Vegetation of the Chivyrkuy bay of lake Baikal: features of structure and distribution

He article presents the data on spatial distribution of vegetation of the Chivyrkuy Bay of Lake Baikal with the coordinate bindings of the description stations. The distribution of aquatic vegetation of the Chivyrkuy Bay is characterized by a striped structure. Higher plants form communities at depths up to 4.0-5.0 m, with increasing depths they are replaced by groups of charophytes, mosses and nostocs. In the bay, the distribution of vegetation de have not undergone significant changes, with the exception of the Serpentine and Kotovo small bays, which are characterized by cyclical fluctuations of filling up by communities of the alien species E. canadensis.