Bibliography on Lake Baikal  Eco-systems & Lymnology

Below papers were  published in English in 1989- 1999 by members of Limnological Institute of RAS SB and by their partners within the framework of the Baikal International Center for Ecological Research. Some of the titles are accompanied by abstracts. Coverage is on different aspects of Lake Baikal у.

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Timoshkin O.A. Biology of Lake Baikal: 'White spots' and Progress in Research. // Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E; 1999; 30: 333-348.

“Lake Baikal is one of the most intensively investigated lacustrine ecosystems on Earth with more than 200 years' history of research.  About 12000 references on Baikal and Pribaikalye are located only in the data base of the Limnological Institute SD RAS. It was found that Baikal represents the most unusual lake ecosystem in many respects. Therefore it has been inscribed in the list of the World Heritage Natural Properties by UNESCO in 1996. However, Baikal is still full of enigmas. Its natural history cannot be regarded as perfectly understood. The main aim of the manuscript is to show how many white spots we do have in our knowledge on biology of the "pearl of Siberia". The most exciting results of the modern biological investigations and prospects for the future research are briefly characterized. The author states that the lake is inhabited by 2565 animal and around 1000 plant species and subspecies. 64% of the animals are endemic. However, this number of fauna species might be doubled in the nearest future. It is shown here that the scientists still do not have а common viewpoint on the present state of the ecosystem Lake Baikal, including the degree of anthropogeneous impact and that benthonic communities of the lake are still very poorly investigated. The landscape-ecological method is proposed to represent the most prospective for future investigations of benthos ecology and monitoring. Three types of communities new for Baikal and even for freshwater ecosystems (partly) are briefly described. Finally, а review of the hypotheses on the origin of the Baikal fauna is given. The author analyses the results of the modern investigations, including molecular-biological data.  It has been shown that many Recent faunistic groups, formerly regarded as  "classical" relicts, like cottoid fishes, lubomirskiid sponges, baicaliid  gastropods, etc., might be much younger than the lake proper and  have much more closer phylogenetic relationships to the corresponding  groups, recently distributed in Palearctic than it was supposed before.  Scientists still do not have а synthetic theory for the origin of the Baikal fauna, but а set of hypotheses instead. Many important questions on the biology of Lake Baikal are still beyond our knowledge. The new synthesis of modem information on the natural history of the lake is highly desirable.  The author is of the opinion that Baikal will play а more and more important role in international science.

Bashurova V.S., Dreiling V., Khodzher T.V., Jaenicke R., Kutsenogii K.P., Kutsenogii P.K., Kraemer M., Makarov V.I., Obolkin V.A., Potemkin V.L., Pusep A.Y. Measurements of atmospheric condensation nuclei size distribution in Siberia. // J. Aerosol Sci.; 1992; 23(2): 191-199.
The least investigated atmospheric aerosol is the one in  remote continental areas. In this study, measurements of condensation nuclei size distributions near Lake Baikal,  Siberia, were performed. Batoev V.B., Gulgonov V.E. Ecological problems of development of sustainable agriculture, forestry and fishery on the Baikal region. // Int. Baikal Conf. 1999 "Russian-German Co-operation in Sibiria - The Lake Baikal Region": Abstracts; Nov. 14-17, 1999. Schneverdingen, Germany; 1999.

Baturin V.A., Vassilyev S.N., Lakeyev A.V., Moskalenko A.I., Dumova I.I. Ecologo-Economic Models of the Lake Baikal Region Development. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Netherlands; 1995; 6: 229-243.

Bondarenko N.A., Guselnikova N.E. Response of the dominant planktonic algae in Lake Baikal to environmental change. // 13th Int. Diatom Symposium: Abstract Book; Sept. 1-7 1994; Acquafredda di Maratea (PZ), Italy; 1994: 183.

Bondarenko N.A., Obolkina L.A., Melnik N.G., Zemskaya T.I., Logacheva N.F. Under-ice plankton of Lake Baikal. // Aquabiology; 1997; 19(2,3): 172-180, 261-269.
Note: In Japanese, with summary in English.

