Patterns in the composition of the rotifer communities from high mountain lakes and ponds in Sierra Nevada (Spain)

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 186-187 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Morales-Baquero ◽  
L. Cruz-Pizarro ◽  
P. Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Mountain Lakes ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
High Mountain Lakes ◽  
Rotifer Communities

Photoreactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter from High-Mountain Lakes of Sierra Nevada, Spain

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 426 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Reche ◽  
E. Pulido-Villena ◽  
J. M. Conde-Porcuna ◽  
P. Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Dissolved Organic Matter ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Mountain Lakes ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
High Mountain Lakes

Nitrogen-phosphorus relationship in high mountain lakes: effects of the size of catchment basins

1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 1809-1817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Morales-Baquero ◽  
Presentación Carrillo ◽  
Isabel Reche ◽  
Pedro Sánchez-Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus ◽  
Mountain Lakes ◽  
Saharan Dust ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
High Mountain Lakes ◽  
Small Catchment ◽  
Catchment Areas

We analyzed the changes in epilimnetic total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in 31 small high-mountain lakes in the Sierra Nevada (Spain) during an annual cycle, just after the spring thaw, and in the middle of the growing season. Chlorophyll a, TN, and TP increased, whereas the TN:TP ratio fell substantially between the two periods, reaching values generally between 25 and 10 (by weight). On the contrary, DIN, SRP, and DIN:SRP ratios were similar for both periods in each lake. DIN:SRP ratios generally ranged from 5 to 20 (by weight). This ratio was low in the lakes with small catchment areas and increased progressively with catchment basin size. A regression analysis for the smallest catchments showed that chlorophyll a concentrations were not accounted for by variability in TP concentration. The results obtained are discussed in relation to the influence of episodes of Saharan dust, rich in P, reaching the Southern Mediterranean area.

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