scholarly journals The lichens of the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland in the limits of St. Petersburg, Russia – diversity on the edge of the megapolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 101-132
Author(s):  
Irina Stepanchikova ◽  
Dmitry Himelbrant ◽  
Ekaterina Kuznetsova ◽  
Jurga Motiejūnaitė ◽  
Sergey Chesnokov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Russia ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
Northern Shore ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

We present a lichen checklist for the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland in the limits of St. Petersburg, Russia. This area has diverse lichen biota within the city limits, and has been comprehensively studied since 1893, which gives a good base for analysis of historical changes in lichen diversity. The documented lichen biota comprises 469 species (430 lichenized, 24 lichenicolous, 3 facultatively lichenicolous, and 12 non-lichenized saprobic fungi), of them 191 species are known from herbaria and literature for the period before 1991, and 436 species were recorded since 1991 to 2019. Thirty-three taxa were excluded from the lichen list of the study area as erroneous or dubious records. Altogether 48 species are new to St. Petersburg, including: Lecidea malmeana and Micarea czarnotae – new to Russia; Caloplaca lucifuga, Gyalecta nigricans, Micarea soralifera – new to European Russia; Agonimia flabelliformis, Endococcus verrucosus, Lecania turicensis, Micarea fallax, M. tomentosa, Xanthomendoza huculica – new to Northwestern European Russia; Lichenoconium lichenicola, Ramalina europaea, Sarcogyne hypophaea – not known also from the Leningrad Region. The studied lichen biota is moderately rich compared to other city territories. The history of economic development of the region has caused its serious transformation, degradation of natural habitats and therefore partial loss of lichen diversity. At the same time, human-made substrates and anthropogenic plant communities are inhabited by lichens, including species unknown in the natural habitats of the study area. However, 44 species recorded in the study area are red-listed in St. Petersburg, with 13 of them known only from historical collections. Forest communities, as well as historical parks, in NW part of St. Petersburg are important source of biodiversity on regional level nowadays and hopefully in future, and deserve protection.

scholarly journals The lichens of Moshchny Island (Lavansaari) – one of the remote islands in the Gulf of Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 31-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina S. Stepanchikova ◽  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽  
Ulf Schiefelbein ◽  
Jurga Motiejūnaitė ◽  
Teuvo Ahti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Russia ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
History Of ◽  
Remote Islands ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

We present a checklist for Moshchny Island (Leningrad Region, Russia). The documented lichen biota comprises 349 species, including 313 lichens, 30 lichenicolous fungi and 6 non-lichenized saprobic fungi. Endococcus exerrans and Lichenopeltella coppinsii are reported for the first time for Russia; Cercidospora stenotropae, Erythricium aurantiacum, Flavoplaca limonia, Lecidea haerjedalica, and Myriospora myochroa for European Russia; Flavoplaca oasis, Intralichen christiansenii, Nesolechia fusca, and Myriolecis zosterae for North-Western European Russia; and Arthrorhaphis aeruginosa, Calogaya pusilla, and Lecidea auriculata subsp. auriculata are new for Leningrad Region. The studied lichen biota is moderately rich and diverse, but a long history of human activity likely caused its transformation, especially the degradation of forest lichen biota. The most valuable habitats for lichens in Moshchny Island are seashore and dune communities which definitely deserve protection.

scholarly journals The lichens of Pukhtolova Gora (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina S Stepanchikova ◽  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽  
Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova ◽  
Sergey V. Chesnokov ◽  
Liudmila A. Konoreva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Historical Collections ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
The City ◽  
North Western ◽  
Forest Habitats

The lichen diversity of the proposed protected area Pukhtolova Gora counts 252 species, including 232 lichenized, 12 lichenicolous, and 8 non-lichenized saprobic fungi. Micarea laeta, M. pusilla, and Pyrenidium actinellum s. lat. are new to North-Western European Russia; Parmelia serrana, Rhizocarpon cinereovirens, and Stereocaulon taeniarum are new to St. Petersburg. Altogether 13 species recorded in the study area are red-listed in St. Petersburg, with two of them known only from historical collections. Pukhtolova Gora is an area with a high conservation value; the lichen biota of this area is one of the richest within the city limits due to the well-preserved forest habitats.

