Mires of the Kuznetsk Alatau as Natural Filters of Natural Water
I. I. Volkova, A. I. Syso, K. S. Baikov
Keywords: peat swamps, heavy metals, peat biogeochemistry, ecology
Pages: 379-388
Abstract
The paper describes the results of the work aimed at elucidation of the ecological role of mountain mires in the Kuznetsk Alatau and evaluation of their modern ecological state on the basis of the investigation of geo- and hydrochemical features of peat deposits, mire and river water of the typical mountain mire system - Krestovskie Bolota - near the Chemodan mountain situated at the territory of the Kuznetskiy Alatau reserve, as well as summer atmospheric precipitation within the borders of the reserve and near its outer boundaries.
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