Bowmaker J.K., Govardovskii V.I., Shukolyukov S.A., Zueva L.V., Hunt D.M., Sideleva V.G., Smirnova O.G. Visual pigments and the photic environment: the cottoid fish of Lake Baikal. // Vision Res.; 1994; 34(5): 591-605.
The endemic cottoid fish of Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia offer a singular opportunity for examining within a number of closely related species, the relationships of visual pigments, photoreceptor complements and depth within a deep freshwater environment. Lake Baikal, the deepest (16OO m) and one of the largest and most ancient in the world, is unique in mat the oxygen levels at the bottom are only reduced to about 8O% of the surface levels.

Colman S.M. Water-level changes in Lake Baikal, Siberia: tectonism versus climate. // Geology; 1998; 26(6): 531-534.
Relative changes in the level of Lake Baikal, amounting to hundreds of   Quaternагу time, are well documented. Data presented here show that tectonic displacements of the lake outlet or former shoreline features are  entirely sufficient to explain these relative lake-level changes.

Crane K., Hecker B., Golubev V. Hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal. // Nature; 1991; 350: 281. Sir - Our discovery  in mid-l990, in conjunction with а team from the  National Geographical Society, of hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal, confirms  heat-flow and water-column temperature anomalies previously rероrted on Lake Baikal. The vents were found at а depth of 440 m on the sediment floor of Frolikha Bay (in the northeastern corner of Lake Baikal), at the foot of an east-west trending fault. The fauna of Lake Baikal is unique in its high degree of endemism and in the number of species that have affinities to saltwater forms, suggesting that Lake Baikal may have been connected to the oceans. How the taxa inhabiting the Lake Baikal hydrothermal vents fit into the biogeographical arena of vent communities needs more detailed investigation, but promises to provide interesting clues to the evolutionary history of these intriguing communities, as well as of Lake Baikal itself. Unlike hydrothermal venting along the mid-ocean-ridge system, which occurs рrimarily along or near the axis of spreading, the hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal occur along а flanking fault zone more than 18 km from the axis of the rift valley floor. The fault-controlled hydrothermal exchange may have а substantial effect on the chemistry and the stability of the Lake Baikal water column.  The tectonic setting of hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal may provide clues to its degree of evolution as a соntinental rift.  Lake Baikal and its associated rift contain biological and geological evidence linking the lake's origin to the birth of an infant осеаn. The degree to which Lake Baikal has evolved from а  purely continental arena into its transition  between а lake and а sea can only be deciphered by additional exploration.

Danilov-Danilyan V.Y. The Complex Federal Program for the Protection of Lake Baikal and Rational Use of Natural Resources in the Region: Mechanisms of the Program's Implementation. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 99-105.

Davis G.D. The Role of Scientists in Developing Sustainable Land Use in the Lake Baikal Region. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 203-211.

Edgington D.N., Robbins J.A., Colman S.M., Orlandini K.A., Gustin M.P. Uranium-series disequilibrium, sedimentation, diatom frustules, and paleoclimate change in Lake Baikal. // Earth and Planetary Sience Letters; 1996; 142: 29-42.The large volume of water, approximately one-fifth of the total surface  fresh water on the planet, contained in Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia is  distinguished by having а relatively high concentration of uranium (ca. 2 nM) and, together with the surface sediments, an unusually high 234U/238U  alpha activity ratio of 1.95. About 80% of the input of uranium to the lake, with  а 234U/238U ratio of 2.0, comes from the Selenga River.

Fialkov V. The Baikal Museum - the past, present and future. // Int. Conference on Ancient Lakes: their Biological and Cultural Diversities (ICAL'97): Abstracts; June 21-29,1997. Shiga, Japan; 1997: 171.

Flower R.J. A review of current biological and recent environmental research on Lake Baikal from a British perspective. // Freshwater Forum; 1994; 4(1): 8-22.

Fujii S., Mashiko K., Mats V. Water level changes of Lake Baikal on the Late Quaternary and the formation of the Angara river. // Joint Int. Sympos. on Lake Baikal: Abstracts; Nov. 5-8 1998; Yokohama, Japan; 1998: 17.

Fujita T. Coastal vegetation around Lake Baikal. // Lake Baikal: 2nd Inter. Field Biology Course (IFBC), DIWPA Ser.2: Reports of Participants. Japan; 1997: 84-94.

Fujita N. Forest vegetation around Lake Baikal. // New Scope on Boreal Ecosystems in East Siberia: Proc. of the Intern. Workshop, Kyoto, Jap; 23-25 nov.1994 (DIWPA Ser.).

