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Precipitation of calcium carbonate in a shallow polymictic coastal lake: assessing the role of primary production, organic matter degradation and sediment mixing

Michał Woszczyk

Michał Woszczyk

Department of Quaternary Geology and Paleogeography, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznań, Poland
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Mar 10, 2016
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Article Category: Original research paper
Published Online: Mar 10, 2016
Page range: 86 - 99
Received: Jun 01, 2015
Accepted: Jul 01, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0009
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Figure 1

Location and bathymetry of Lake Sarbsko and distribution of the sampling stations
Location and bathymetry of Lake Sarbsko and distribution of the sampling stations

Figure 2

Chemical composition of Lake Sarbsko during the study period. Surface, bottom and pore waters are distinguished. Plots show average values of each parameter ±1 standard deviation in each data set. Dates of collection are given in the upper panels.
Chemical composition of Lake Sarbsko during the study period. Surface, bottom and pore waters are distinguished. Plots show average values of each parameter ±1 standard deviation in each data set. Dates of collection are given in the upper panels.

Figure 3

The spatial distribution of CaCO3 within the surface sediments of Lake Sarbsko. White circles indicate sediment sampling sites
The spatial distribution of CaCO3 within the surface sediments of Lake Sarbsko. White circles indicate sediment sampling sites

Figure 4

Satellite image of Lake Sarbsko from 09 July 2005 showing widespread whiting in the lake. The image comes from Google Earth.
Satellite image of Lake Sarbsko from 09 July 2005 showing widespread whiting in the lake. The image comes from Google Earth.

The content of CaCO3 and the stable C isotope composition of sedimentary carbonates (δ13Ccalc) from Lake Sarbsko_ Locations of sampling sites is shown in Figure 1_

Sample number Depth b.l.f.

b.l.f. – below lake floor

 CaCO3 δ13Ccalc
(cm) (wt.%) (‰ V-PDB)
SURFACE SAMPLES
SAR 4 0 – 5 24.0 -1.69
SAR 5 0 – 5 10.0 -1.67
SAR 13 0 – 5 28.0 -1.49
SAR 17 0 – 5 25.0 -1.77
SAR 21 0 – 5 25.0 -1.60
SAR 24 0 – 5 28.0 -1.72
SAR 30 0 – 5 25.0 -1.69
SAR 31 0 – 5 25.0 -1.94
SAR 35 0 – 5 25.0 -1.63
SAR 38 0 – 5 24.0 -1.75
SAR 42 0 – 5 28.0 -1.98
SAR 47 0 – 5 27.0 -1.55
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