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General description
The monitoring station of Sanabria Lake is located in a small building in the south edge of the lake; it has a laboratory, a boat and field measurement instruments.
Site history
The station started its activity in 1986 because of the concern arose in the Direction of the Natural Park in relation to the thophic state of the lake due to the increasing tourism.
Geographical information
LOCATION:
Galende (Zamora).
ALTITUDE: 1000 msnm.
COORDINATES: 42º07’30’’ N, 06º43’00’’ W
EXTENSION: 347,7 Ha
VOLUMEN: 96,3 Hm3
AVERAGE DEPTH: 27,69 m
MAXIMUM DEPTH: 51,0 m
Contact information
CONTACT PERSON:
Jesús Palacios Alberti (1) (Director del Parque Natural);
José Carlos Vega Ureta (2) (Técnico encargado del Laboratorio de Limnología)
INSTITUTION:
Sección de Espacios Naturales y Especies Protegidas de Zamora (Junta de Castilla y León)
ADDRESS:
(1) C/Leopoldo Alas Clarín,4
49071 Zamora.
(2) C/Eras, 1
49300 Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora)
PHONE: (+34) 980 55 96 00 / (+34) 980 62 08 04
E-MAIL: palalbje@jcyl.es, jcvega@ctv.es
Main biotic community
Fresh water communities in oligotrophic environments.
Current research topics
Monitoring of the lake trophic state.
Current data
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TEMPERATURE |
From 1986 |
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RAINFALL |
From 1986 |
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Hydrology |
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OXIGEN |
From 1986 |
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TEMPERATURe |
From 1986 |
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CONDUCTIVITY |
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pH |
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SOLUBLE PHOSPHORUS |
From 1986 |
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TOTAL PHOSPHORUS |
From 1986 |
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NITRATES |
From 1986 |
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SILICATES |
From 1986 |
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TRANSPARENCY |
From 1986 |
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Biotic parameters |
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Structural |
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CHLOROPHYLL "a" |
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TOTAL CHLOROPHYLL |
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DATA FORMAT:
Excel.
Data access
Data will be available on request.
Facilities
The station has a limnological analysis laboratory, an automatic meteorological station, a boat, measurement instruments and sampling equipments. Also, there are a meeting room and some offices.
Research projects and funding institutions
All the activities are funded by the Junta de Castilla y León.
Main references
Aldasoro, J. J., C. Aedo, C. de Hoyos, J.C. Vega, A. Negro y J. Muñoz. A Survey on Cantabrian Mires (Spain). 1996. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. Vol 54 (1): 472-489
Aldasoro, J. J., C. de Hoyos, A. Negro, J. Muñoz y J.C. Vega. Flora and water chemistry in a relictic mire complex: The Sierra Segundera mire area (Zamora, NW Spain). 2003. Hydrobiologie 495. 1-16.
Aldasoro, J., C. de Hoyos y J.C. Vega. Estudio de las lagunas estables y temporales del Oeste de la meseta castellana. Studia Oecológica. Aceptado para publicación.
Hoyos, C., F. Comín; J. J. Aldasoro y J. C. Vega. Las cianofíceas del Lago de Sanabria: significado y variabilidad estacional. 2000. Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid nº 63: 131-143
Hoyos, C., F. Comín and J. C. Vega. The heat budget of Lake Sanabria (NW Spain). 2000. Verh. Internat. Verein Limnol. 27. 2186-2189. Stuttgart.
Negro, A. I., C. de Hoyos, J. J. Aldasoro y J. C. Vega. Comparación del fitoplancton de dos ecosistemas de montaña: laguna y turbera de la Clara (Sierra Segundera, Zamora). 2000. Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid nº 63: 115-131
Negro, A. I., C. de Hoyos and J. C. Vega. Phytoplankton structure and dynamics in Lake Sanabria and Valparaiso reservoir (NW Spain). 2000. Hydrobiologie 424: 25-37.
Vega, J.C. y J.J. Aldasoro. Geología de Sanabria. 1994. Junta de Castilla y León.
Vega, J. C. El Lago de Sanabria: 10 años de seguimiento limnológico. 1996. Boletín de la Sección del Estado Español de la Federación de Parques Naturales y Nacionales de Europa. Nº 3
Vega, J.C., C. De Hoyos, J.J. Aldasoro, J. De Miguel y H. Fraile. Nuevos datos morfométricos para el Lago de Sanabria. 2005. Limnética, 24(1/2) 115-121
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Photos
Versión en castellano