scholarly journals Natural and anthropogenic risks after a giant landslide in the Russian Far East

2021 ◽  
Vol 908 (1) ◽  
pp. 012039
Author(s):  
L M Kondratyeva ◽  
Z N Litvinenko ◽  
E M Golubeva ◽  
D V Andreeva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Station ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Detonation Products ◽  
East Russia ◽  
Anthropogenic Risks ◽  
Giant Landslide

Abstract At the Bureiskoe Reservoir (Far East, Russia) in December 2018 at a temperature of 36°C below zero the giant landslide is occurred. Landslide with a total volume of 24.5 million m3 blocked the reservoir from one shore to the opposite one, disrupting the access of water to a large hydroelectric power station downstream. Blasting operations were carried out with the use of trinitrotoluene and hexogen to revive the water flow. As a result of the landslide natural hazards (direct impact of the landslide, and tsunami) were happened, and the further strong impact was caused by humans (blasting). Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and elemental composition were accepted as the main indicators of water quality. Parameters of these indicators varied at different near-shore sites above and below the landslide area. More significant changes are recorded after blasting operations. Hexane and toluene dominated the water passing the artificial channel. The genesis of VOCs can be associated with the biogeochemical processes of methanogenesis, methanotrophy, and the detonation products of explosives. Mercury, methanol, toluene, and xylenes in water samples were detected. This is evidence of the presence of a prerequisite for the formation of toxic methylmercury, a risk factor for aquatic biota.

Puccinia ferruginea. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
East Russia

Abstract A description is provided for P. ferruginea. Information on dispersal and transmission, geographical distribution (Kenya; Sierra Leone; Bangladesh; Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Yunnan, China; Assam, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India; Indonesia; Japan; Russian Far East, Russia; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Northern Territory, Australia; and Papua New Guinea), and host plants (Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana, H. japonica, Smilax arisanensis, S. aspera, S. bracteata, S. davidiana, S. discotis, S. elegans, S. ferox, S. glauco-china, S. hypoglauca, S. lanceifolia, S. microphylla, S. nipponica, S. riparia, S. sieboldii, S. stans and S. zeylanica) is included.

Hypogymnia papilliformis (Parmeliaceae), a new lichen from Far East Russia and China

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce McCune ◽  
Svetlana Tchabanenko ◽  
Xin Li Wei
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Branching Pattern ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Mixed Conifer ◽  
East Russia ◽  
Lichenized Fungus ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Russian Far East

AbstractHypogymnia papilliformis McCune, Tchabanenko & X. L.Wei is described as a new species of lichenized fungus from the Primorsky region of Russia and Shaanxi Province in China. It is a relatively rare species from mixed conifer-broadleaved forests in suboceanic climates, in mountainous areas at elevations of 600–1500 m. Most similar to H. delavayi, the species are distinguished by branching pattern and chemistry. Hypogymnia papilliformis is predominantly isotomically branched while H. delavayi usually develops subpinnate branching. The ceiling of the lobe cavity is mid brown to dark brown in H. papilliformis, while the ceiling is often pale brownish or white in H. delavayi. Also, H. papilliformis lacks 3-hydroxyphysodic acid, and thus has a K– medulla, while H. delavayi always contains 3-hydroxyphysodic acid as a major substance and is thus K+ slowly reddish brown. We provide a key to the six esorediate Hypogymnia species known from the Russian Far East.

Current knowledge on caddisflies (Trichoptera) in northern Far East Russia

Zoosymposia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 480-492
Author(s):  
IRINA A. ZASYPKINA
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
Strong Current ◽  
East Russia ◽  
First Time

Results of caddisfly faunal investigations in the North Russian Far East (NRFE) are summarized based on literature and the author’s data. Up to now, 122 species from 50 genera of 17 families of caddisflies have been found within the territory under study. A general list of caddisflies and their data records in 11 collecting (distributional) areas are presented. New records for 6 species in NRFE are given and Rhyacophila mirabilis (Levanidova & Schmid 1993) is recorded for the first time from continental Asia. Former distributional data for 40 species are refined. The taxonomic diversity and zoogeographical composition of the fauna are analyzed. It is noted that family Limnephilidae predominates in the northern areas.

New genus with three new species of Thalassaphorurini (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from Russian Far East

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romuald Pomorski ◽  
Yulija Sveenkova
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Sense Organ ◽  
The Far East ◽  
East Russia ◽  
Springtail Species ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThree onychiurid springtail species of a new genus are described from the Far East (Russia). Sensillonychiurus gen. n. clearly differs in its antennal III sense organ consisting of three guard setae only. The genus is placed in the tribe Thalassaphorurini. Within the tribe it is related to Detriturus Pomorski, 1998 which it resembles in the lack of d0 setae on the head.

scholarly journals First record of the enigmatic coleoid genus Longibelus from Sakhalin (Far East Russia): a contribution to our understanding of Cretaceous coleoid habitats in the Pacific Realm

2021 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena A. Jagt-Yazykova ◽  
Martin Košťák ◽  
John W. M. Jagt
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Mass Occurrence ◽  
East Russia ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Geochemical Analyses

