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Hydrodynamics as a limiting factor in the Lake Baikal ecosystem
V.A. Verkhozinaa,
O.M. Kozhovab, Yu.S. Kusnera
aGeochemistry Institute of the Siberian
Branch of Russia Academy of Sciences, Favorskogo 1, 664033
lrkutsk, Russia
bBiology Institute of Irkutsk State University Lenina 3, 664000
Irkutsk, Russia
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Abstract
The intense turbulent diffusion in the water body is one of the
features of Lake Baikal, a deep-water, sea-like lake. In this paper
we argue that the turbulent mixing of water determines the dynamics
of intermediate gaseous nitrogen-containing products, and therefore
may be regarded as the limiting factor for Lake Baikal as well as
for other ecosystems of the oceanic type. © 2000 Published
by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Keywords: Nutrient; Nitrogen cycle
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