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Identification and quantitative estimates of groundwater transfers to formerly charophyte dominated marl lakes with radon-222

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: respectively. With extrapolation to the entire hydrological year, annual groundwater recharge contributed approximately 47 %, 155 %, and 50 % of the respective lake volumes. The areas within the lakes which were found to have the highest groundwater influence also closely matched the locations where substantial charophyte communities persist suggesting that the two are linked. These findings underline the importance of groundwater transfers for the water budget in small marl lakes and will inform management efforts to mitigate their eutrophication.

Source: The Science of The Total Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176141

Authors: Raymond K. Wilson, Joerg Arnscheidt, Yvonne McElarney, Nick Stewart

Institutions: University of Ulster, Agri Food and Biosciences Institute

Language: English

Topic: Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,990