Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the studied lakes41 and lake water composition in 2020 (J. Kopáček, unpubl. data; for details on methods see Kopáček et al.42).
| Code | Lake name | Altitude | Area | Depth | Cat | pH | Cond | Alk | TP | DOC | NH4–N | OrgN | NO3–N | Si | Cl− | SO42− | Ca2+ | Mg2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ha | m | µS cm−1 | µmol L−1 | µg L−1 | mg L−1 | µg L−1 | µg L−1 | µg L−1 | mg L−1 | mg L−1 | mg L−1 | mg L−1 | mg L−1 | ||||
| RO01 | Štvrté (Horné) Roháčske | 1719 | 1.44 | 8.2 | MR | 6.78 | 13.8 | 76 | 5.3 | 0.94 | 11 | 183 | 113 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 1.22 | 1.96 | 0.07 |
| RO03 | Prvé (Veľké) Roháčske | 1562 | 2.23 | 7.7 | M | 7.15 | 23.8 | 177 | 4.4 | 1.89 | 5 | 162 | 58 | 0.84 | 0.14 | 1.38 | 3.45 | 0.42 |
| JM01 | Vyšné Jamnícke | 1839 | 0.41 | 3.6 | MR | 6.76 | 14.6 | 73 | 4.7 | 1.25 | 2 | 180 | 131 | 0.97 | 0.11 | 1.54 | 1.71 | 0.24 |
| JM06 | Nižné Jamnícke | 1732 | 1.13 | 8.2 | M | 7.62 | 35.6 | 281 | 3.9 | 0.90 | 12 | 148 | 26 | 1.41 | 0.12 | 2.43 | 3.79 | 1.48 |
| TE01 | Vyšné Temnosmrečinské | 1725 | 5.56 | 20.0 | MR | 7.30 | 36.2 | 292 | 2.4 | 0.36 | 6 | 106 | 187 | 0.92 | 0.11 | 1.01 | 5.35 | 0.34 |
| TE02 | Nižné Temnosmrečinské | 1677 | 11.70 | 38.1 | M | 7.38 | 33.4 | 267 | 3.0 | 0.54 | 10 | 127 | 136 | 0.84 | 0.11 | 1.02 | 5.36 | 0.30 |
| NE01 | Vyšné Terianske * | 2124 | 0.56 | 4.3 | R | 5.95 | 5.9 | 11 | 15.5 | 1.25 | 12 | 268 | 158 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 0.59 | 0.03 |
| NE02 | Nižné Terianske | 1940 | 5.56 | 47.3 | MR | 7.06 | 22.0 | 146 | 2.6 | 0.31 | 9 | 114 | 270 | 1.01 | 0.11 | 0.89 | 3.37 | 0.10 |
| FU10 | Vyšné Wahlenbergovo * | 2157 | 5.17 | 20.6 | R | 6.88 | 14.6 | 98 | 2.8 | 0.39 | 10 | 114 | 217 | 0.41 | 0.13 | 0.68 | 2.09 | 0.09 |
| FU03 | Sedielkové | 1871 | 0.03 | 0.4 | MR | 6.79 | 14.6 | 88 | 5.0 | 0.70 | 13 | 158 | 210 | 1.11 | 0.14 | 0.91 | 1.95 | 0.09 |
| FU07 | Nižné Rakytovské + | 1307 | 0.22 | 2.3 | F | 5.40 | 6.7 | 15 | 25.0 | 17.04 | 2 | 634 | < 2 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.81 | 0.10 |
| FU08 | Nižné Smrekovické + | 1355 | 0.08 | 0.6 | F | 5.67 | 9.9 | 30 | 38.7 | 9.71 | 67 | 879 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 0.17 |
| VS16 | Dlhé Zbojnícke | 1894 | 1.12 | 7.2 | MR | 7.23 | 30.6 | 231 | 2.5 | 0.20 | 7 | 71 | 350 | 0.93 | 0.13 | 1.27 | 5.07 | 0.28 |
| VS03 | Vareškové | 1834 | 0.28 | 1.5 | MR | 6.88 | 26.5 | 188 | 2.8 | 0.50 | 5 | 94 | 312 | 0.90 | 0.13 | 1.19 | 4.28 | 0.25 |
| VS02 | Studené I | 1811 | 0.17 | 2.1 | MR | 6.42 | 13.7 | 51 | 2.0 | 0.41 | < 2 | 130 | 340 | 0.95 | 0.12 | 1.49 | 1.88 | 0.07 |
Cond. = conductivity, Alk. = alkalinity (acid neutralizing capacity), TP = total phosphorus, DOC = dissolved organic carbon, orgN = organic nitrogen. Column Code contains abbreviation of valley name: RO = Roháčska, JM = Jamnícka, TE = Kôprová (Temnosmrečinská), NE = Kôprová (Nefcerka), FU = Furkotská, VS = Veľká Studená. Cat. = catchment vegetation: M = meadow, R = rocks, MR = meadow/rocks, F = forest.
*Recovering from strong acidification.
+ Dystrophic.