Note: Intro -- Contents -- Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin: International Research Cooperation for an Ecoregion of Global Relevance -- I. Availability of surface and groundwater resources and the role of rising abstractions, climate and land use change -- Large-scale modelling of water resources in the Selenga River Basin -- Review of Long-term Satellite Data Series on Mongolia for the Study of Land Cover and Land Use -- Drivers of Land degradation in Umnugobi Province -- Evaluation of groundwater resources in the upper Tuul River basin, Mongolia -- II. Environmental pollution impacts of anthropogenic activities -- Influence of urban settlement and mining activities on surface water quality in northern Mongolia -- Heavy Metal Fluxes in the Rivers of the Selenga Basin -- Linking Catchments to Rivers: Flood-driven Sediment and Contaminant Loads in the Selenga River -- Hotspot Pollution Assessment: Cities of the Selenga River Basin -- Geochemical Transformation of Soils Caused by Non-Ferric Ore Mining in the Selenga River Basin (Case Study of Zakamensk) -- Environmental-Geochemical Map of Ulaanbaatar City: Methodology of Compiling and Perspectives of Applying -- III. Fluvial transport dynamics and morphology -- Source to Sink: Water and Sediment Transport in the Selenga-Baikal Catchment -- Morphological analysis of the upper reaches of the Kukuy Canyon derived from shallow bathymetry -- IV. State of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems -- Geo-ecological Issues in the Selenge River Basin Catchment -- The natural risks caused by interactions between ecosystems of Selenga River Basin and the Central Asia -- Is the Endemic Fauna of Lake Baikal Affected by Global Change?. , The influence of BPPC on Baikal plankton - comparative study of phytoplankton in the point of influence of BPPC purified waste waters and in the reference clean point in 2005-2006 years -- V. Water management -- Floods in the Selenga River basin: research experience -- Challenges for Science-Based IWRM Implementation in Mongolia: Experiences from the Kharaa River Basin -- The EU-WFD as an Implementation Tool for IWRM in non-European countries - Case Study: Mongolia -- Potential and feasibility of willow vegetation filters in Mongolia -- VI. Innovative monitoring techniques -- Leman-Baikal: Remote Sensing of Lakes Using an Ultralight Plane -- Advantages of Biosensor Water Quality Monitoring -- The Multi-Species Freshwater Biomonitor: Applications in ecotoxicology and water quality biomonitoring.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Consistency and Uncertainty Analyses of Sediment Transport Monitoring in the Transboundary River: Case Study of Western Dvina (Russian Federation, Belarus and Latvia) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Data -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Global Change Impact on Ephemeral Streams Sediment Load in the Raya Graben, Northern Ethiopia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Longitudinal and Cross Profiles as Indicators of Morphodynamics of Small Drainage Basins (Case Study European Russia) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Region and Method of Study -- 3 Averaged Longitudinal and Cross Profiles of Small Drainage Basins -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Change of Erosive Activity in the Context of Change of the Climate -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Numerical Modeling of Channel Deformation Taking into Account Sediment Fractions Distribution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Results -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Drivers of Sedimentary Fluxes Assessment in Alpine Catchments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Peculiarities of Ice Nucleation on Particles in Atmosphere and Soil -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The Extreme Rainfall Characteristics and Terrace Greenhouse Erosion Control in Climate Change and Human Impact in Hilly and Gully Region of the Loess Plateau in China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Integration of Landforms, Deposits and Paleosols Analysis for Reconstructing Holocene Debris Flow Activity in the Low Mountains of Kola Peninsula -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements. , References -- Trees as Large-Scale Natural Phononic Crystals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Climate Change and Sediment Yield in Kamchatka, Far East of Russia -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Selenga River Runoff Projections in the XXI Century: ECOMAG-Based Simulation Results -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Postglacial Incision-Widening-Infill Cycles at the Borisoglebsk Upland: Correlations Between Interfluve Headwaters and Fluvial Network -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Geomorphometric and Geoinformation Approach to Meliorative Evaluation of the Territory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- The Innovation Technology Based on Molecular Phylogeny of Bacillariophyceae for Water Quality Monitoring -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Phylogenetic Analysis of RbcL Gene of Bacillariophyceae -- 3.2 Phylogenetic Analysis of rbcL Protein of Bacillariophyceae -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Water Balance Assessment Using Swat Model. Case Study on Russian Subcatchment of Western Dvina River -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Numerical Modeling of Channel Processes and Hydraulic Engineering Impact on the River Amur -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 3.1 Data Used -- 3.2 Model Description -- 3.3 Model Calibration and Validation -- 4 Results of Scenarios Modeling -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Reference -- Channel Processes Dynamics at Wet Subtropical Climate of Russian Black Sea Coast -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- Acknowledgements -- References. , Intra-storm Variability of Coefficient of Variation of Runoff and Soil Loss in Consecutive Storms at Experimental Plot Scale -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Experimental Design and Treatment -- 3 Data Collection and Analysis -- 4 Data Analysis -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Acknowledgements -- References -- Study of Channel Changes in the Lena River Near Yakutsk Based on Long-Term Data, Satellite Images and Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Methods and Data -- 3 Results and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A Probabilistic Approach to Interpret Long-Term Observations of Sediment Yield in Experimental Catchments in Southern Italy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Extreme Erosion Events and Climate Change -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The Emission of Carbon Dioxide from Soils Washed-Out and Buried by Accelerated Erosion in the Chernozem Belt of the European Russia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Gully Erosion and Thermo-erosion Modelling for the Conditions of the Modern and the Late-Glacial Periglacial Climate -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- References.