Thermal, light and oxygen characteristics in a small eutrophic warm monomictic lake (El Plateado, Valparaíso, Chile)

Abstract

Table 1. Some major morphometric data on Lake EI Plateado Lake. (After DOMiNGUEZ et al. 1976). Physical processes have been recognized as important driving forces in the biology of temperate lakes (ALLANSON 1990). However, annual studies on the physical features in South American lakes have only appeared as general limnological characterizations during a year cycle. There are few data for periods greater than one year. In a study of the zooplankton of Lake EI Plateado, routine data on some physical properties were included. The results are reported here.