BIOMONITORING OF AEROTHECHNOGENIC CONTAMINATION OF ECOSYSTEMS IN THE NORTH OF RUSSIA BY HEAVY METALS

The paper presents the study results on the assessment of the state and changes in the environment properties under the conditions of aerotechnogenic impact using biomonitoring. The authors outline the importance of biomonitoring as an essential component of a comprehensive system for the environment quality monitoring and assessment. The researchers have analyzed the distribution features of technogenic pollutants, especially heavy metals, in the ecosystems of the Russian North. They have estimated the levels of pollutant accumulation in monitor plants using phytoindication methods that allow assessing the nature of migration and accumulation of pollutants in higher plants, including mosses, and in lower ones (lichens). The authors have analyzed the basic prerequisites for using plants as an object of study in the geoecological assessment of the environment, including monitoring studies.

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