The lichens of Maly Island (Peninsaari) in the Gulf of Finland (Leningrad Region)

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-466
Author(s):  
I. S. Stepanchikova ◽  
A. A. Rodionova ◽  
D. E. Himelbrant ◽  
J. Motiejūnaitė
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
Low Diversity ◽  
Pine Stands ◽  
North Western ◽  
Natural And Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

A lichen checklist for Maly Island (Leningrad Region, Russia) comprises 160 species, including 150 lichens, 9 lichenicolous fungi and 1 non-lichenized saprobic fungus. Lecidella effugiens is new to North-Western European Russia, Diplotomma pharcidium and Taeniolella delicata are new to the Leningrad Region. The lichen biota of Maly Island is relatively poor due to natural and anthropogenic factors: the island is small, sandy, lacking rocky outcrops, with low diversity of plant communities; all its forests are disturbed and young. The most valuable habitats for lichens on Maly Island are seashore communities and open pine stands on sand.

scholarly journals Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia) – a historical refuge of lichen diversity in Lake Ladoga

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 51-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽  
Irina S. Stepanchikova ◽  
Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova ◽  
Jurga Motiejūnaitė ◽  
Ludmila A. Konoreva
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Lake Ladoga ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Karelian Isthmus ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
First Time

We present an updated checklist for Konevets Island (Leningrad Region, Russia). The revealed lichen biota comprises 435 species, including 378 lichens, 46 lichenicolous fungi and 11 non-lichenized saprobic fungi, of which 31 species (27 lichens and 4 lichenicolous fungi) are known only from collections made by Veli Räsänen (1917, 1938). Acremonium hypholomatis is reported for the first time for Russia; Caloplaca soralifera, Trapelia corticola, and Muellerella lichenicola for Northwestern European Russia; and Bacidia vermifera, Lecanora mughicola, Micarea contexta, Pyrenochaeta xanthoriae, Rhizocarpon disporum, Stigmidium squamariae and Xylographa difformis for Leningrad Region. From lichenological point of view, the most valuable habitats of Konevets Island are old-growth spruce forests. The studied lichen biota is rich and diverse and exceptionally well-preserved in comparison to the mainland part of Karelian Isthmus. It definitely deserves protection.

scholarly journals Lichens and allied fungi of the Ragusha River Protected Area (Leningrad Region, Russia)

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova ◽  
Olga A. Kataeva ◽  
Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽  
Jurga Motiejūnaitė
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
River Valley ◽  
European Russia ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Lichen Biota ◽  
Western European ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western

The lichen biota of the Ragusha River (protected area in Leningrad Region) is studied. In total 221 species (211 lichenized, 5 lichenicolous and 5 saprobic fungi) are listed. Lecanora perpruinosa is new to North-Western European Russia. Lathagrium fuscovirens, Pronectria erythrinella, Protoblastenia rupestris, Thelidium minutulum, T. zwackhii and Tremella hypogymniae are reported for the first time for Leningrad Region, and Ochrolechia bahusiensis for Eastern Leningrad Region. The most noteworthy part of lichen biota is the complex of 21 calcicolous lichens. Eleven of them are known in the region only from the Ragusha River valley. 

