Surface water pathways and fluxes of metals under changing environmental conditions and human interventions in the Selenga River system

This paper presents the results of novel field campaigns in the extensive (447,000 km2) Selenga River basin, through which 304 samples of river water and 308 samples of suspended matter were collected during high and low water periods between 2011 and 2013. The Selenga River is the largest tributary (more than 50% of the inflow) to the Lake Baikal. Due to ongoing hydroclimatic change and human pressures under conditions of economic growth, the...