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This article considers the features of heavy metal accumulation in individual plants of the true grasses and spurge families in two industrial areas in the city of Gomel and outside the city. The author analyses the heavy metal accumulation in the aquatic vegetation in the city’s waterways. It is shown that, in industrial areas, the Gramineae are charactersied by higher cadmium, barium, nickel, and molybdenum concentrations and the Euphorbiaceae by those of chromium. Aquatic plants show higher levels...

The author studies pain relief effect of flupirtine in patients with diabetic polyneuritis. In the conducted study, 112 patients were treated with flupirtine: 102 (91.1 %) men and 9 (8.9 %) women. All patients had diabetes with clinical manifestations of sensorimotor polyneuropathy accompanied by pain. The author proves that flupirtine can be successfully used for pain relief as part of a complex therapy in both inpatient and outpatient departments. 1. Левин О. С. Полиневропатии : клиническое руководство...

This article (part 2/1) presents data on the taxonomy of birds of the Kaliningrad region in comparison with the taxonomic reviews of birds in Belarus, the Baltic States, Poland, and other European territories. It is the second part of the work that discusses the issue of subspecies affiliation of some breeding species of the order Passeriformes. Based on the study of extensive data collections and an analysis of publications, the author provides an overview of subspecies affiliation of 23 nesting...

On the basis of 1948—2011 materials, this article characterises the zooplankton of three large lakes of similar age and origin found at different trophic stages and in different landscapes of the Pskov region. It is shown that the structural features of the organization and direction of succession of zooplankton communities are directly dependent on the landscape and genesis of the lake basin and, in their turn, can be used as an indicator of the successional stage of the aquatic ecosystem. 1. Абросов...

This article describes the features of quantitative distribution of glucocorticoid steroid hormones — hydrocortisone and corticosterone – at different stages of the life cycle of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and the European flat oyster (Ostrea eduliss). The author identifies a common pattern of hormone dynamics consisting in a reduction in the level of hormones in molluscs in the course of maturation. Interspecies differences in the ratio of hormone levels are described....

This article presents data on the taxonomy of birds in the Kaliningrad region in comparison to the materials of taxonomic surveys of birds in Belarus and other areas in Europe. It is the first part of the work focusing on the issue of subspecies affiliation of some breeding species of the orders Falconiformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Strigiformes, Piciformes. The second part, which is to be published in 2014, will consider the order Passeriformes. 1. Alex U. H. Zur Vogelwelt Ostpreußens...

The drought conditions in the 1995—2012 vegetation period in Ukraine are estimated using the fields of Selyaninov hydrothermal coefficient (SHC). The analog method helps identify the most probable seasonal and monthly SHC fields. The lowest SHC values are observed in the steppe regions and Crimea. Frequency of drought months reaches 60—70 % in the southern regions. The most severe seasonal droughts occurred in 2007 and 2009 with a spread area of over 35 % of the country’s territory. 1. Багров Н...

This article considers the heavy metal accumulation capacity of wild mushroomson on the basis of calculating the concentration and biological uptake coefficients. An analysis of these data shows that some mushroom species have a high selective capacity for cadmium (B. edulis) and zinc accumulation (R. decolorans) independent of the concentration of these elements in the substrate. A higher concentration of heavy metals was detected in the Russulaceae picked on the Sambia peninsula in comparison to...

This paper examines the current condition and development prospects of the fuel and energy industry of the Kaliningrad region specified in regional programmes. The authors compare the potentials of different renewable energy sources and provide information on the exploitation of different renewable energy objects in the region. The article presents a preliminary assessment of the thermal capacity necessary for the residential area of an ecovillage with a population of 50,000 and suggests ensuring...

This article examines the history of formation of fieldfare population in Kaliningrad and describes its current condition. The fieldfare population density during the 2010—2013 nesting period was 0—1.5 breeding pairs/10 hecares in urban forests, 1.1—3.7 b. p./10 ha in city parks, and; 0—1 b. p./10 ha in city streets. The dynamics of nesting density in peripheral abandoned parks is characterized by a clear negative trend, whereas, in cultivated city parks, nesting density has significantly increased...

