Chemical and biochemical characteristics of alpine soils in the Tatra Mountains and their correlation with lake water quality

Abstract

Soils and lakes were sampled in fifteen catchments in the alpine zone of the Tatra Mountains (Slovak-Polish border) to evaluate the dependence of lake water chemistry on soil properties.

Keywords

• base saturation
• carbon
• hydrochemistry
• mineralisation rate
• nitrogen
• pH
• phosphorus
• soil-chemistry
• sulphur
• MICROBIAL BIOMASS
• PHOSPHORUS
• NITROGEN
• CHEMISTRY
• EXTRACTS
• FOREST
• SORPTION
• ALUMINUM