Opportunities for combining data of Estonian and Russian monitoring to reflect on water quality in large transboundary Lake Peipsi.

ABSTRACT: Lake Peipsi, one of the world's largest lakes, is shared between Estonia and Russia. The water quality in different parts of the lake has so far been assessed independently. Here we explore opportunities for combining data of Estonian and Russian monitoring. For that, we 1) analysed the compatibility of data for some water quality variables; 2) estimated the potential effects of the differences in sampling frequency; 3) provided a few regression models to calculate the missing data for months not sampled by the Russian side. Data of the concurrent Estonian and Russian sampling indicated a good compatibility. Estonian data analysis suggested that water quality assessment results are sensitive to sampling frequency. For example, total phosphorus (TP) in the largest basin showed a long-term d

SUBMITTER: Tammeorg O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9353880 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature