Ecosystem and human health assessment to define environmental management strategies: The case of long-term human impacts on an Arctic lake

• Main Authors: T I Moiseenko, A A Voinov, V V Megorsky, N A Gashkina, L P Kudriavtseva, O I Vandish, A N Sharov, Yu Sharova, I N Koroleva
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Lake; Imandra; Murmansk; Human health; Murmansk Oblast
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1044.8229; http://www.likbez.com/AV/PUBS/STOTEN_Arctic.pdf

Abstract There are rich deposits of mineral and fossil natural resources in the Arctic, which make this region very attractive for extracting industries. Their operations have immediate and vast consequences for ecological systems, which are particularly vulnerable in this region. We are developing...