Summer hydrophysical properties of thermokarst lakes in the Central Yakutian Lowland and mountain lakes in the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range in Eastern Yakutia

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This dataset presents the assessment of the lake types and settings together with the data on hydrophysical parameters measurements including Electrical Conductivity, on-site water temperature and pH, except at one lake (EN21426-2) of which electrical conductivity was measured in the Hydrochemical Laboratory of AWI). Lakes were surveyed between 6 August and 2 September 2021. A total of 66 lakes in Central and Eastern Yakutia were assessed as part of the joint Russian-German expedition (NEFU-AWI; RU-Land_2021_Yakutia). Of those 66 lakes, 15 are from mountain lakes located within the Verkhoyansk mountain range, at the eastern end of the expedition route, including mostly intermontane basin or glacial lakes (average elevation: c. 1080 m a.s.l.). 13 lakes were sampled in Oymyakonsky District and two lakes in Tomponsky District. The hydrochemical dataset from the other 52 lakes that lie within the eastern extent of the Central Yakutian Lowland (average elevation: c. 190 m a.s.l.) represents thermokarst lakes. Thermokarst lakes originate from thawing of ice-rich permafrost and were found in different stages of their development, with a wide range of anthropogenic impact. These 52 thermokarst lakes include seven lakes within the Churapchinsky District, two are located in the Tattinsky District further east within a freshly burned forest. 42 lakes are located in Megino-Kangalassky District, of which 17 lakes are around Tungulu, and 24 lakes around Maya settlements.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.952355
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.949842
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Creator Baisheva, Izabella ORCID logo; Pestryakova, Luidmila A ORCID logo; Ushnitskaya, Lena A ORCID logo; Davydova, Paraskovya V ORCID logo; Levina, Sardana N ORCID logo; Egorov, Aital; Syrovatsky, Igor; Zakharov, Evgenii S; Gorodnichev, Ruslan ORCID logo; Glückler, Ramesh ORCID logo; Stieg, Amelie ORCID logo; Eder, Iris; Kahl, Jan; Meister, Philip ORCID logo; Wieczorek, Mareike ORCID logo; Eulenburg, Antje ORCID logo; Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen Rosmarie ORCID logo; Biskaborn, Boris K ORCID logo; Heim, Birgit ORCID logo; Herzschuh, Ulrike ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Funding Reference Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207 Crossref Funder ID AWI_INSPIRES https://www.awi.de/en/work-study/jobs/job-offer/inspires.html ; European Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Crossref Funder ID 772852 doi:10.3030/772852 Glacial Legacy on the establishment of evergreen vs. summergreen boreal forests; German Academic Exchange Service https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001655 Crossref Funder ID 91775743 ; Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003443 Crossref Funder ID FSRG-2020-0019 FSRG-2020-0019; Russian Foundation for Basic Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002261 Crossref Funder ID 20-35-90081
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 689 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (130.253W, 61.717S, 142.957E, 63.439N); Oymyakonsky District; Tomponsky District; Churapchinsky District; Tattinsky District; Megino-Kangalassky District
Temporal Coverage Begin 2021-08-08T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z