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Emission of CO2 by soils in the impact zone of the Severonikel smelter in the Kola subarctic region

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The intensity of the in situ soil respiration in the background northern taiga spruce forests of the Kola subarctic region reaches 120–290 mg C-CO2/m2 per h. In the impact zone of the Severonikel smelter, it decreases to 90–140, 30, and 15–30 mg C-CO2/m2 per h at the stages of spruce defoliation, spruce-birch woodland, and technogenic barrens of the technogenic succession, respectively. For the first time, the impact of the industrial pollution on root respiration has been assessed, and the dependences of the CO2 emission, the contribution of mineral soil horizons to this process, the microbial biomass, and root respiration on the concentrations of available nickel and copper compounds have been determined. The efficiency of two remediation technologies applied to technogenic barrens near the smelter has been evaluated on the basis of four parameters of the soil biological activity. The results indicate that remediation with the creation of a new filled soil layer is more efficient than chemical and phytoremediation methods.

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Original Russian Text © M.S. Kadulin, G.N. Koptsik, 2013, published in Pochvovedenie, 2013, No. 11, pp. 1387–1396.

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Kadulin, M.S., Koptsik, G.N. Emission of CO2 by soils in the impact zone of the Severonikel smelter in the Kola subarctic region. Eurasian Soil Sc. 46, 1107–1116 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229313110045

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