Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Alimnological investigationwas carried out on the small, endorheic lake, called Lake Sfondato, located
in central Sicily (Italy). All the aquatic environments in the central part of the island are rich in salt,
with conductivity values above 5mS cm−1, and are characterized by high alkalinity values and hard
waters. In addition, due to intensive agriculture, many of these ecosystems have experienced a strong
anthropogenic eutrophication over the last decades. In order to better understand the functioning of
these peculiar environments, the morphology, hydrology, and geochemistry, as well as several selected
physical and biological characteristics of Lake Sfondato, were studied in the years 2003 and 2004. The
results showed that the water body is characterized by meromixis, with permanent water stratification.
This condition reduces the eutrophication processes within the lake, which have kept the trophic
conditions constant over the last 50 yr.
Description:
Published
Description:
S333–S347
Description:
JCR Journal
Description:
reserved
Keywords:
Climate changes
;
Gypsum
;
Meromictic water
;
Salt diapir
;
Sink hole lake
;
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.03. Geomorphology
;
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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