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Characteristics of the Ecosystems of Water Bodies Separating from Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea

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Abstract

The coastal water bodies that separate from White Sea water area due to Kandalaksha coast rise are examined. The hydrological and hydrochemical characteristics of these water bodies are found to notably differ from these in the bays and straits connected with them. Extreme values of water temperature and salinity were recorded. High concentrations of oxygen (>20 mg/l) were recorded in the near-surface water layers and high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (>90 mg/l) in bottom waters. The species composition of phyto- and zooplankton was found to be poor. The characteristics of enzymatic destruction in subsurface waters of lakes are an order of magnitude greater than those in White Sea open areas.

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  1. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonentnyi per. 29, Moscow, 119017, Russia

    S. I. Shaporenko

  2. Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskii prosp. 36, Moscow, 117851, Russia

    G. A. Koreneva

  3. Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 119992, Russia

    A. N. Pantyulin & N. M. Pertsova

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Translated from Vodnye Resursy, Vol. 32, No. 5, 2005, pp. 517–532.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Shaporenko, Koreneva, Pantyulin, Pertsova.

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Shaporenko, S.I., Koreneva, G.A., Pantyulin, A.N. et al. Characteristics of the Ecosystems of Water Bodies Separating from Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. Water Resour 32, 469–483 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11268-005-0060-x

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