105-106
Preface
Ramesh D. Gulati and Andrei G. Degermendzhy
107-122
Geographical, geological and hydrochemical distribution of saline lakes in Khakasia, Southern Siberia
Valeri P. Parnachev and Andrei G. Degermendzhy
123-141
Chemical analysis of Lake Shira water (1997–2000)
Galina S. Kalacheva, Vladimir G. Gubanov, Iliada V. Gribovskaya, Inna A. Gladchenko and Galina K. Zinenko, et al.
143-152
Mathematical models and computer programmes for the investigation of hydrophysical processes in Lake Shira
V.M. Belolipetskii, S.N. Genova, L.V. Gavrilova and L.A. Kompaniets
153-164
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 and Galina S. Vysotskaya
165-178
Vertical structure and photosynthetic activity of Lake Shira phytoplankton
Nikolai A. Gaevsky, Tatiana A. Zotina and Tamara B. Gorbaneva
179-204
Structure of planktonic microbial food web in a brackish stratified Siberian lake
Alexander I. Kopylov, Dmitriy B. Kosolapov, Anna V. Romanenko and Andrey G. Degermendzhy
205-218
Phytoplankton, bacterial production and protozoan bacterivory in stratified, brackish-water Lake Shira (Khakasia, Siberia)
Alexander I. Kopylov, Dmitriy B. Kosolapov, Nadezhda N. Degermendzhy, Tatiana A. Zotina and Anna V. Romanenko
219-227
Heterotrophic capability of a metalimnetic plankton population in saline Lake Shira (Siberia, Khakasia)
Antonio Quesada, Friedrich Jüttner, Tatiana Zotina, Alexander P. Tolomeyev and Andrei G. Degermendzhy
229-234
Phytoplankton diet of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Lake Shira (Khakasia)
Alexander P. Tolomeyev
235-243
Growth of dominant zooplankton species feeding on plankton microflora in Lake Shira
Tatiana A. Temerova, Alexander P. Tolomeyev and Andrei G. Degermendzhy
245-256
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 and Andrei G. Degermendzhy
257-260
The effect of chemicals released by Gammarus lacustris on the depth distribution of Arctodiaptomus salinus in laboratory conditions
Yegor S. Zadereev and Michael V. Gubanov
261-270
Interaction coefficients in the Lake Shira algal-bacterial community
Vera V. Adamovich, Tatiana A. Zotina and Andrey G. Degermendzhy
271-297
Formation of the vertical heterogeneity in the Lake Shira ecosystem: the biological mechanisms and mathematical model
Andrei G. Degermendzhy, Victor M. Belolipetsky, Tatiana A. Zotina and Ramesh D. Gulati
299-307
Geographical and seasonal distribution of multiple antibiotic resistance of heterotrophic bacteria of Lake Shira
T.I. Lobova, E.Ye. Maksimova, L.Yu Popova and N.S. Pechurkin
309-315
Bioluminescence characteristics of Lake Shira water
E. Vetrova, V. Kratasyuk and N. Kudryasheva
317-331
Lipid and hydrocarbon compositions of a collection strain and a wild sample of the green microalga Botryococcus
Galina S. Kalacheva, Natalia O. Zhila and Tatiana G. Volova
333-340
Understanding the mechanisms of blooming of phytoplankton in LakeShira, a saline lake in Siberia (the Republic of Khakasia)
Andrei G. Degermendzhy and Ramesh D. Gulati
341
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