Conjugates (Charophyta, Conjugatophyceae) of the Kader bog (Leningrad region, Kurgalsky reserve)

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-64
Author(s):  
Aliya F. Luknitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
Freshwater Algae ◽  
Anthropogenic Transformation ◽  
Nord Stream ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Main Gas Pipeline ◽  
High Diversity

The Kurgalsky Nature Complex Reserve is located in the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region, 45 km northwest of Kingisepp. The territory of the reserve includes the Kurgalsky peninsula, as well as the adjacent waters of the Gulf of Finland. The Kader swamp massif is located in the south of the Kurgalsky Peninsula. The state of the autochthonous vegetation cover of the Kader swamp was considered in connection with the laying of the main gas pipeline under «the Nord Stream–2» project. The revealed high diversity of desmids (48 species), as well as their abundance, the frequency of occurrence and the presence of species rare in other habitats of the Leningrad region, indicates the inviolability of the freshwater algae flora, favorable environmental conditions in water bodies and the absence of anthropogenic transformation of the studied territory.

The lichens and allied fungi of the Oranienbaumsky Prospective Protected Area (St. Petersburg)

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 210-230
Author(s):  
D. E. Himelbrant ◽  
I. S. Stepanchikova ◽  
G. M. Tagirdzhanova
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Saprobic Fungi ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
The North ◽  
Data Book ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western

The diversity of lichens and allied fungi of the Oranienbaumsky (Rambovsky) Prospective Protected Area (St. Petersburg, Russia) has been studied for the first time. Among 214 discovered species 199 are lichens, 11 are lichenicolous fungi and 4 are saprobic fungi traditionally reported in lichenological lists. The lichen diversity of the territory is estimated as one of the richest within the limits of St. Petersburg. The lichen Protothelenella petri is recorded for the first time for Russia, the lichens Biatora cuprea, Brianaria bauschiana, Micarea leprosula and Thelocarpon lichenicola are new for the North-Western European Russia, lichens Aspicilia laevata and Trapelia glebulosa, as well as the lichenicolous fungi Stigmidium fuscatae and Syzygospora physciacearum are new for St. Petersburg, the lichenicolous fungus Sphaerellothecium coniodes was not earlier known either from St. Petersburg or Leningrad Region. Nine species included in the Red Data Book of St. Petersburg are known from the Oranienbaumsky Prospective Protected Area. Of these, Ramalina sinensis has not been reported from the administrative territory since 1938 and is probably extinct from the historical localities. Parmelia fraudans was found in St. Petersburg for the first time in 80 years and we propose to include this species into the Red Data Book. The lichen flora of the Oranienbaumsky Prospective Protected Area comprises regionally rare and vulnerable species and deserves protection as one of the richest in St. Petersburg.

Additions to the lichen flora of the Gulf of Finland shore protected areas (within the limits of St. Petersburg)

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 237-244
Author(s):  
I. S. Stepanchikova ◽  
D. E. Himelbrant ◽  
M. Kukwa ◽  
E. S. Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Lichen Flora

Forty six species of lichens and allied fungi are firstly reported for protected areas of the Gulf of Finland Shore within the limits of St. Petersburg. Three of them (Calicium denigratum, Lecanora expallens and Pertusaria pupillaris) are new for St. Petersburg. One species — Verrucaria bryoctona — is new for the whole Leningrad Region.

scholarly journals TOXIC-ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WATER IN THE GULF OF FINNISH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.A. Kraskov ◽  
◽  
T.P. Lutsko
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

The Gulf of Finland plays an important role in many aspects of the activities of people living in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, based on this, it is necessary to control the chemical composition of the waters of the Gulf of Finland in order to avoid unwanted complications from animal health.

Mosses of Vyborgsky Sanctuary (Leningrad Region)

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 279-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Leushina
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Gulf Of Finland ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Data Book ◽  
The Gulf Of Finland

Vyborgsky Sanctuary occupies the coastal zone of the Gulf of Finland and Vyborg Bay, the northern part of the Kiperort Peninsula, Lisy Island and about 40 adjacent small islands. The annotated list of 171 moss species and brief analysis of the moss flora are provided. Aulacomnium androgynum (Hedw.) Schwagr. is included in The Red Data Book of Russia (2008), Ulota drummondii (Hook. et Grev.) Brid. is new for the Leningrad Region and 9 species are protected in the Leningrad Region.

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