Walker, T. R./ Habeck, J. O./ Karjalainen, T. P./ Virtanen, T./ Solovieva, N./ Jones, V./ Kuhry, P./ Ponomarev, V. I./ Mikkola, K./ Patova, E./ Crittenden, P. D./ Young, S. D./ Ingold, T. 2006: Perceived and measured levels of environmental pollution: interdisciplinary research in the subarctic lowlands of northeast European Russia. - Ambio35(5): 220-228. [RLL List # 205 / Rec.# 29327] Keywords: POLLUTION/ EUROPEAN RUSSIA/ REINDEER LICHENS/ CLADONIA/ HEAVY METALS
Abstract: ["Vorkuta and its environs suffered the worst impacts, with significant metal loading and alkalization in lakes and topsoils, elevated metals and cations in terricolous (reindeer) lichens, and changes in vegetation communities."