Hydrochemistry of southern Lake Baikal

Authors

  • E.I. Grosheva Institute for Ecological Toxicology, Baikalsk, Russia
  • R.P. Loseva Institute for Ecological Toxicology, Baikalsk, Russia
  • N.D. Sudakova Institute for Ecological Toxicology, Baikalsk, Russia
  • Y.S. Kusner Institute for Geochemistry, P.O. Box 48, Baikalsk Irkutsk region 665914, Russia

Keywords:

Lake Baikal, Water quality, Ionic composition

Abstract

Recent chemical indices of water quality of southern Lake Baikal are given: colour, pH, BOD, COD and the principal ions. Chemical homogeneity and stability of the ionic composition of Lake Baikal water compared to observations in the last 30 years was confirmed.

References

Anon. 1977. Guidelines for Chemical Analysis of Surface Waters, Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat. (in Russian)

Falkner, K.K., Measures, C.I., Herbelin, S.E., Edmond, J.M. and Weiss, R.F. 1991. The major and minor elements: geochemistry of Lake Baikal. Limnol. Oceanogr., 36(3): 413–423.

Kozhov, M.M. 1963. Lake Baikal and its Life Edited by: Junk, W. The Hague In

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Published

2000-01-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2000): Ecosystem Health of Lake Baikal, Russia

Section

Research article

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