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Sampling sites

Sampling and analyses

Field trips

Project ICA2-CT-2002-10009
Framework 5 Specific Programme of the Commission of the European Communities (DG-RTD)

Sampling sites

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Map of Plitvice Lakes and Bihać region

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Sampling points in Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)

1 - Prošće, preliv u Ciginovac

2 - Lake Okrugljak

3 - Lake Veliko Jezero

4 - Mali Prštavci

5 - Lake Gradinsko

6 - Lakes Burgetići

7 - Novakovića Brod

8 - Lake Kozjak

10 - Brook Rječica

11 - Spring Koreničko Vrelo
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12 - Bijela Rijeka spring

13 - Crna Rijeka spring

14 - Matica (confluence)

15 - Korana, bridge on the road

16 - Brook Sartuk

25 - Big waterfall of Plitvica R.

30 - Plitvica spring

31 - Stipinovac, spring in village Vrelo
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Sampling points in Una River valley (Bosna-Hercegovina)

A) Permanent sampling points:

17 - Spring Ostrovica (out of map)

18 - Spring Toplica (out of map)

19 - Spring Privilica, town Bihać
20 - Spring Klokot, town Bihać
21 - Rijeka Una, Ripač

22 - Una River, Orljani (restaurant "Sunce")

23 - Una River, Bakšaiš, Bihać

24 - Una River, Vrkašić, Bihać

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B) Occasional measurement points:

32 - Una River, Martin Brod

33 - Una River, Strbački Buk I waterfall

34 - Una River, Štrbački Buk II waterfall

35 - Una River, Kostelski Buk waterfall

38 - Una River, spring in Srb (Croatia) (out of map)

39 - Brook in factory, Srb (Croatia) (out of map)

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Sampling points of sediments in Plitvice Lakes National Park

PR - Lake Prošće

GR - Lake Gradinsko (eutrophication)

K1 - Lake Kozjak, site 1

K2 - Lake Kozjak, site 2 (eutrophication)

KA - Lake Kaluđerovac (eutrophication)

Sampling and analyses

Overview of sampling field trips to Plitvice lakes National Park and Bihać region

Sampling
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Lake water

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Springs

Atmosphere

Surface water

Depth profiles

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1 Physico-chemical parameters in water: temperature, pH, conductivity, oxygen, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), nitrates, nitrites, sulphates, carbon dioxide, ammonium;

2 Trace elements: B, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, Sr, Zn;

3 Noble gases (³He, ⁴He, ²⁰Ne, ²²Ne), chlorofluorocarbons (CFC-11, CFC-1, CFC-113), SF6;

4 δ¹³C in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC);

5 Isotopes in water: ²H, ¹⁸O and ³H (monthly sampling since July 2003 to December 2005) ;

6 Mineralogical composition of lake sediment;

7 δ¹³C, δ¹⁸O and ¹⁴C in carbonate fraction of sediment; ¹⁴C in organic fraction of sediment;

8 Sedimentation rate determined by ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb;

9 Detergent-derived chemicals: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and linear alkylbenzene sulphonatesi (LAS);

10 ¹⁴C in atmospheric CO₂(composite monthly samples since July 2003 to December 2005).

Field trips

In situ chemical analyses of water

Filtration of water for trace elements measurement

Sampling of water for CFC and SF₆ analyses

Sampling of water for noble gas analyses

Sampling of water from depth profiles in Lake Kozjak

SCUBA divers preparing for sediment-core sampling