Limnology of the Red Lake, Romania

Impacts of forest loss in the eastern Carpathian Mountains: linking remote sensing and sediment changes in a mid-altitude catchment (Red Lake, Romania)

“…Whereas the links between forest loss and socio-economic and political regimes have been widely studied in the Carpathian region (e.g., Griffiths et al 2012;Korn et al 2012;Munteanu et al 2014Munteanu et al , 2016, the geomorphological impacts of such changes on the catchment dynamics have been less investigated (Begy et al 2009;Romanescu et al 2013;Hutchinson et al 2016;Florescu et al 2017).…”

“…In this study, we aim to determine the potential of the dual application of palaeolimnological techniques using the sediment record from Red Lake, historical map and remote sensing analysis to assess environmental changes and their impacts on catchment processes over the past 150 years in the Eastern Carpathians. Previous work on Red Lake has focused on the origin, hydro-geology and geomorphology of the lake catchment and region (Mihailescu 1940;Preda and Pelin 1963;Ghenciu and Carausu 1967;Bojoi 1968 a, b;Grasu and Turculet 1980;Pandi 2004;Romanescu et al 2013) and limnological characteristics of the lake (Pisota and Nastase 1957;Ghenciu 1968 a, b). Here we aim to: i) assess the impacts of forest disturbances and sediment responses on a secular (last 150 years) and a decadal (23 years) time frame, and to identify the links with political, socio-economic developments; ii) evaluate the efficacy of combining a sediment-based approach, historical maps and remotely sensed data.…”

“…An area affected by denudational processes (mainly, landslides) is present in the 168 southern, lower part of the catchment, along the Oii valley (Grasu and Turculet, 1980). The 169 underlying geology strongly influences the soils of the catchment; soil types range from podzolic 170 (over the schist) to more widespread rendzinas where the substrate is more calcareous (Romanescu et al 2013).…”

Morpho-Bathymetry and Gis-Processed Mapping in Delimiting Lacustrine Wetlands: The Red Lake (Romania)

“…Despite its popularity among tourists, geomorphological studies of the lake have been limited. Although some relevant studies have been made [1][2][3], most of them are in Romanian or Hungarian, and do not include a modern, interdisciplinary approaches. A series of measurements was conducted of the morphology of the Red Lake and applied some geomorphological methods to the bathymetry of the lake.…”