Radial Growth of Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst. × P. obovata Ledeb.) in the Conditions of Mining Impact. P. 58–72

Complete text of the article:

Download article (pdf, 1.3MB )

UDС

581.5

DOI:

10.37482/0536-1036-2023-2-58-72

Abstract

A dynamic of radial growth of spruce near a quarry of kimberlite pipes is investigated in this study. The quarry is considered as a potential source of anthropogenic impact. The research takes place at the central part of the White Sea Kuloi plateau, at the diamond deposit named after M.V. Lomonosov. The wood cores for dendrochronological analysis are from six trail plots located at different distances from the active quarry. The annual radial increment of spruce in all plots ranges from medium to high or very high. It is noticed that spruce trees have different durations of depression and expression cycles. The growth rates of the trees from the same plot do not coincide, or they show similarities to certain periods of tree’s life with cyclical patterns. In most cases, minimum and maximum extremes are observed near the well-known values of solar activity cycles. An inverse relationship is found between duration and repetition of the cycles. The measurements from all trail plots show a decrease in the amplitude of radial growth, which started in 2000. It took much greater extent in the period from 2010 to 2019. The samples of the spruce, which were taken from the oligotrophic habitats located near the quarry, indicate an increase of width of annual rings in the last 10–20 years. Fifty percent of them reveal a distinct radial extent. The trees from the most distant trail area are characterized by high simultaneity in the dynamics of the annual layers. Moreover, it is found a decrease in the maximum value of radial growth relative to the entire series of observations. Likewise, a reduce in the amplitude of increments is noted as a rise in the repeatability of relative growth indices below the regular values. It can be assumed that the change in the trend of radial growth in spruce in the oligotrophic habitats is mostly associated with the formation of а depression cone and, as a result, a general lowering of the groundwater level.

Authors

Oksana S. Barzut^1*, Candidate of Agriculture, Assoc. Prof.; Researcher ID: AFN-5294-2022, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0338-9715
Mikhail V. Surso², Doctor of Agriculture; Researcher ID: J-2197-2018, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-9848

Affiliation

¹Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 17, 163002, Russian Federation; o.barzut@narfu.ru*
²N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 23, 163069, Russian Federation; surso@fciarctic.ru

Keywords

spruce, radial growth of spruce, mining, diamond deposit

Funding

The studies were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 18-05-60151). The field work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment to N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (state registration number – 122011400384-2).

For citation

Barzut O.S., Surso M.V. Radial Growth of Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst. × P. obovata Ledeb.) in the Conditions of Mining Impact. Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2023, no. 2, pp. 58–72. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2023-2-58-72

References

1. Aleksandrova E.Yu. Bioindicative Assessment of the Urban Environment Quality. Problemy razvitiya territorii = Problems of Territory’s Development, 2015, no. 5(79), pp. 170–178. (In Russ.).

2. JSC Severalmaz. Official website: http://www.severalmaz.ru/

3. Atlas of the Arkhangelsk Region. Moscow, Glavnoye upravleniye geodezii i kartografii USSR Publ., 1976. 72 p. (In Russ.).

4. Dergachev V.A., Raspopov O.M. Long-Term Processes on the Sun That Determine Change in Tendency of Solar Radiation and Surface Temperature of Earth. Geomagnetizm i aeronomiya = Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 2000, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 9–14. (In Russ.).

5. Ivanter E.V. Fundamentals of Practical Biometry: Introduction to Statistical Analysis of Biological Phenomena. Petrozavodsk, Kareliya Publ., 1979. 95 p. (In Russ.).

6. Larchenko V.A., Stepanov V.P., Minchenko G.V., Kechik I.A. Diamond Content of Kimberlites and Related Minerals of the Zimniy Bereg. Vestnik of Voronezh State University, Series: Geology, 2004, no. 2, pp. 134–147. (In Russ.).

7. Lovelius N.V. Variability in Tree Growth. Dendroindication of Natural Processes and Anthropogenic Impacts. Leningrad, Nauka´ Publ., 1979. 232 p. (In Russ.).

8. Lopatin E.V. Analysis of Radial Growth Dynamics of the Dominant Forest Forming Species in the Komi Republic: Cand. Agric. Sci. Diss. Abs. Saint Petersburg, 2010. 20 p. (In Russ.).

9. Mamayev S.A. Levels of Variability in Anatomical and Morphological Properties of Pine Trees. Zapiski Sverdlovskogo otdeleniya Vsesoyuznogo botanicheskogo obshestva, Series: Botanicheskie issledovaniya na Urale, Sverdlovsk, UNTs, AN USSR, 1970, vol. 5, pp. 50–67. (In Russ.).

