ASSESSMENT OF THE VEGETATION COVER CONDITIONS FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF THE MURMANSK REGION BASED ON FIELD AND REMOTE SENSING DATA

Research of the forest ecosystems dynamics of northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula (the Imandra Lake watershed) under the influence of strong anthropogenic impacts caused by the industrial complex “Severonikel” over the last 70 years was carried out. Statistical analysis was used for comparison...

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Published in:GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
Main Authors: Michael Puzachenko, Tatyana Chernenkova
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2012
Subjects:
forest ecosystems dynamics
anthropogenic disturbance
discriminate analysis
geo
envir
Imandra
Khibiny
Kola Peninsula
Murmansk
kola peninsula
Lapland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2012-5-3-4-13
https://doaj.org/article/fbcffc42219c421f83a55ede9bb62424
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Summary:Research of the forest ecosystems dynamics of northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula (the Imandra Lake watershed) under the influence of strong anthropogenic impacts caused by the industrial complex “Severonikel” over the last 70 years was carried out. Statistical analysis was used for comparison and interpolation of field data, multispectral remote sensing data (MRSD), and digital elevation model (DEM). From this analysis, the classification of natural and anthropogenic classes of the vegetation and land cover was developed; the model highlighted the key driving forces behind the spatial differentiation of vegetation (altitudinal climate gradients, anthropogenic disturbance, water supply, and development of the natural vegetation communities). In addition, the map of the current vegetation conditions at a scale of 1:100 000 was created. This map characterizes the large part of the Lapland Nature Reserve, the territory of the Khibiny mountains, as well as the polluted area near the metallurgical plant.

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