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<p>This paper presents data on the physico-chemical characteristics of lake water from May to November, the period without ice cover. Chlorophyll a was monitored over two years from May to November (2006 and 2007). Water was sampled at five locations in the lake’s littoral zone. The following parameters were investigated: temperature, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, pH, total dissolved solid (TDS), Secchi depth (transparency), turbidity, suspended matter, conductivity, total hardness, alkalinity (bicarbonates), acidity, concentrations of nitrite (NO2
−), nitrate (NO3
−), ammonium (NH4
+), total nitrogen (TN), sulphate (SO4
2−), total iron (Fe), silica (SiO2), phosphate (PO4
3−), total phosphorous (TP) and chlorophyll a. Data were statistically analyzed.</p>
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This paper presents data on the physico-chemical characteristics of lake water from May to November, the period without ice cover. Chlorophyll a was monitored over two years from May to November (2006 and 2007). Water was sampled at five locations in the lake’s littoral zone. The following parameters were investigated: temperature, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, pH, total dissolved solid (TDS), Secchi depth (transparency), turbidity, suspended matter, conductivity, total hardness, alkalinity (bicarbonates), acidity, concentrations of nitrite (NO2
−), nitrate (NO3
−), ammonium (NH4
+), total nitrogen (TN), sulphate (SO4
2−), total iron (Fe), silica (SiO2), phosphate (PO4
3−), total phosphorous (TP) and chlorophyll a. Data were statistically analyzed.

Physico-chemical characteristics of shallow, high mountain Lake Blidinje (in a karst area of Bosnia and Herzegovina) with emphasis on its trophic status

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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This paper presents data on the physico-chemical characteristics of lake water from May to November, the period without ice cover. Chlorophyll a was monitored...

Physico-chemical characteristics of shallow, high mountain Lake Blidinje (in a karst area of Bosnia and Herzegovina) with emphasis on its trophic status

Published Online: Aug 24, 2011

Page range: 19 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0025-4

Keywords
shallow mountain lakes, nutrients, trophic state

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Physico-chemical characteristics of shallow, high mountain Lake Blidinje (in a karst area of Bosnia and Herzegovina) with emphasis on its trophic status

Published Online: Aug 24, 2011

Page range: 19 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0025-4

Keywordsshallow mountain lakes, nutrients, trophic state

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
shallow mountain lakes, nutrients, trophic state