AbstractA newly collected specimen of the enigmatic coleoid genus Longibelus is recorded from lower Turonian strata along the River Shadrinka in Sakhalin (Russian Far East). To date, this is the first record of Late Cretaceous coleoid cephalopods from the island and, in fact, from the entire Pacific coast of the Russian Federation. Lithological characteristics, coupled with published geochemical analyses (δ13C and Corg content), suggest the habitat of this coleoid taxon to have been the middle to outer (i.e. distal) shelf. Its provenance from the stratigraphical level that is known as the Scaphites Event, characterised by a mass occurrence of Scaphites and Yesoites, may be indicative of occasional or marginal overlap in ranges, rather than life in similar habitats. On the basis of lithological features and in view of the extremely rare occurrence of Longibelus in rich ammonite assemblages with clear ecological/bathymetric preferences, the natural habitat of Longibelus may have comprised neritic to mesopelagic zones over distal shelves and slopes.

scholarly journals Summer-temperature evolution on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, during the past 20,000 years

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera D. Meyer ◽  
Jens Hefter ◽  
Gerrit Lohmann ◽  
Ralf Tiedemann ◽  
Gesine Mollenhauer
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Kamchatka Peninsula ◽  
Summer Temperature ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
Temperature Record ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
The Past ◽  
Temperature Development

Abstract. Little is known about the climate evolution on the Kamchatka Peninsula during the last deglaciation as existing climate records do not reach beyond 12 ka BP. In this study, a summer-temperature record for the past 20 ka is presented. Branched Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers, terrigenous biomarkers suitable for continental air temperature reconstructions, were analyzed in a sediment core from the western continental margin off Kamchatka/marginal Northwest Pacific (NW Pacific). The record reveals that summer temperatures on Kamchatka during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) equaled modern. We suggest that strong southerly winds associated with a pronounced North Pacific High pressure system over the subarctic NW Pacific accounted for the warm conditions. A comparison with outputs from an Earth System Model reveals discrepancies between model and proxy-based reconstructions for the LGM-temperature and atmospheric circulation in the NW Pacific realm. The deglacial temperature development is characterized by abrupt millennial-scale temperature oscillations. The Bølling/Allerød warm-phase and the Younger Dryas cold-spell are pronounced events, providing evidence for a strong impact of North-Atlantic climate variability on temperature development in southeastern Siberia. Summer insolation and teleconnections with the North Atlantic determine the long-term temperature development during the Holocene.

Iya Mikhailovna Levanidova, the famous Russian hydrobiologist and investigator of the East Russian Trichoptera (1 March 1914–11 November 2005)

Zoosymposia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-63
Author(s):  
TATYANA S. VSHIVKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Freshwater Invertebrates ◽  
Full List ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
East Russia ◽  
Eastern Russia ◽  
Scientific Life ◽  
The Russian Far East ◽  
The Way

Iya Mikhailovna Levanidova (1914–2005) is the outstanding Russian hydrobiologist and hydroentomologist who devoted her life to study biodiversity, biogeography and ecology of the Russian Far East freshwater invertebrates. She laid the foundation of the aquatic entomology school in Eastern Russia, having continued the way of her teachers, Drs. A.V. Martynov and S.G. Lepneva. The article provides a brief description of Dr. Levanidova’s private and scientific life and her contributions to development of rhithrobiology and trichopterology in East Russia. It presents as well a list of the species described by I.M. Levanidova and patronyms described in her honor. A full list of her scientific papers, totalling 78 publications, is provided.

Karyology of Some Coastal and Water Plants from Far East (Russia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Khrolenko ◽  
E. V. Burkovskaya ◽  
E. N. Muratova
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Numbers ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Interphase Nuclei ◽  
First Case ◽  
Cytogenetic Studies ◽  
East Russia ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Unusual Chromosome ◽  
Water Plants

Cytogenetic studies on four species of vascular coastal and water plants from Russian Far East are presented. During the present investigation the next chromosome numbers have been revealed: Gypsophila pacifica (2 n = 34), Allium sacculiferum (2 n = 32), Mertensia maritima (2 n = 24), and Nelumbo komarovii (2 n = 16). Unusual chromosome numbers for these species have not been noted but it was the first case of karyological studies of Nelumbo komarovii from the Jewish Autonomous Region and most northern habitat. The number of nucleoli in interphase nuclei of these species was counted. Interphase nuclei of studied species contain 1–4 nucleoli except in A. sacculiferum so far which have 1–2 nucleoli per cell. Different points of view on polyploidy of studied species are discussed.

Selection of the Area of Window Openings of Residential Buildings in Conditions of Monsoon Climate of the Far East of the Russian Federation and Northern Areas of China

2019 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Aleksei K. Solovyov ◽  
Bi Guofu
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Heat Losses ◽  
Natural Light ◽  
Monsoon Climate ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
Artificial Illumination ◽  
Heat Penetration ◽  
Large Heat

The term “window” in architecture usually stands for an opening in a wall or roof for penetration of natural light, sunrays and fresh air in premises. Recently, the requirement of contact with environment is added to this condition. It is especially relevant for residential buildings where rooms are considered residential if they have windows. The energy consumption of a building depends on sizes, form and location of windows. In winter, windows cause huge heat losses, in summer, on the other hand, large heat enters a building via the windows and is required to be removed by means of air conditioning. Moreover, windows are used for penetration of natural light in premises, which assists in saving of large amounts of power for artificial illumination. This article discusses partial solving the problem of the energy efficiency of residential buildings by determining the most efficient area of windows in terms of energy spending for compensation of heat losses via windows in winter, elimination of heat penetration through them in summer and energy losses for artificial lighting throughout the year. The analysis of the results of calculation of power consumption for residential premises in conditions of monsoon climate of the Russian Far East and Northern areas of China (PRC) is provided.

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