Changes in the properties of soils and soil biota in the impact zone of the aerotechnogenic emissions from the Kandalaksha aluminum smelter

Евдокимова, Г. А.; Korneikova, M. V.; Mozgova, N. P.

doi:10.1134/s1064229313100025

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“…According to previous studies there are four zones under anthropogenic impact that have been selected by pollution gradient (Evdokimova et al 2013) (Table 1). The fluorine content decreases from 1000 mg/ kg in the zone of maximum contamination to 200 mg/kg in the background zone.…”

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“…Despite the high fluorine concentration (>1000 mg/kg), the number and diversity of microphotrophs in soils near KAS are relatively large. This may be due to a decrease in the toxicity of fluorine due to a decrease in its solubility in less acidic soils compared with the background region (Evdokimova et al 2013). It is known that many algae and especially cyanobacteria prefer habitats with a pH close to neutral.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These elements can be distributed to the long distances from the source of the contamination (up to 15-20 km). The main compounds in the aerial emissions from KAS are fluorine and aluminum (Evdokimova et al 2013). Fluorine and its compounds belong to the group of hazardous substances for living organisms including humans (Gibbs and Labrèche 2014, Chaschin 2017, Kongerud 2007, Taiwo 2007.…”

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Microfungi, algae and cyanobacteria in soils polluted with fluorine (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

Redkina¹,

Shalygina²,

Korneykova³

2020

Czech Polar Rep.

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The analysis of algal-mycological complexes in Albic Podzolic soils affected by emissions of the Kandalaksha Aluminum Smelter (KAS) was carried out. The number and biomass of microscopic fungi in the maximum fluorine-polluted zone (fluorine-content >1000 mg/kg) more than 2 times lower than in distanced areas and amounted to 17.3 thousants colony-forming units/g and 1.33 mg/g respectively. Altogether, 31 species of soil fungi were isolated. The species Penicillium trzebinskii and P. miczynskii dominated the zone of maximum pollution. P. glabrum, P. spinulosum, and Memnoniella echinata prevailed in the zones of moderate pollution and background. The part of opportunistic fungi in contaminated soil increased in comparison with the background soil. The reduction of dark-colored fungi biomass in contaminated soil was noted. In total, 56 species of eukaryotic algae and 7 species of cyanobacteria were found. Among green algae, the species from families Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae dominated in all plots. In the zones of maximum and strong contamination, 53 algae species were found including xanthophytes, which were absent in unpolluted areas. The number of viable cells in the litter of the maximum contaminated soils varied from 100 thousand to 1.5 million in 1 g of absolutely dry soil. The species composition of algae and cyanobacteria in these soils showed the characteristic features of the Arctic biological soil crusts.

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Microfungi, algae and cyanobacteria in soils polluted with fluorine (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

Redkina¹,

Shalygina²,

Korneykova³

2020

Czech Polar Rep.

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“…For instance, exposure to fluoride pollution, a plant toxin, is a significant concern, and has been shown to decline significantly following closure of an aluminum smelter (Brougham et al, 2013a). Studies have also indicated significant growth of pathogenic fungi (Evdokimova et al, 2013a) and changes in soil composition around aluminum smelters (Evdokimova et al, 2013b, 2013c). Studies of Beluga whales that washed up dead near an aluminum refinery in Quebec, Canada, found elevated rates of cancer (Martineau et al, 2002).…”

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Green Criminology and Social Justice: A Reexamination of the Lynemouth Plant Closing and the Political Economic Causes of Environmental and Social Injustice

Lynch

2015

Critical Sociology

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Pamela Ann Davies argues that the closure of the Lynemouth, UK, aluminum smelter generated adverse social justice impacts and was caused by the adoption of green state policies. She employs that argument to critique green criminology for promoting adverse social justice impacts. Here, we reanalyze the Lynemouth plant closure. First, this reanalysis illustrates the various social and environmental forms of injustice the plant generated, especially its adverse human, nonhuman and ecological health consequences. Second, the closure is reassessed from a political economic perspective that places the plant closure within the context of global capitalist plant closures in the aluminum industry. That review notes that plant closures and deindustrialization in developed economies are now a common occurrence driven by economic concerns, not environmental policies. We point out that social injustice as well as ecological destruction are often created by the normal operation of capitalism, and that those consequences should not be overlooked.

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Microbial communities of urban and industrial polluted soils in the Russian Arctic

Korneykova,

Vasenev,

Kozlova

et al. 2024

Geoderma Regional

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Changes in the properties of soils and soil biota in the impact zone of the aerotechnogenic emissions from the Kandalaksha aluminum smelter

Cited by 6 publications

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Microfungi, algae and cyanobacteria in soils polluted with fluorine (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

Microfungi, algae and cyanobacteria in soils polluted with fluorine (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

Green Criminology and Social Justice: A Reexamination of the Lynemouth Plant Closing and the Political Economic Causes of Environmental and Social Injustice

Microbial communities of urban and industrial polluted soils in the Russian Arctic

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