DOI

  • Galina Zdorovennova
  • Nikolay Palshin
  • Sergey Golosov
  • Tatiana Efremova
  • Boris Belashev
  • Sergey Bogdanov
  • Irina Fedorova
  • Ilia Zverev
  • Roman Zdorovennov
  • Arkady Terzhevik

Oxygen conditions in ice-covered lakes depend on many factors, which, in turn, are influenced by a changing climate, so detection of the oxygen trend becomes difficult. Our research was based on data of long-term measurements of dissolved oxygen (2007–2020), water temperature, under-ice solar radiation, and snow-ice thickness (1995–2020) in Lake Vendyurskoe (Northwestern Russia). Changes of air temperature and precipitation in the study region during 1994–2020 and ice phenology of Lake Vendyurskoe for the same period based on field data and FLake model calculations were analyzed. The interannual variability of ice-on and ice-off dates covered wide time intervals (5 and 3 weeks, respectively), but no significant trends were revealed. In years with early ice-on, oxygen content decreased by more than 50% by the end of winter. In years with late ice-on and intermediate ice-off, the oxygen decrease was less than 40%. A significant negative trend was revealed for snow-ice cover thickness in spring. A climatic decrease of snow-ice cover thickness contributes to the rise of under-ice irradiance and earlier onset of under-ice convection. In years with early and long convection, an increase in oxygen content by 10–15% was observed at the end of the ice-covered period, presumably due to photosynthesis of phytoplankton.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2435
Number of pages20
JournalWater (Switzerland)
Volume13
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Aquatic Science
  • Biochemistry

    Research areas

  • CHLOROPHYLL, CLIMATE, CO2, DYNAMICS, LONG-TERM CHANGES, NORTHERN-HEMISPHERE, PHENOLOGY, TRENDS, VARIABILITY, climate change, dissolved oxygen, ice phenology, ice-covered period, radiatively driven convection, shallow lake, snow-ice cover thickness, under-ice irradiance, water temperature, Ice-covered period, Ice phenology, Snow-ice cover thickness, Radiatively driven convection, Under-ice irradiance, Water temperature, Climate change, Shallow lake, Dissolved oxygen

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