Gogt J., Mayer R. Sustainable forestry and certification - a promising concept for the Baikal region? // Int. Baikal Conf. 1999 "Russian-German Co-operation in Sibiria - The Lake Baikal Region": Abstracts; Nov. 14-17, 1999. Schneverdingen, Germany; 1999.

Goldman C.R., Sherstyankin P.P., Sinyukovich V.N., Lyubov V.N., Kuimova L.N., Swith T.J., Leonard R.L. Protecting the water resources of Lake Baikal basin, today and in the 21st century. // Aquatic Sciences Metting (ASLO'97): Programm and Abstracts; Feb. 10-14, 1997; Santa Fe, New Mexiko; 1997: 172.

Grachev M.A. Baikal International Center for Ecological Research and its studies aimed at understanding of Past Global Change. // Lake Baikal: 2nd Intern. Field Biology Course (IFBC) Ser. 2 / DIWPA, LIN of RAS SB, CER, BICER, JISE: Abstracts of Lectures and Field Practices; Aug. 7-28, 1996; LIN SB RAS. Japan; 1997: 7-8.

Grachev M.A. Formation of the Baikal International Center for Ecological Research. // Ecology International Bulletin; 1994; 21: 75-88.

Grachev M.A. Lake Baikal as a natural laboratory for studies of climates of the past. // Int. Conf. "Baikal as World Natural Heritage Site: Results and Prospects of International Cooperation": Abstracts; Sept. 9-12, 1998; Ulan-Ude, Russia; 1998: 37.

Grachev M.A. Lake Baikal: A model ecosystem for understanding and quantitation of biodiversity. // Int. Baikal Conf. 1999 "Russian-German Co-operation in Sibiria - The Lake Baikal Region": Abstracts; Nov. 14-17, 1999. Schneverdingen, Germany; 1999.

Grachev M.A., Aldokhin N.A., Suturin A.N., Sukhodolov A.P. "Castling": A Possibility of Partial Reorganization of the Economy of the Baikal Region for the Sake of Sustainable Development. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 171-181.

Grachev M.A., Kumarev V.P., Mamaev L.V., Zorin V.L., Baranova L.V., Denikina N.N., Belikov S.I., Petrov E.A., Kolesnik V.S., Kolesnik R.S., Dorofeev V.M., Beim A.M., Kudelin V.N., Nagieva F.G., Sidorov V.N. Distemper virus in Baikal seals. // Nature; 1989; 338: 209.
SIR-An acute disease of Lake Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) attributable to morbillivirus infection became evident in the autumn of 1987 when weakened seals crawled onto the lake's icy shores and died. Many of them had paralysed hind extremities and ophthalmitis…

Granina L. The chemical budget of Lake Baikal: A review. // Limnol. Oceanogr.; 1997; 42(2): 373-378.

Granina L., Werhli B. The sediment-water interface in Lake Baikal. // Baikal Symposium and 1st Baikal-Sed Workshop: Abstracts; Nov. 18-22, 1999; Berlin / Potsdam; 1999: 21-22.

Jaenicke R., Kutsenogii P.K. Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosol in Siberia, near Lake Baikal. // Workshop 'Siberian Haze': Reports / Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (August 26-28,1991; Vienna, Austria); 1991: 16-20.

Jewson D.H., Granin N.G. Interdisciplinary studies in Lake Baikal: past, present and future. // Joint Int. Sympos. on Lake Baikal: Abstracts; Nov. 5-8 1998; Yokohama, Japan; 1998: 30.

Jewson D., Granin N.G. What relevance does the study of diatom life cycles have for understanding physical, chemical and biological processes in Baikal? // Int. Conf. "Baikal as World Natural Heritage Site: Results and Prospects of International Cooperation": Abstracts; Sept. 9-12, 1998; Ulan-Ude, Russia; 1998: 48-49.

Kipfer R., Peeters F. Deep water formation in Lake Baikal: indications for increasing salt levels? // Int. Conf. "Baikal as World Natural Heritage Site: Results and Prospects of International Cooperation": Abstracts; Sept. 9-12, 1998; Ulan-Ude, Russia; 1998: 46-47.

Kuleshov V.V. Economic Conditions and Requirements of Sustainable Development in General and for the Lake Baikal Region in Particular. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 81-91.

