Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Anthropogenic Processes in Continental Waters of Arctic Regions and Criteria for Their Assessment

  • Hydrochemistry, Hydrobiology: Environmental Aspects
  • Published:
Water Resources Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Development features of anthropogenic processes in continental waters in the Arctic Basin, including eutrophication, acidification, and toxic pollution, are characterized. The major changes in the ecosystems and the formation periods of hazardous situations are demonstrated. Criteria are suggested for the diagnostics of unfavorable processes and the need of more stringent water quality standards is substantiated.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Alimov, A.F., Elementy teorii funktsionirovaniya vodnykh ekosistem (Elements of the Theory of Functioning of Aquatic Ecosystems), St. Petersburg: Nauka, 2000.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Bashkin, V.N., Assessing the level of risk under critical loads of pollutants on ecosystems, Geogr. Prir. Resur., 1999, no. 1, pp. 35–37.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Venitsianov, E.V. and Lepikhin, A.P., Fiziko-khimicheskie osnovy modelirovaniya migratsii i transformatsii tyazhelykh metallov v prirodnykh vodakh (Physicochemical Principles of Modeling the Migration and Transformation of Heavy Metals in Natural Waters), Yekaterinburg: Ros. Nauch.-Issled. Inst. Vod. Khoz., 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Gashkina, N.A., Zonal features of the distribution of biogenic elements and organic matter in small lakes, Water Resour., 2011, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 352–371.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. State Reports “On the Conditions and Protection of the Environment in the Russian Federation,” Moscow: Minprirody, 2010–2016. http://www.mnr.gov.ru/regulatory/list.php?part=1101.

  6. Moiseenko, T.I., Vodnaya ekotoksikologiya: fundamental’nye i prikladnye aspekty (Water Toxicology: Basic and Applied Aspects), Moscow: Nauka, 2009.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Moiseenko, T.I., Sandimirov, S.S., and Kudryavtseva, L.P., Eutrophication of surface water in the arctic region, Water Resour., 2001, no. 3, pp. 307–316.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Moiseenko, T.I., Effects of acidification on aquatic ecosystems, Russ. J. Ecol., 2005, no. 2, pp. 93–102.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Moiseenko, T.I., Gashkina, N.A., and Dinu, M.I., Zakislenie vod: uyazvimost' i kriticheskie nagruzki (Water Acidification: Vulnerability and Critical Loads), Moscow: URRS, 2017.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Moiseenko, T.I., Gashkina, N.A., Kudryavtseva, L.P., Bylinyak, Yu.A., and Sandimirov, S.S., Zonal features of the formation of water chemistry in small lakes in European Russia, Water Resour., 2006, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 144–162.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Moiseenko, T.I., Dauval’ter, V.A., and Rodyushkin, I.V., Mechanisms of the cycle of natural and human–introduced metals in surface waters of the Arctic Basin, Water Resour., 1998, no. 2, pp. 212–224.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Nablyudaemye i ozhidaemye izmeneniya klimata v Rossii: temperatura vozdukha (Observed and Anticipated Climate Changes in Russia: Air Temperature), Gruza, G.V. and Ran’kova, E.Yu., Eds., Obninsk: Inst. Glob. Klim. Ekol., Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2012.

  13. Nikanorov, A.M. and Bryzgalo, V.A., Presnovodnye ekosistemy v impaktnykh raionakh Rossii (Freshwater Ecosystems in Impact Regions of Russia), Rostov-on- Don: NOK, 2006.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Perechen’ rybokhozyaistvennykh normativov predel’nodopustimykh kontsentratsii (PDK) i orientirovochno bezopasnykh urovnei vozdeistviya (OBUV) vrednykh veshchestv dlya vody vodnykh ob”ektov, imeyushchikh rybokhozyaistvennoe znachenie (List of Fishery-Related Standards of Maximal Allowable Concentrations (MAC) and Relatively Safe Impact Levels (RSIL) of Hazardous Substances in Water Bodies of Significance for Fishery), Moscow: Vseros. Nauch.-Issled. Inst. Ryb. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2010.

