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  • A unified dataset of co-located sewage pollution, periphyton, and benthic macroinvertebrate community and food web structure from Lake Baikal (Siberia)
  • Meyer, Michael F; School of the Environment, Washington State University
    Ozersky, Ted; Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota - Duluth
    Woo, Kara H; Center for Environmental Research Education and Outreach, Washington State University
    Shchapov, Kirill; Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota - Duluth
    Galloway, Aaron W. E.; Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
    Schram, Julie B; Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
    Snow, Daniel D; School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Timofeyev, Maxim A; Biological Research Institute, Irkutsk State University
    Karnaukhov, Dmitry Yu.; Biological Research Institute, Irkutsk State University
    Brousil, Matthew R; Center for Environmental Research Education and Outreach, Washington State University
    Hampton, Stephanie E; Center for Environmental Research Education and Outreach, Washington State University
  • 2020-12-07
  • Meyer, M.F., T. Ozersky, K.H. Woo, K. Shchapov, A.W. Galloway, J.B. Schram, D.D. Snow, M.A. Timofeyev, D.Y. Karnaukhov, M.R. Brousil, and S.E. Hampton. 2020. A unified dataset of co-located sewage pollution, periphyton, and benthic macroinvertebrate community and food web structure from Lake Baikal (Siberia) ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • Sewage released from lakeside development can introduce nutrients and micropollutants that can restructure aquatic ecosystems. Lake Baikal, the world's most ancient, biodiverse, and voluminous lake, has been experiencing localized sewage pollution from lakeside settlements. Increasing filamentous algal abundance suggests benthic communities are responding to this localized pollution. We surveyed 40-km of Lake Baikal's southwestern shoreline 19-23 August 2015 for sewage indicators, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and microplastics with co-located periphyton, macroinvertebrate, stable isotope, and fatty acid sampling. Unique identifiers corresponding to sampling locations are retained throughout all data files to facilitate interoperability among the dataset's 150+ variables. The data are structured in a tidy format (a tabular arrangement familiar to limnologists) to encourage future reuse. For Lake Baikal studies, these data can support continued monitoring and research efforts. For global studies of lakes, these data can help characterize sewage prevalence and ecological consequences of anthropogenic disturbance across spatial scales.

  • N: 52.02693      S: 51.8553      E: 105.4724      W: 104.8148
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