Structure of Living Soil Cover of the White Sea

The living soil of the Dry Sea gulf's coast in the South-East part of the White Sea's Dvina Bay is practically a blind spot. The bay is a unique water body in respect of plant communities. The majority of halophytes typical for the White Sea coast grows here. There are differences between...

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Published in:HORTUS BOTANICUS
Main Authors: Moseev Dmitriy Sergeevich, Sergyenko Lyudmila Alexandrovna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Petrozavodsk State University 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15393/j4.art.2016.3242
https://doaj.org/article/4b51e8c9b8dd4905ae9970b6345b3a3e
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Summary:The living soil of the Dry Sea gulf's coast in the South-East part of the White Sea's Dvina Bay is practically a blind spot. The bay is a unique water body in respect of plant communities. The majority of halophytes typical for the White Sea coast grows here. There are differences between plant communities of the East and West shores of the Dry Sea gulf. The East coast has developed communities with domination of Phragmites australis, the West coast is occupied by communities of psammophytonis levees with a predominance of Leymus arenarius. For the first time ever, the article provides a classification of halophytic vegetation of the gulf's marshes, which highlighted the prodromus containing ten associations, consisting of seven formations of the type grass vegetation, many of which are rare. The research results can be used to develop environmental protection measures during the construction of a deep sea port in the Dry Sea gulf.