DEEP-WATER RENEWAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION IN LAKE BAIKAL

被引:252
作者
WEISS, RF
CARMACK, EC
KOROPALOV, VM
机构
[1] FISHERIES & OCEANS CANADA INST OCEAN SCI, SIDNEY V8L 4B2, BC, CANADA
[2] MOSCOW APPL GEOPHYS INST, MOSCOW 107258, USSR
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10.1038/349665a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The physics of mixing in deep temperate lakes is strongly constrained by the existence of a temperature of maximum density for fresh water, and by the pressure dependence of that temperature. The world's deepest lake is well suited to the study of such deep-water renewal processes, and also to the determination of the rate of renewal using time-dependent chemical tracers. The mean rates of biological recycling of oxygen, carbon and nutrients for the entire lake can then also be determined.
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