POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(Pol. J. Ecol.)

51

2

129-136

2003

 

 

 

Influence of land-lake ecotone on mineral and organic compounds in groundwater and lake water

 

Modest Misztal1, Halina Smal2a, Sławomir Ligęza2b, Paulina Dymińska-Wydra2c

 

1Department of Hydrobiology and Ichthyobiology, Agricultural University, Akademicka 13, 20-033 Lublin, Poland,

2a,b,cInstitute of Soil Science and Environment Management, Agricultural University, Leszczyńskiego 7, 20-069 Lublin, Poland, 2ae-mail: hsmal@consus.ar.lublin.pl

2be-mail: slawekl@consus.ar.lublin.pl

 

Abstract: 

    Lake and ground water in the catchment areas of Piaseczno (mesotrophic), Łukie (eutrophic) and Moszne (dystrophic) lakes located in the Polesie Region (South-Eastern Poland) were studied in 1996–1997. Ground water were sampled from the wells installed on the lake shores (several metres from the shoreline) and lake water from the littoral zone next to the wells. EC, pH, concentration of Ca, Mg, K, Na, N-NH4, N-NO3, P-PO4 as well as DOC and its fractions were determined. Mineralisation of ground water was higher and pH lower than that of the littoral lake water. The amount of fulvic acids both in lake and ground water was higher than the amount of humic acids.

 

Key words: ecotones, lake water, ground water, chemical composition, DOC fractions