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Limnology of the Red Lake, Romania An Interdisciplinary Study /

The Red Lake is a natural barrier lake at the foot of the Hasmasu Mare Mountains in the Eastern Carpathian Range in Romania. It was formed when the Bicaz River was blocked by a natural dam resulting from two landslides during an extreme heavy storm in 1837. This book presents an interdisciplinary an...

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Main Authors: Romanescu, Gheorghe. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Stoleriu, Cristian Constantin. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Enea, Andrei. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Hydrogeology.
Marine sciences.
Freshwater.
Geographical information systems.
Physical geography.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Marine & Freshwater Sciences.
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
Physical Geography.
Geoecology/Natural Processes.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6757-7
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Definition of lakes and their position in the Romanian territory
  • 2. Geographic location and boundaries
  • 3. The Red Lake within the Bicaz Gorges-Hăghimaş national park
  • 4. Paleogeographic evolution of the hydrographic basin and the lacustrine basin
  • 5. Morphographic and morphometric features of the Hăghimaş mountains, the hydrographic basin and the Red Lake lacustrine basin
  • 6. The nature of sediments within the lacustrine basin
  • 7. Climatic setting
  • 8. The seasonal variation of temperature, ph and dissolved oxygen concentration
  • 9. Vegetation and fauna
  • 10. The Red Lake wetland – boundary principles and ecologic characteristics
  • 11. Water management
  • Conclusions
  • Index.

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