THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BOTTOM SEDIMENTS IN NORTHERN LAKE LADOGA AS AN INDICATOR OF LONG-TERM VARIATIONS IN THE LAKE ECOSYSTEM

<p>The chemical composition of Lake Ladoga sediments was studied. Nutrients were found to accumulate in the oxidized top layer of the sediments in the deep-water part of the lake. The content of P, N, Fe, Mn increased with water depth and where the sediments had a finer particle size compositi...

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Main Authors: Natalia Belkina, Dmitry Subetto, Natalia Efremenko, Maksim Potakhin, Natalia Kulik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Online Access:http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/limnology/article/view/51