Hydrochemical and microbiological characteristics of bog ecosystems on the isthmus of Svyatoi Nos Peninsula (Lake Baikal)

Presented are the results from hydrochemical and microbiological investigations into Arangatui bog ecosystems on the isthmus of Svyatoi Nos Peninsula on the shores of Lake Baikal. The formation features of bog waters as a result of a rise in the lake’s water level.     

Hydrochemical and microbiological characteristics of the Gusino-Ubukunskaya group of water bodies

Results of hydrochemical and microbiological studies of five largest water bodies belonging to the Gusino-Ubukunskaya group are presented. Present-day environmental state of the ecosystem subject to anthropogenic load is described. The possibility of using water quality parameters of the investigated lakes as indicators of the degree of contamination of waters flowing into the Baikal Lake is shown.Translated from Vodnye Resursy, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2005, pp. 79–84.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Khakhinov, Namsaraev, Ulzetueva, Barkhutova, Abidueva, Banzaraktsaeva.     

Hydrochemical characteristic of mineral springs in Southwestern Transbaikalia

The results of studying mineral springs in Southwestern Transbaikalia are given. Physicochemical equilibria are calculated for balneologically active components (fluorine, silicon) with the aim to reveal the role of dissolution and precipitation of minerals in the formation of mineral water chemistry. A typification of springs is proposed.     

Mineralogical and geochemical features of bacterial mats and travertines of the Khoito-Gol thermal spring (East Sayan)

The mineralogical and geochemical features of the Khoito-Gol ecosystem (fresh thermal waters-microorganisms-travertines) of the Baikal Rift Zone and the aspects of the interaction among its components were studied. The research has shown that the behavior, distribution, and accumulation of trace elements are determined mostly by the geochemical barriers of geologic and biologic genesis in the flowing-water habitat of bacteria of the Khoito-Gol spring. Formation of biominerals by different functional groups of its bacterial community is considered.