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TOC fluctuations in a humic lake as related to catchment acidification, season and climate

TOC fluctuations in a humic lake as related to catchment acidification, season and climate Studies of fluctuations in total organic carbon (TOC) were performedin both the reference basin and the acidified basin of experimental LakeSkjervatjern, in order to separate effects of various catchment and in-lakeprocesses. Nearly five years of catchment acidification did not inducesignificant changes in TOC. TOC concentrations was not related clearly toprecipitation or runoff. In both basins, there was a regular, seasonal patternwith a gradual increase in TOC concentrations from spring to late autumn.Minima in concentrations occurred during periods with frozen ground inwinter, irrespective of discharge patterns. The decrease from ∼10 mg C l-1 in autumn to 1--2 mg C l-1 in latewinter, was only seen in surface layers. Runoff was the major loss routefor surface TOC in the lake. Photo-oxidation, bacterial oxidation, andsedimentation combined yielded maximum loss rates of 3%of surface TOC d-1. Below a depth of 1 m 0.5%d-1 was lost to these same processes. The surface microlayerhad 5--10 times more TOC than the bulk water on average, and could haveeffects on gas exchange and sub-surface light. Despite the oxidation ofTOC, the short residence time of the lake and rapid replacement of TOCfrom the catchment was the major determinant of lake water TOC. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biogeochemistry Springer Journals

TOC fluctuations in a humic lake as related to catchment acidification, season and climate

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1997 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Earth Sciences; Biogeosciences; Ecosystems; Environmental Chemistry; Life Sciences, general
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0168-2563
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10.1023/A:1005740030477
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Abstract

Studies of fluctuations in total organic carbon (TOC) were performedin both the reference basin and the acidified basin of experimental LakeSkjervatjern, in order to separate effects of various catchment and in-lakeprocesses. Nearly five years of catchment acidification did not inducesignificant changes in TOC. TOC concentrations was not related clearly toprecipitation or runoff. In both basins, there was a regular, seasonal patternwith a gradual increase in TOC concentrations from spring to late autumn.Minima in concentrations occurred during periods with frozen ground inwinter, irrespective of discharge patterns. The decrease from ∼10 mg C l-1 in autumn to 1--2 mg C l-1 in latewinter, was only seen in surface layers. Runoff was the major loss routefor surface TOC in the lake. Photo-oxidation, bacterial oxidation, andsedimentation combined yielded maximum loss rates of 3%of surface TOC d-1. Below a depth of 1 m 0.5%d-1 was lost to these same processes. The surface microlayerhad 5--10 times more TOC than the bulk water on average, and could haveeffects on gas exchange and sub-surface light. Despite the oxidation ofTOC, the short residence time of the lake and rapid replacement of TOCfrom the catchment was the major determinant of lake water TOC.

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Biogeochemistry – Springer Journals

Published: Sep 18, 2004

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