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Balaton LTSER - Hungary
Balaton LTSER - Hungary
DEIMS.ID:
https://deims.org/30e906bb-7ed6-4fee-8ae9-539db55dfd35
Basic Information
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Site Name:
Balaton LTSER
Web Address:
http://bli.okologia.mta.hu/en
Country (Site Location):
Hungary
LTER Member Network:
Hungary (LTER-HU)
Subsite Name(s):
Kis-Balaton Site, Balaton LTER - Hungary
Lake Balaton LTER Site, Balaton LTER - Hungary
Contact: Site Manager:
Károly Pálffy
Free Keywords:
freshwater
shallow lakes
aquatic ecosystems
aquatic invertebrates
phytoplankton
bacterioplankton
zoobenthos (lakes)
zooplankton
fish
biogeochemistry
carbon and nutrient cycling
macrophytes
General Site Description:
The Balaton LTSER Platform is dedicated to the study of the largest shallow lake in Eastern Europe, situated in the mid-western part of Hungary. The site, which is a popular holiday resort, consists of the lake and its watershed. Lake Balaton went through considerable changes in trophic state during the past decades. After a period of anthropogenic eutrophication from the late 1960s until the mid '90s, restoration measures aimed at reducing the nutrient load reaching the lake led to gradual reoligotrophication. The Balaton Limnological Institute of the MTA Centre for Ecological Research, situated
on the Tihany peninsula, had an important role in improving the water quality and the ecological status of the lake by providing sound scientific knowledge for the decision-makers and the general public.
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General Characteristics, Purpose, History
Site Status:
existing
Year Site Established:
1927
Size :
576 500.00ha
Purpose of Site :
Research at the Balaton Limnological Institute focuses on aquatic ecology, with an emphasis on shifts in community structure and on causal relationships between the observed changes and ecosystem processes. The main areas of research include nutrient cycling, humic substances, phytoplankton and macrophyte ecophysiology, zooplankton and zoobenthos, food web relationships, fish population dynamics, invasive species and environmental toxicology. The institute also maintains an algal culture collection for laboratory experiments. Due to regular monitoring, there is an extensive data set on Lake Balaton
covering the last 20 years. Phytoplankton research has yielded a particularly long data series dating back to the 1930s. Water samples are collected on a biweekly/monthly basis at two stations in the eastern and western part of the lake, or occasionally at five stations along the E-W axis.
History of Site:
The initial research directions have led to the development of the three present departments of the institute: the Department of Hidrobotany, the Department of Hidrozoology and the Department of Experimental Zoology.
Research Topics:
biology
ecology
animal ecology
aquatic ecology
lake ecology
biodiversity
species diversity
community ecology
community dynamics
ecosystem ecology
ecosystem function
microbial ecology
population ecology
population changes over time
population dynamics
physiology
ecophysiology
taxonomy
limnology
Parameters:
atmospheric parameter
biological parameter
leaf area
leaf area ratio
leaf nutrient
nitrogen content
plant cover
plant development stage
ammonium content
dissolved nutrient
dissolved organic carbon in water
percent carbon
percent organic carbon
suspended solids
total organic carbon
water salinity
ecosystem parameter
bacillariophyceae abundance
bacillariophyceae biomass
bacillariophyceae biovolume
bacillariophyceae species richness
bacteria abundance
bacteria presence
benthic invertebrates abundance
benthic invertebrates presence
community composition
disturbance pattern
diversity index
ecosystem structure
faunistic diversity
floristic diversity
habitat structure
inorganic nutrient content
species abundance
species composition
species group abundance
species presence
species richness
abiotic heterogeneity
water parameter
chlorophyll content of water
conductivity
lake level
lake temperature
photosynthetically active radiation intensity
water alkalinity
water depth
water level
water quality
water temperature
water transparency
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Geographic
Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.833300000000
Longitude: 17.700000000000
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