The Classification and the Monitoring of the State of Mouth Riverine and Lacustrine Ecosystems in Lake Baikal Based on the Composition of Local Microbiocenoses and Their Activity |
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Authors: | Maksimov V. V. Shchetinina E. V. Kraikivskaya O. V. Maksimov V. N. Maksimova E. A. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Research Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia |
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Abstract: | The paper presents the results of the long-term investigation of microbial communities in the technogenically vulnerable mouth riverine and lacustrine ecosystems of Lake Baikal. The structural and functional parameters of the microbial communities were analyzed from the standpoint of developing destructive processes. The analysis showed that the total number of microorganisms (TNM), the number of saprophytic bacteria (NSB), and bacterial production (BP) were greater in the river-mouth water than in the near-mouth lake water. In the offshore direction, TNM and NSB decreased by a factor of 1.5 to 2, and BP decreased by a factor of 4 to 7. Based on TNM, NSB, and BP data, we classified the Lake Baikal rivers with respect to the degree of the impact of human activities on them. The degrading capability of the riverine microbial communities was found to be such that they degrade daily from tenths of a percent to 3.5% of the total amount of organic compounds polluting the river waters. |
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Keywords: | number of microorganisms bacterial production rivers Lake Baikal |
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