrena, J. Hydrochemistry of Lakes of the Patagonian Province of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). Environ Earth Sci 59, 1431–1436 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0129-y

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