Soil quality. Effects of pollutants on juvenile land snails (Helicidae). Determination of the effects on growth by soil contamination

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Contamination ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Land Snails

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF SOIL QUALITY IN MAYKOP BASED ON THE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOIL ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 128-135
Author(s):  
Emiliya A. Sirotiuk ◽  
Saida R. Zhemadukova
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Soil Contamination ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Oil Products ◽  
City Center ◽  
Key Indicator ◽  
City District ◽  
Destructive Processes ◽  
The City

The paper presents the results of the study on soil quality in Maykop using algae indication. The findings suggest soil contamination by heavy metals and oil products, and the beginning of destructive processes. The city center is recognized to be the most unfavorable ecological area of the city. There are no diatoms in soil cyanoalgological sinusiae ‒ a key indicator of oil contamination of soils. On the contrary, cyanobacteria prevail, which are resistant to soil contamination with oil products and heavy metals. One of the main environmental problems in Maykop is soil contamination with heavy metals and oil products. The main contributor to soil contamination is city transport and housing and public services. Pollutants enter soil through precipitation and leaf and branch shedding, deposit from the air, and are directly absorbed by moist soil. The results of algological studies suggest that destructive processes have begun in the soils in Maykop. This is evidenced by the composition of soil cyanoalgological sinusiae and by the population of main groups of microphototrophs. The most ecologically disadvantaged city district is «Central Market».

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