Spatial heterogeneity in macroinvertebrate density from Lake Hövsgöl, Mongolia

Abstract

Lake Hovsgol is a large, ancient, asymmetrical grabenlake located in north central Mongolia. The lake is longalong its north/south axis and the west shore of the lake islined by steep mountains with little human activity; where-as the east shore of the lake is lined by shallow hills char-acterized by pastoral land use. Lake Hovsgol is a pristinelake with high concentrations of dissolved oxygen, lowconcentrations of nutrients, and deep blue color(Kozhova