Large Russian Lakes Ladoga, Onega, and Imandra under Strong Pollution and in the Period of Revitalization: A Review

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Tatiana Moiseenko, Andrey Sharov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: large lakes; long-term pollution; aquatic ecosystem; reference condition; disturbance; recovery; Onega; Imandra; North-West Russia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9120492

In this paper, retrospective analyses of long-term changes in the aquatic ecosystem of Ladoga, Onega, and Imandra lakes, situated within North-West Russia, are presented. At the beginning of the last century, the lakes were oligotrophic, freshwater and similar in origin in terms of the chemical comp...