Likhoshway E.V., Grachev M.A., Kumarev V.P., Solodun Yu.V., Goldberg O.A., Belykh O.I., Nagieva F.G., Nikulina V.G., Kolesnik V.S. Baikal seal virus. // Nature; 1989; 339: 266.
SIR - We have recently reported evidence that the cause of the disease in Lake Baikal seals (Phoca siberica) in the autumn of 1987 was infection by a morbillivirus similar to canine distemper virus (CDV). The similarity of the patterns obtained with seal and dog tissues is in favour ot the suggestion that a  morbillivirus similar to CDV caused the disease of Baikal seals.

Mamontov A.M. The biological diversity of Lake Baikal's fauna. // Workshop on Freshwater Biodiversity (Selbu, Norway; June 5-7, 1997): Report. Trondheim; 1997: 38.

Melnik N.G. Diversity and dynamics of zooplankton of Lake Baikal. // Lake Baikal: 2nd Intern. Field Biology Course (IFBC) Ser. 2 / DIWPA, LIN of RAS SB, CER, BICER, JISE: Abstracts of Lectures and Field Practices; Aug. 7-28, 1996; LIN SB RAS. Japan; 1997: 18-19.

Merenkov A.P., Belyaev L.S., Gorelov V.A., Koshelev A.A., Saneev B.G., Sokolov A.D., Lachkov G.G., Borisov G.O., Gorlov V.M., Kuimov S.V. Energy: World Trends, the Situation in the Russian Federation and Siberia, Recommendations on Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 133-147.

Mielchen V. Sustainable agriculture in the Lake Baikal region. // Int. Baikal Conf. 1999 "Russian-German Co-operation in Sibiria - The Lake Baikal Region": Abstracts; Nov. 14-17, 1999. Schneverdingen, Germany; 1999.

Semovski S.V., Shimaraev M.N., Popovskaya G.I., Kuimova L.N., Sinyukovich V.N., Tsekhanovsky V.V. Lake Baikal climate and ecology: evidence of the recent warming and El-Ninio related variations. // Proceedings of the Second Int. Conf. on Climate and Water (Aug. 17-20 1998). Espoo, Finland; 1998; 3: 1355-1362.Intensive 1997-98 El Ninio and its global consequences stimulate new studies  of local manifestations of irregular climatic variations and their relationships  with general climatic variability. Lake Baikal is situated in the deep of  Eurasia, and climate of the аrеа is sensitive both to Western transport of  Atlantic and Arctic air masses, and to Indo-Pacific atmospherical  circulation. Due to these factors, temperature anomalies in Baikal region  generally have no statistical correlation with those in North Atlantic and  Europe. Interannual changes of few physical and biological parameters for  the lake is presented.

Shanks W.C.III, Callender E. Thermal springs in Lake Baikal. // Geology; 1992; 20: 495-497.

Sherbakov D.Yu. Molecular phylogenetic studies on the origin of biodiversity in Lake Baikal. // Trends in Ecology & Evolution; 1999; 14: 92-94.Lake Baikal is host to some 2500 metazoan species, maybe more, the  majority of which are endemic. When studies of the lake shifted from purely  descriptive work to а more analytical approach in the second half of this  century, the question of the origin of its fauna became central and Is still one  of the main challenges to researchers of Baikalian biodiversity.

Sherstyankin P.P., Kozhova O.M., Kablukov Yu.A. Lake Baikal as a renewable source of deep drinking water. // 6th Int. Conference on the Consevation and Management of Lakes - Kasumigaura'95 : Proceeding; 23-27 oct., 1995. University of Tsukuba; 1995; 1: 378-381.

Sheveleva N.G., Pomazkova G.I., comp. The Lists of species of animals and plants inhabiting in Baikal. Rotatoria. // Lake Baikal: evolution and biodiversity. Kozhova O.M., Izmest'eva ed. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backuys Publishers; 1998: 352-359.

Sheveleva N.G., Pomazkova G.I., comp. The Lists of species of animals and plants inhabiting in Baikal. Calanoida. // Lake Baikal: evolution and biodiversity. Kozhova O.M., Izmest'eva ed. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backuys Publishers; 1998: 384.

Sheveleva N.G., Pomazkova G.I., comp. The Lists of species of animals and plants inhabiting in Baikal. Cladocera. // Lake Baikal: evolution and biodiversity. Kozhova O.M., Izmest'eva ed. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backuys Publishers; 1998: 385-387.

Smirnov V.V. A comparative characteristic of the Lake Baikal omul populations Coregonus migratorius (Georgi). // VI International Symposium on Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes: Abstracts; September 23-26, 1996; Konstanz, Germany; 1996: 91.