10. Matskovskiy V.V. Climate Signal in Width of Annual Rings of Conifers in Northern and Central European Russia. Moscow, GEOS Publ., 2013. 148 p. (In Russ.).

11. Moiseyev P.A., Grigoryeva A.V., Glavatskikh K.V. Radial Growth of Siberian Spruce (Picea obovata Ledeb.) of Several Ages at the Upper Limit of Its Growth in the Mountains of the Southern Urals (Using the Iremel Mountain Range as an Example). Molodoy uchenyy, 2016, no. 11(115), pp. 573–577. (In Russ.).

12. Popova L.F. Chemical Pollution of the Urban Ecosystem of Arkhangelsk: Monograph. Arkhangelsk: NArFU Publ., 2014. 231 p. (In Russ.).

13. Rumyantsev D.E History and Methodology of Forestry Dendrochronology: Monograph. Moscow, MSFU Publ., 2010. 109 p. (In Russ.).

14. Rumyantsev D.E., Kiseleva V.V., Vorobyeva N.S. Dynamics of Radial Growth in European Spruce Cenopopulation from Alekseevskaya Grove of National Park “Losiny Ostrov”. Mezhdunarodnyy nauchno-issledovatel’skiy zhurnal = International Research Journal, 2020, vol. 9, no. 99, part 1, pp. 49–54. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.23670/IRJ.2020.99.9.010

15. Runova E.M., Anoshkina L.V., Gavrilin I.I. Some Peculiarities of Application of Dendrochronological Estimation of Pinus sylvestris L. at Conducting Bioindicative Researches in Urban Environment of Northern Territories. Lesnoi vestnik = Forest Bulletin, 2014, vol. 5, pp. 146–150. (In Russ.).

16. Turovtsev V.D., Krasnov V.S. Bioindication. Tver State University Publ., 2004. 260 p. (In Russ.).

17. Feklistov P.A., Barzut V.M. Cyclicity of Radial Growth of Pine, and Spruce in the European North. Ecology and Forest Protection: Interaction of Components of Forest Ecosystems. Collection of articles. Leningrad, Lesotekhnicheskaya akademiya Publ., 1985, pp. 24–28. (In Russ.).

18. Sheveleva A.V., Shvartsman Yu.G. Problems of Ecological Safety at Development of Lomonosov Diamond Deposit. Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Series: Natural Sciences, 2012, no. 2, pp. 40–46. (In Russ.).

19. Shkil I.E., Porshnev A.I., Malov A.I. Hydro-Geo-Ecological Conditions Changing Under Pits Drainage of the Southern Group of Tubes in the M.V. Lomonosov Deposit. Problemy nedropol’zovaniya = Problems of Subsoil Use, Ekaterinburg, 2016, no. 3, pp. 105–114. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.18454/2313-1586.2016.03.105

20. Yuzmukhametov R.N. On the History of Diamond Deposit Discovery Named After Lomonosov. Vestnik Pomorskogo universiteta, Series: Humanitarian and Social Sciences, 2010, no. 3, pp. 32–37. (In Russ.).

21. Alekseev A.S., Sharma S.K. Long-Term Growth Trends Analysis of Norway Spruce Stands in Relation to Possible Climate Change: Case Study of Leningrad Region. Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2020, no. 3, pp. 42–54. https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2020-3-42-54

22. Lopatin E., Kolström T., Spiecker H. Impact of Climate Change on Radial Growth of Siberian Spruce, and Scots Pine in North-Western Russia. IForest: Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2008, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 13–21. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor0447-0010013

23. Mäkinen H., Nöjd P., Kahle H.-P., Neumann U., Tveite B., Mielikainen K., Röhle H., Spiecker H. Radial Growth Variation of Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) across Latitudinal and Altitudinal Gradients in Central and Northern Europe. Forest Ecology and Management, 2002, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 243–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00786-1

24. Tree Ring. Online International Tree-Ring Data Bank. NOAA, National Centers for Environmental Information. Available at: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/tree-ring (assessed 05.03.2022).

25. Parzych A., Mochnacký S., Sobisz Z., Polláková N., Šimanský V. Needles and Bark of Picea abies (L.) H. Karst and Picea omorika (Pančić) Purk. as Bioindicators of Environmental Quality. Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A: Forestry, 2018, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 230–240. https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2018-0024

26. Rodriguez-Catón M., Villalba R., Srur A.M., Luckman B. Long-Term Trends in Radial Growth Associated with Nothofagus Pumilio Forest Decline in Patagonia: Integrating Local- into Regional-Scale Patterns. Forest Ecology and Management, 2015, vol. 339, pp. 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.004