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Balaton LTSER - Hungary
Balaton LTSER - Hungary
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Site Name:
Balaton LTSER
Site Code:
LTER_EU_HU_001
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
Keywords originating from EnvEurope Thesaurus:
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
Metadata provider:
Károly Pálffy
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
physiology
ecophysiology
taxonomy
biodiversity
ecosystem diversity
species diversity
ecology
population ecology
population dynamics
population changes over time
community ecology
community dynamics
ecosystem ecology
ecosystem function
microbial ecology
animal ecology
aquatic ecology
lake ecology
limnology
Parameters:
atmospheric measure
radiation
light
PAR (Photosynthetic Active Radiation)
photosynthetically active radiation
biological measure
plant physiology
ecosystem measure
disturbance property
disturbance pattern
ecosystem structures
abiotic environment
abiotic heterogeneity
anthropogenic environment
habitat structure
biotic environment
leaf area
leaf area index
nitrogen content
ammonium content
nutrients
dissolved nutrients
inorganic nutrients
leaf nutrients
percent carbon
percent organic carbon
phenological measure
plant development stage
population and community properties
community composition
diversity measure
biotic diversity
floristic diversity
faunistic diversity
species composition
species richness
species diversity
species abundance measure
abundance of bacillariophyceae
abundance of bacteria
abundance of benthic invertebrates
biomass of bacillariophyceae
biovolume of bacillariophyceae
plant cover
species group abundance
species presence measure
presence of bacteria
presence of bacillariophyceae
presence of benthic invertebrates
respiration rates
respiration per biomass
total organic carbon
water measure
alkalinity of water
chlorophyll content of water
conductivity
depth
dissolved organic carbon in water
PAR (Photosynthetic Active Radiation)
total organic carbon
turbidity
water level
lake level
water quality
suspended solids
water salinity
water temperature
lake temperature
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Geographic
Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.833300000000
Longitude: 17.700000000000
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