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Concentration dynamics of biogenic elements and phytoplankton at Selenga R. Mouth and in Selenga shallows (Lake Baikal)

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The seasonal and year-to-year dynamics of the concentrations of biogenic elements and organic matter, as well as quantitative composition of phytoplankton in water of Selenga delta branches is studied. The distribution of those components from the mouth of the Kharauz branch (the main branch) to the water area of the Selenga shallows in different hydrological seasons is shown. The concentrations of nitrate nitrogen and phosphate phosphorus in the zone of mixing of river and lake waters have been found to drop by 30 and 50%, respectively, because of the consumption of those substances by phytoplankton.

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    I. V. Tomberg, L. M. Sorokovikova, G. I. Popovskaya, N. V. Bashenkhaeva, V. N. Sinyukovich & V. G. Ivanov

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Tomberg, L.M. Sorokovikova, G.I. Popovskaya, N.V. Bashenkhaeva, V.N. Sinyukovich, V.G. Ivanov, 2014, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2014, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 596–605.

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Tomberg, I.V., Sorokovikova, L.M., Popovskaya, G.I. et al. Concentration dynamics of biogenic elements and phytoplankton at Selenga R. Mouth and in Selenga shallows (Lake Baikal). Water Resour 41, 687–695 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807814050157

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