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Lake Baikal: A Mirror in Time and Space for Understanding Global Change Processes

Minoura, K.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Table of Contentsxi
  • Prefacev
  • Introductionvii
  • Part 1: Paleoenvironment and Rift Basin History1
  • Chapter 1. Baikal drilling project1
  • Chapter 2. Changes in the Lake Baikal levels and runoff direction in the Quaternary period15
  • Chapter 3. Paleomagnetic and rock-magnetic studies on Lake Baikal sediments: BDP 96 borehole at Acad35
  • Chapter 4. Paleoclimatic signals printed in Lake Baikal sediments53
  • Chapter 5. Glaciations of central Asia in the late Cenosoic according to the sedimentary record from71
  • Chapter 6. Palaeoclimatic changes from 3.6 to 2.2 Ma B. P.derived from palynological studies on Lake85
  • Chapter 7. TEM analysis of smectite-illite mixed-layer minerals of core BDP 96 Hole 1 : Preliminary90
  • Chapter 8. Forest-desert alternation history revealed by pollen- record in Lake Baikal over the past101
  • Chapter 9. Vegetation history of the southeastern and eastern coasts of Lake Baikal from bog sedimen108
  • Chapter 10. Estimation of paleoenvironmental changes in the Eurasian continental interior during the119
  • Chapter 11. Paleoenvironmental change in the Eurasian continent interior inferred from chemical elem127
  • Chapter 12. A new preparation method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of fossil sponge spic136
  • Chapter 13. Evolution of freshwater centric diatoms within the Baikal rift zone during the late Ceno146
  • Part 2: Physicochemical Limnology155
  • Chapter 14. Elemental composition of short sediment cores and ferromanganese concretions from Lake B155
  • Chapter 15. Mercury distribution in the bottom and stream sediments of Lake Baikal, water reservoirs165
  • Chapter 16. Correlation between geochemical features of recent bottom and stream sediments in the Ba176
  • Chapter 17. Remote sensing methods in studies of Lake Baikal environment186
  • Chapter 18. Environmental impact on the dynamics of Lake Baikal phytoplankton taxanomic groups: mode200
  • Chapter 19. Nonlinear stability near the temperature of maximum density and thermobaric instability214
  • Chapter 20. Study of the elemental composition of suspended particles in large continental lakes (Ba229
  • Chapter 21. Atmospheric and riverine input of nutrients and organic matter into Lake Baikal236
  • Chapter 22. Comparison of persistent organochlorine pollutant behavior in the food webs of Lakes Bai247
  • Chapter 23. Carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of pelagic ecosystem and environmental fluctuations262
  • Chapter 24. Some speculations on the possibility of changes in deep-water renewal in Lake Baikal and273
  • Chapter 25. Contamination of the ecosystems of Lake Baikal by persistent organochlorines281
  • Part 3: Evolution and Biodiversity299
  • Chapter 26. Genetic differentiation of gammarid (Eufimnogammarus cyaneus) populations in relation to299
  • Chapter 27. Myological peculiarities of the comephoridae: an endemic fish taxon of Lake Baikal (Pisc306
  • Chapter 28. Morphometric comparison of skulls of seals of the subgenus Pusa315
  • Chapter 29. The importance of habitat stability for the prevalence of sexual reproduction324
  • Index of Authors331
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780444504340
  • ISBN-13 9780080535357
  • Author Minoura, K.
  • Category Science
  • Subject Geology

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Lake Baikal is the oldest lake and largest freshwater reservoir in the world. As a result of its exceptionally long geological history, the lake has been a theatre of evolution and speciation of organisms, and it currently harbors more species than any other lake in the world. Based on its unique nature, Lake Baikal was recently designated a World Heritage site and is regarded as a hotspot for evolution, speciation, and biodiversity. With its tremendously peculiar biota, Lake Baikal is now awaiting modern analytical approaches to the profound problems of speciation and evolution. In late autumn 1998 a symposium was held in Japan with the theme "Lake Baikal: A mirror in time and space for understanding global change processes" to bring together scientists from different disciplines who are studying Lake Baikal. Three international scientific associations: The BICER (Baikal International Center for Ecological Research), BDP (Baikal Drilling Project), and DIWPA (Diversitas Western Pacific and Asia) were involved in the organisation.
This book contains a selection of papers presented at this symposium. They are interdisciplinary in nature and bring together results from geology, paleontology, chemistry, biology, limnology and physics.