Environment-forming function of soil and vegetation cover of pine forests of the Kola Peninsula under conditions of aerotechnogenic pollution

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The paper presents the results of studying the habitat-forming function of soil and vegetation cover of medium-aged pine forests of the Kola Peninsula, both background ones and at different levels of aerotechnogenic environmental pollution by emissions of the “Severonickel” copper-nickel complex (Murmansk Region). The objectives were set: to estimate the total aboveground biomass stock of ground cover, plant waste and forest litter along the gradient of aerotechnogenic pollution; to characterise the ratio of biomass stocks of herb-dwarf-shrub and moss-lichen layers of middle-aged pine forests in the background area of the Kola Peninsula and in the polluted area; to reveal intracenotic heterogeneity of biomass stock of shrubs, mosses and lichens, as well as stocks of plant waste and forest litter. It was found that as the pollution source is approached, the biomass stocks of all components of the pine forest ground cover decrease; mosses, the most sensitive species to the stress factor, drop out of the plant communities; the species composition of lichens changes, leading to a decrease in the stock of their aboveground biomass; the share of moss-lichen layer in the total biomass stock decreases, down to complete disappearance in the impact zone; intracenotic heterogeneity and contrast in the distribution of biomass stocks of all components of the ground cover increase, which may be due to a high degree of heterogeneity in the level of pollution of the upper horizon of podzol by heavy metals. As a result, there is a significant loss of the environment-forming function of the ground cover, which equalises the hydrothermal regime of habitats in pine forests. The impact of aerotechnogenic pollution affects the processes of decomposition of plant residues, which leads to an increase in the stocks of plant waste and forest litter.

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I. V. Lyanguzova

V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS

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Russian Federation, Prof. Popov Str., 2, Saint-Petersburg, 197022

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2. Fig. 1. Ground cover of the studied pine forests in the background area ( a ), buffer ( b ) and impact ( c ) zones.

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3. Fig. 2. Index of technogenic load in the studied pine forests.

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4. Fig. 3. Stock of lichen aboveground biomass in the studied pine forests.

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5. Fig. 4. Stock of dwarf-shrub aboveground biomass in the studied pine forests.

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6. Fig. 5. Stock of plant waste in the studied pine forests.

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7. Fig. 6. Stock of forest litter in the studied pine forests.

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8. Fig. 7. Ratio of aboveground biomass stocks of moss-lichen and herb-dwarf-shrub layers in the studied pine forests.

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