Estuarine Response of the Pechora River to the External Ecological Impacts from Oil and Mining Activities

• Main Author: Lemenkova, Polina
• Other Authors: Ocean University of China (OUC), Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, P. V. Evtin, D. V. Pyalchenkov, A. R. Kurchikov
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Environmental Assessment; Environmental Effects; Arctic environments; Arctic environment; Barents Sea; Environment Exploration; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.STU.AG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Applied geology; [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; [SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Arctic; Pechora; Pechora Sea
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02017730; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02017730/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02017730/file/Lemenkova_Estuarine%20Response.pdf; https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7211528

International audience The Pechora Sea and Pechora river are parts of the Barents Sea located in the Russian Arctic. The unique environment of the Pechora Sea ecosystems should be maintained and protected for nature conservation. However, the negative impacts caused by the excessed anthropogenic activities cause serious environmental consequences. Current paper reported geographic characteristics of this geographic area, detailed some of the current environmental challenges and contributed to the monitoring of the vulnerable Russia Arctic region. Among all Arctic seas, the Barents Sea is singled out for its unique environment and its high biodiversity. At the same time, parts of the Gulf Stream current transfers its waters directly into this area bringing along different contaminants from Northern Sea.