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

• Published in: Water resources Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 588 - 597
• Main Author: Krasnova, E. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...