The Ecology of Meromictic Lakes in Russia. 2. Continental Water Bodies

Meromictic water bodies (water bodies with stable vertical water stratification, which forms because of a difference between the density of its layers) is a rare phenomenon, which deserves protection. On the territory of Russia the territory of Russia in its boundaries of 2020, 53 meromictic lakes w...

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Published inWater resources Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 588 - 597
Main Author Krasnova, E. D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.07.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aquatic Pollution
Arid zones
Aridity
Coastal waters
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Ecology
Glacial lake outburst floods
Glacial lakes
Hydrobiology: Environmental Aspects
Hydrochemistry
Hydrogeology
Hydrology/Water Resources
Karst
Meromictic lakes
Stratification
Stratified water
Territory
Vertical distribution
Waste Water Technology
Water
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water stratification
Russia
relic water bodies
meromictic water bodies
salt lakes
chemocline
stratification
anoxia
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Summary:Meromictic water bodies (water bodies with stable vertical water stratification, which forms because of a difference between the density of its layers) is a rare phenomenon, which deserves protection. On the territory of Russia the territory of Russia in its boundaries of 2020, 53 meromictic lakes were identified, including 30 coastal water bodies of marine origin, 10 karst lakes, 5 glacial lakes, and 4 drainless salt meromictic water bodies in arid zone. A review is given for the main ecological features of continental meromictic lakes and for original methods used to study stratified water bodies.
ISSN:0097-8078
1608-344X
DOI:10.1134/S0097807821040096