Condition of the Fauna in the Impact Zone of the Norilsk Industrial Complex
A. S. SHISHIKIN, D. N. ORESHKOV, E. S. UGLOVA
V. N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Akademgorodok, 50/28
Keywords: Norilsk industrial complex, key plots, species composition, abundance, population dynamics, tissues contamination by heavy metals and sulfur
Abstract
The results of long-term studies of the fauna condition in the zone of impact of emissions from the Norilsk industrial complex were presented. Natural factors influencing the species structure and population characteristics were investigated. The analyses of vegetation state and animal population parameters were conducted. That allowed carrying out zoning of the pollutants’ impact on different ecosystems. The list of indicator species for monitoring of pollution was determined, and contamination level of tissues of terrestrial vertebrates was estimated.
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