336 pInternational audienceThe use of 4 sediment traps allow us to estimate the sedimentation rates in Saint-Pardoux' lake (France). These change according to a gradient which decrease from upstream to downstream. They vary from 1063 g.m-2.y-1 where the river flows into the lake, to 442 g.m-2 .y-1 downstream. The thickness of the deposits are respectively 5.3 mm.an-1 and 2,3 mm.an-1. These little rates are due to the reduced input sediment of the rivers and the good trophic quality of the lake. Seasonal statements show that the evolution of the sedimentary dynamic is linked to the river's flow and to the biologic cycles of the basin. Phytoplankton participates in a dominating way to the mud accretion. Comparatively to Brittany, which has a ...