Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
SUCCESSIVE PROCESSES AT QUARRY WASTE DUMPS OF VARIOUS AGES
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2021
Языканглийский
  • Leontev Vyacheslav Vitalevich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Smirnov A, Mutalibova G, Leontyev V, Successive processes at quarry waste dumps of various ages//Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A. - 2021. - Vol.63, Is.4. - P.289-299.
    Annotation This work is dedicated to the study of the succession processes in quarries of different ages in the territory of the Russian Federation and neighboring countries, namely, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. In selected soil samples from the areas studied, certain physical and chemical properties, the quantitative composition of microbial communities, and the diversity of flora species from the quarries were studies. The pH values for the Kuzbass area were found to decrease to 4.8, and in the area of the younger quarries - Ingulets and Sokolovsky - the pH values were recorded higher. The basal soil respiration rate of the Kuzbass quarry was approximately 0.2 mg CO2/g/h. The CO2 carbonate content ranged from 0.05 to 0.6%. The microbial biomass in Kuzbass soil was between 5.10 ?g C/g soil, while its quantity in other quarries was 6 times lower, which is associated with the relatively young age of these sites. The study of the diversity of flora species in the Kuznetsk coalfield identified 120 species of upper plants belonging to 34 families. Among them, cereals, legumes and mosses, lichens and algae were predominant. In the territory of Inguletsky and Sokolovsky quarries the diversity of plant species was much poorer. In this regard, further research will focus on increasing the rate of succession and maintaining ecosystem stability by increasing the share of micro-organisms. Also, the study of the possibility to accelerate the restoration of younger flora in the discharges of age careers at the expense of the mycorrhizal communities formation is of high relevance.
    Keywords successional processes, Kuzbass, Inguletsky and Sokolovsky quarries, green cover, physical and chemical properties of soils, microbial biomass
    The name of the journal Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A
    URL https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122809003&doi=10.2478%2fffp-2021-0029&partnerID=40&md5=2b37a6516078881afa3d45669a0a7671
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