  15. Rodyushkin, I.V., Main regularities in metal distributions by forms in the surface waters of the Kola North, Cand. Sci. (Geogr.) Dissertation, St. Petersburg: SPb Nauch. Issled. Inst. Okeanogr., Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1995.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Henderson-Sellers, B. and Markland, H.R., Decaying Lakes, Chichester: Wiley, 1987.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Khublaryan, M.G. and Moiseenko, T.I., Water quality deterioration in the Extreme North, Vestn. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2000, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 307–313.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Yakovlev, V.A., Assessment of the degree of surface water acidification by the zoobenthic reaction in the northeastern part of Fennoscandia, Water Resour., 1998, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 225–231.

    Google Scholar 

  19. Adams, S.M. and Ryon, M.G., A comparison of health assessment approaches for evaluating the effects of contaminant- related stress on fish populations, J. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health, 1994, vol. 3, no. 15, pp. 15–25.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Arctic Freshwater System in a Changing Climate, WCRP CliC Project. AMAP. IASC CliC/AMAP/ IASC. 2016. http://www.amap.no/documents/doc/The-Arctic-Freshwater-System-in-a-Changing-Climate/1375.

  21. Arctic pollution issues: a state of the arctic environment report, Oslo: AMAP, 1997.

  22. Clark, J.M., Bottrell, S.H., Evans, C.D., et al., The importance of the relationship between scale and process in understanding long-term DOC dynamics, AMBIO, no. 13, pp. 2768–2675.

  23. Henriksen, A., Porsch, M., Hulberg, H., and Lien, L., Critical loads of acidity for surface waters—can the ANC limit be considered variable?, Water Air Soil Pollut., 1995, no. 85, pp. 2419–2424.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Henriksen, A., Kamari 1., Posch, M., and Wilander, A., Critical loads of acidity: Nordic surface waters, AMBIO, 1992, no. 21, pp. 356–363.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Henriksen, A., Skjelvåle, B.L., Mannio, J., et al., Northern European lake survey, 1995. Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russian Kola, Russian Karelia, Scotland and Wales, AMBIO, 1998, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 80–91.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Lithner, G., Quality Criteria for Lakes and Watercourses. Background Report 2—Metals, Stockholm: Swedish EPA Rep. 3628, 1989.

    Google Scholar 

  27. Moiseenko, T.I., A fate of metals in arctic surface waters. Method for defining critical levels, Sci. Total Environ., 1999, no. 31, pp. 19–39.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Moiseenko, T.I., Skjelkvale, B.L., Gashkina, N.A., et al., Water chemistry in small lakes along a transect from boreal to arid ecoregions in European Russia: effects of air pollution and climate change, Applied Geochem., 2013, no. 28, pp. 69–79.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Moiseenko, T.I., Voinov, A.A., Megorsky, V.V., et al., Ecosystem and human health assessment to define environmental management strategies: the case of longterm human impacts on an Arctic lake, Sci. Tot. Environ., 2006, vol. 369, pp. 1–20.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Rast, W. and Lee, G., Relationship between summary mean and maximum chlorophyll-a concentration in lakes, Environ. Sci. Technol., 1979, no. 13, pp. 869–870.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Vollenweider, R.A., Scientific fundamentals of the eutrophycation partially reference to nitrogen and phosphorus as factors in eutrophycation, Tech. Rep. Organ. Economy Cooper. Devel., 1968, vol. 27.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Whitfield, A.K. and Elliott, M., Fish as indicator of environmental and ecological changes within estuaries: a review of progress and suggestions for the future, J. Fish. Biol., 2002, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 229–250.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Wong, P.T.S. and Dixon, D.G., Bioassessment of water quality, Environ. Toxicol. Water Qual., 1995, vol. 10, pp. 320–345.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    T. I. Moiseenko

Authors
  1. T. I. Moiseenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to T. I. Moiseenko.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © T.I. Moiseenko, 2018, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2018, Vol. 45, No. 4.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Moiseenko, T.I. Anthropogenic Processes in Continental Waters of Arctic Regions and Criteria for Their Assessment. Water Resour 45, 578–588 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807818040176

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807818040176

Keywords

Search

Navigation