1. Preface

   • Ramesh D. Gulati
   • Andrei G. Degermendzhy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 106

2. Geographical, geological and hydrochemical distribution of saline lakes in Khakasia, Southern Siberia

   • Valeri P. Parnachev
   • Andrei G. Degermendzhy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 122

3. Chemical analysis of Lake Shira water (1997–2000)

   • Galina S. Kalacheva
   • Vladimir G. Gubanov
   • Sergei V. Savitsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 141

4. Mathematical models and computer programmes for the investigation of hydrophysical processes in Lake Shira

   • V.M. Belolipetskii
   • S.N. Genova
   • L.A. Kompaniets

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 152

5. Application of satellite data for investigation of dynamic processes in inland water bodies: Lake Shira (Khakasia, Siberia), a case study

   • Anatoly P. Shevyrnogov
   • Alexei V. Kartushinsky
   • Galina S. Vysotskaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 164

6. Vertical structure and photosynthetic activity of Lake Shira phytoplankton

   • Nikolai A. Gaevsky
   • Tatiana A. Zotina
   • Tamara B. Gorbaneva

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 178

7. Structure of planktonic microbial food web in a brackish stratified Siberian lake

   • Alexander I. Kopylov
   • Dmitriy B. Kosolapov
   • Andrey G. Degermendzhy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 204

8. Phytoplankton, bacterial production and protozoan bacterivory in stratified, brackish-water Lake Shira (Khakasia, Siberia)

   • Alexander I. Kopylov
   • Dmitriy B. Kosolapov
   • Anna V. Romanenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 218

9. Heterotrophic capability of a metalimnetic plankton population in saline Lake Shira (Siberia, Khakasia)

   • Antonio Quesada
   • Friedrich Jüttner
   • Andrei G. Degermendzhy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 227

10. Phytoplankton diet of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Lake Shira (Khakasia)

    • Alexander P. Tolomeyev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 234

11. Growth of dominant zooplankton species feeding on plankton microflora in Lake Shira

    • Tatiana A. Temerova
    • Alexander P. Tolomeyev
    • Andrei G. Degermendzhy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 243

12. Distribution of Gammarus lacustris Sars (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) in Lake Shira (Khakasia, Siberia) and laboratory study of its growth characteristics

    • Anna Yu Yemelyanova
    • Tatiana A. Temerova
    • Andrei G. Degermendzhy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 256

13. The effect of chemicals released by Gammarus lacustris on the depth distribution of Arctodiaptomus salinus in laboratory conditions

    • Yegor S. Zadereev
    • Michael V. Gubanov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 260

14. Interaction coefficients in the Lake Shira algal-bacterial community

    • Vera V. Adamovich
    • Tatiana A. Zotina
    • Andrey G. Degermendzhy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 270

15. Formation of the vertical heterogeneity in the Lake Shira ecosystem: the biological mechanisms and mathematical model

    • Andrei G. Degermendzhy
    • Victor M. Belolipetsky
    • Ramesh D. Gulati

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 297

16. Geographical and seasonal distribution of multiple antibiotic resistance of heterotrophic bacteria of Lake Shira

    • T.I. Lobova
    • E.Ye. Maksimova
    • N.S. Pechurkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 307

17. Bioluminescence characteristics of Lake Shira water

    • E. Vetrova
    • V. Kratasyuk
    • N. Kudryasheva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 315

18. Lipid and hydrocarbon compositions of a collection strain and a wild sample of the green microalga Botryococcus

    • Galina S. Kalacheva
    • Natalia O. Zhila
    • Tatiana G. Volova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 331

19. Understanding the mechanisms of blooming of phytoplankton in LakeShira, a saline lake in Siberia (the Republic of Khakasia)

    • Andrei G. Degermendzhy
    • Ramesh D. Gulati

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 340

20. Announcement

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 341