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Empirical Formula to Calculate Ionic Strength of Limnetic and Oligohaline Water on the Basis of Electric Conductivity: Implications for Limnological Monitoring

Michal Woszczyk    
Alfred Stach    
Jakub Nowosad    
Izabela Zawiska    
Katarzyna Bigus and Monika Rzodkiewicz    

Resumen

Ionic strength (I; mol·L-1) acts as one of the most important parameters of natural waters. It is indispensable for obtaining ion activities and thus is crucial for describing chemical processes in water solutions. Limnology, I, has many applications, but calculating the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and the carbonate saturation index (SI) are among the most important examples. The determination of I requires the full ion composition of water to be recognized, and when the concentration of some major ion(s) is/are missing altogether, the I value remains unknown. Because historical and monitoring data are often incomplete, it seems useful to provide a method for the indirect assessment of I. In this paper, we developed and tested an empirical model to estimate I on the basis of electric conductivity at 25 °C (EC). Our model consists of two linear equations: (i) Imod = 15.231 × 10-6·EC - 79.191 × 10-6 and (ii) Imod = 10.647 × 10-6·EC + 26.373 × 10-4 for EC < 592.6 µS·cm-1 and for EC > 592.6 µS·cm-1, respectively. We showed that model performance was better than the hitherto used EC?I relationships. We also demonstrated that the model provided an effective tool for limnological monitoring with special emphasis on the assessment of CO2 emissions from lakes.

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