Table 1.

Turbidity and chemical composition of SML and UW in Lake Baikal.

Water Layer	August of 2013			May–June of 2015		August of 2015		May–June of 2016
	PM, mg/L	РО43−, mg/L	NO2−, mg/L	РО43−, mg/L	NH4+, mg/L	РО43−, mg/L	TOC, mg C/L	РО43−, mg/L	NO3−, mg/L
SML	13.5 ± 4.5	0.026 ± 0.006	0.010 ± 0.003	0.024 ± 0.004	0.021 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.005	3.5 ± 2.2	0.009 ± 0.004	0.38 ± 0.04
UW	3.6 ± 1.5	0.012 ± 0.006	0.005 ± 0.001	0.010 ± 0.002	0.007 ± 0.001	0.014 ± 0.003	1.4 ± 0.3	0.006 ± 0.004	0.36 ± 0.04

Note. PM—particulate matter, TOC—total organic carbon. The values of standard error of the mean at a significance level of 0.05 serve as the confidence interval.