The Scientific World Journal / 2012 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Variability of Water Chemistry in Tundra Lakes, Petuniabukta Coast, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard Table 2 Statistics for major ions, pH, and specific electric conductivity (EC) data for tundra lakes I–IV for the period 2001 to 2003 and separately for the years 2001, 2002, and 2003; also provided for comparison are the chemical properties of water in Lakes I, III, and IV on 1 September 2006 and (a) in the lakes on the strandflat of Spitsbergen between 28th July and 14th August 1995 [
12 ] as well as (b) in the lakes on terraces around Petunia Bay from 28th June to 27th July 1987 [
11 ].
Lake Parameter pH EC Ca2+ Mg2+ Na+ K+
H
C
O
3
−
Cl−
S
O
4
2
−
— μ S cm−1 μ eq L−1 Lakes I–IV I Min 7.9 203 1 600 250 129 14 2 320 170 227 I Mean 8.2 345 2 584 813 230 26 2 934 335 556 I Max 8.6 524 4 456 1 850 412 37 4 580 618 1 118 I Mean 2001,
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=
9
8.0 372 2 819 630 288 30 2 854 406 669 I Mean 2002,
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=
8
8.3 387 2 732 985 201 22 3 281 314 648 I Mean 2003,
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=
7
8.2 261 2 114 853 190 25 2 640 270 307 I 01/09/2006 — 414 3 340 810 210 30 3 020 490 1 000 II Min 7.8 286 1 900 220 204 20 2 400 104 192 II Mean 8.2 398 3 019 823 255 26 3 214 334 700 II Max 8.6 526 3 992 1 570 401 34 4 000 692 1 322 II Mean 2001,
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=
9
8.0 374 2 760 685 251 25 2 861 288 613 II Mean 2002,
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=
6
8.3 433 3 409 1 030 261 26 3 743 402 831 III Min 7.6 244 1 400 60 140 14 1 500 165 219 III Mean 8.1 371 2 408 853 226 24 2 909 332 673 III Max 8.5 559 4 632 2 180 276 34 4 520 527 1 359 III Mean 2001,
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=
9
7.8 327 2 167 653 234 26 2 442 344 640 III Mean 2002,
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=
6
8.2 436 2 770 1 154 215 20 3 608 315 723 III 01/09/2006 — 469 3 670 690 180 50 3 290 430 1 330 II/III Min 7.8 209 1 560 470 136 12 1 840 195 169 II/III Mean,
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=
7
8.3 242 2 057 729 194 24 2 433 259 294 II/III Max 8.6 268 2 660 1 000 304 32 3 140 410 483 IV Min 7.7 233 1 320 140 197 28 900 305 457 IV Mean 8.3 279 1 744 763 314 50 1 692 479 669 IV Max 8.7 355 3 220 1 200 449 66 2 270 727 1 020 IV Mean 2001,
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=
8
7.8 275 1 630 455 352 52 1 319 518 730 IV Mean 2002,
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=
8
8.5 303 1 968 920 321 50 1 859 522 747 IV Mean 2003,
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=
7
8.3 256 1 620 935 262 49 1 928 384 511 IV 01/09/2006 — 376 2 270 1 100 420 70 2 010 760 1 100
(a) West coast of Spitsbergen A Veslekuplen 8.2 169 853 411 278 13 992 342 42 B Hamnetangen 8.4 189 863 466 357 15 832 227 42 Q Ytertjorna 7.9 153 649 348 204 5 664 190 74 R Spalen 7.7 120 853 183 191 3 432 228 144 S Vassauga 8.2 243 1 652 900 518 18 1 311 656 308 U Tenndammen 7.1 323 339 563 2 127 41 220 2 342 327
(b) Petuniabukta 1 Mean 1987,
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=
5
8.0 270 1 760 796 704 — 2 254 330 784 2 Mean 1987,
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=
3
8.4 340 2 513 880 403 — 2 917 270 707 3 Mean 1987,
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=
3
8.4 383 3 093 807 563 — 3 783 280 400 4 Mean 1987,
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=
5
8.0 550 4 396 1 112 612 — 3 340 284 2 776 5 Mean 1987,
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=
5
8.0 558 4 532 1 228 646 — 3 310 272 3 240 6 Mean 1987,
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=
5
8.0 564 4 636 1 096 534 — 2 610 244 3 352 7 Mean 1987,
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=
5
7.9 580 5 020 1 068 498 — 2 560 214 3 924
N: number of samples analysed.
