Identification of filamentous green algae from an area of local biogenic pollution of Lake Baikal (Listvennichnyi Bay) using SSU 18S rDNA

A local eutrophication process is noted for the first time in Listvennichnyi Bay in Lake Baikal. Using morphological and molecular-genetic methods, species of filamentous green algae that form mats at site of the lake subjected to anthropogenic impact are identified. The presence of species of the genus Spirogyra Link., atypical for this part of the lake, as well as their distribution, together with species Ulothrix zonata (Web. et Mohr) Kurz. in an atypically large depth, indicates the serious disturbance of the structure of plant community of the studied site of Baikal.