Laboratories of Geography and Hydrophysics

• Experimental studies and modeling of hydrophysical processes in lakes of Karelia and the White [Beloe] Sea.



• Research of lake and river systems of the region under the anthropogenic impact.

• Satellite monitoring of water bodies in Karelia to estimate their water quality and state of catchment areas.

• Implementation of GIS of different types for estimating the ecological state of lake and river systems in Karelia.

• New technologies to develop thematic atlases and maps of natural resources in Republic of Karelia.

• Analysis of the climate change and its effect on water systems. Research of lake and river systems of the region under the anthropogenic impact.

Laboratory of Hydrochemistry and Hydrogeology

• Study of chemical content of water and bottom sediments in reservoirs of humid zone and it's change under the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors.



• Development of the scientific basis for chemical monitoring of natural water bodies.

• Study of acidification and eutrophication in natural reservoirs.

• Experiments to define main causes of sewage water toxicity.

• Main features of formation and distribution of subterranean waters in Karelia; perspectives of their economical use.

• Monitoring of subterranean water quality.

Laboratory of Hydrobiology

• Main features of formation and functioning of biota in lake and river systems under the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors.



• Tolerance of hydrobionts to the anthropogenic impact.

• Toxicity of main pollutants in Karelia and environmental impact on the development of toxicity.

• Study of biodiversity in reservoirs of Fennoscandia.

• Formation and evolution of the freshwater biota.

Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Resources

• Water resource potential of the region, scientific basis on sustainable management of water resources.

• Analysis of complex use and conservation of water resources under changing socio-economical conditions and increasing anthropogenic impact on water bodies and their catchments.

• Research of vapor exchange in forest and swamp ecosystems under the impact of climatic and anthropogenic factors.

• Natural land-reclamation monitoring of soils drained for the agricultural use.

• Hydrological regime of swamps, swamped soils and catchments under the impact of their drainage.

• Study of subterranean water exchange in swamps.

R/V "Ecolog"

Master Stepan Vladimirovich Proshkin

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