Sustainable Development of the lake Baikal Region: A Model Territory for the World. (NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series. 2. Environment). Koptyug V.A., Uppenbrink M. ed. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 372.

Suturin A.N. Protection and Use of Lake Baikal Resources - Conditions for Prosperity of Prebaikal Region. // Int. Baikal Conf. 1999 "Russian-German Co-operation in Sibiria - The Lake Baikal Region": Detailprogramm; Nov. 14-17, 1999. Schneverdingen, Germany; 1999.

Timoshkin O.A. Biodiversity of Baikal fauna: state-of-the-art (Preliminary analysis). // New Scope on Boreal Ecosystems in East Siberia: Proc. of the Intern. Workshop, Kyoto, Jap; 23-25 nov.1994 (DIWPA Ser.). Wada E. et al. ed. Novosibirsk: Russ. Akad. of Sci. Siberian Branch; 1997; 2: 35-76. The paper begins from the brief discussion on the term "biodiversity";  author distinguishes biodiversity in a narrow and broad sences. A short  comparative analysis of the taxonomic diversity of the ancient lakes of the  world is given. It is clarified, that with regards to species diversity Lake  Baikal holds a steady first place in the world among the lakes. According to  the author, Baikal is inhabited by 2565 species and 198 subspecies of  animals. The main reasons for  the evolution of such a unique taxonomic and ecological diversity of the  Lake Baikal fauna and prospects in the future research are treated.

Timoshkin O.A. Brief essay on the biodiversity of Lake Baikal fauna with a special emphasys on its origin. // Baikal Symposium and 1st Baikal-Sed Workshop: Report.(Berlin / Potsdam, Nov. 18-22, 1999); 1999: 12-14.

Tulokhonov A.K., Gomboev B.O., Bardakhanova T.B. The Baikal Region Social Ecology Issues. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 4. Science and Technology Policy; 1995; 1: 209-214.

Turov M. Inhabitants and economic development of Baikal Siberia in the Holocene (hunting-fishing cultures). // Int. Conference on Ancient Lakes: their Biological and Cultural Diversities (ICAL'97): Abstracts; June 21-29,1997. Shiga, Japan; 1997: 189.

Vaganov E.A., Buzykin A.Y., Evdokimenko M.D. Forest Resources of the Lake Baikal Region and Perspectives of Their Industrial Exploitation. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 211-217.

Van Malderen H., Van Grieken R., Khodzher T., Obolkin V., Potemkin V.L. Composition of individual aerosol particles above Lake Baikal, Siberia. // Atmospheric Environment; 1996; 30(9): 1453-1465.More than 20,000 individual aerosol particles, taken from research vessels over the total area of Lake Baikal (Siberia) during June 92 and September 93, were analysed by automated electron probe X-ray microanalysis.

Verbolov V.I., Sinyukovich V.N., Karpysheva N.L. Water and mass exchange in the Lake Baikal and storage reservoirs of the Angara cascade. // Arch. Hydrobiol. / Beih. Ergebn. Limnol.; 1989; 33: 35-40.

Verkhozina V.A., Grosheva E.I., Degtyarev S.C., Kusner Yu.S., Nikolaev V.I., Pastukhov M.V., Popovskaya G.I., Safarova V.A., Sudakova N.D., Tsarev I.G. Lake Baikal as a potential source of drinking water. // 1st Intern. Conf. "The Environment & Development in Africa": Abstracts; 21-22 Oct. 1995; Assiut; 1995: 31-32.

Verkhozina V.A., Kusner Yu.S., Pastukhov V.D., Popovskaya G.I., Safarova V.A., Sudakova N.D. Stability principle and mathematical modelling Lake Baikal ecosystem. // InterCarto 2: Gis for environmental studies and mapping (Irkutsk, Russia; June 26-29, 1996). Parker Sherwood, INC, (USA): Geoinformational Technologies and Services; 1996: 133-142.

von Droste B., Eidsvik H.K. Considerations Regarding Nominating Lake Baikal as a World Heritage Site. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 303-307.

Vorobyev V.V., Batuev A.R. Informational and Cartographic Support of Sustainable Development in the Lake Baikal Region. // NATO ASI Series. Partnership Sub-Series 2. Environment. Nederlands; 1995; 6: 217-229.