This article argues that, in the estuaries the South Baltic, the bivalve molluscs Mya arenaria are capable of consuming an average of 6.5 % of the water body primary production. A numerical assessment of the filtration rate of these molluscs shows that they can filter daily an average of 2.41 ± 1.01 m3 of water per a square meter of the river bed. During the vegetation season, molluscs can clear approximately 380 m3 of water in estuaries removing up to 558.9 ± 65.7 g of suspended organic matters...

This article offers a computer simulation for incompressible stratified fluid based on Euler’s equations. The ocean and the atmosphere above it are considered as an integral continuous environment. At the water-air surface, the density changes abruptly from ρ = ρwater = 1000 kg/m3 for water to ρ = ρair = 1.2 kg/m3 for air. The solution to model equations is generalised. The mathematical mechanism of equation solving suggests automatic smoothing of density in the area of wave breaking and formation...

The object of research presented in the article is maritime transport as a system building type of the Baltic transborder transport region identified within the Baltic region. The author describes maritime transport as a key element of the transnational transport region ensuring the activation and development of new forms of international cooperation in the Baltic area. 1. Йонниеми П. Стратегия ЕС для региона Балтийского моря: чего мы достигли? // Балтийский регион. 2010. Вып. 2(4). С. 44—47...

This article describes the condition of woodpigeon populations in 25 towns and large villages of the Kaliningrad region. The author focuses on the possible reasons for significant differences in the population density of woodpigeon in urban areas and pays attention to the origin of urban populations. 1. Корбут В. В. Урбанизация и птицы города // Экополис 2000: экология и устойчивое развитие города. М., 2000. С. 159—161. 2. Tomiałojć L. The urban population of the Woodpigeon Columba palumbus...

A series extraction of platinum metals (Pd and Rh) from natural sedimentary samples near the trunk-roads of Rhine-Westphalia was conducted. The authors make an assumption about the mechanism of influence of environmental conditions on the mobility of elements studied. 1. Claus T., Zereini F., Urban H. Verteilung und Konzetrationen von Platin, Palladium und Rhodium in Umweltmaterialien an der Bundesautobahn A5 (Akm 458-Akm 524) // Emissionen von Platinmetallen / hrsg. F. Zereini, F. Alt. Berlin,...

This article analyses the state of health of Saint Petersburg residents in the changing conditions of connatural and social environment. Saint-Petersburg is presented as a Russian metropolis and, simultaneously, an integral component of the Baltic region. The authors compare the health state trends in Saint Petersburg residents and the population of other Baltic countries. The environmental dependence of some diseases, including oncological ones, is emphasized. Three variants of population health...

This article focuses on the features of heavy metal (HM) accumulation in carpet-floor species of mosses in the Kaliningrad region. A cross-spectrum analysis helped identify the patterns of HM accumulation depending on the amount of atmospheric precipitation. The authors calculated the indexes of HM concentration, which underlies the offered classification of the Baltic region countries by in the level of pollution. 1. Ilyin I., Rozovskaya O., Travnikov O. Heavy metals: transboundary pollution of...

... условиях глобализации // Балтийский регион. 2010. № 4. С.103—114. 8. Korneyevets V., Fedorov G. Russia and the Baltic Sea Region: perspectives for the integration of Kaliningrad // Economic styles in the process of EU Eastern enlargement. Hamburg, 2009. P. 325—337.

....2011). 3. Официальный сайт Постоянного представительства Российской Федерации при Европейском союзе. Отраслевые диалоги. URL: http://www. russianmission. eu/ru/otraslevye-dialogi (дата обращения: 21.10.2011). 4. Официальный сайт Совета Федерации Федерального собрания Российской Федерации. Ратифицировано пять ...

This article presents the first attempt to study lichens in 6 state protected parks in memorial country estates of the Pskov region. The authors distinguished 111 lichen species, among which 7 were proved to be rare and 4 – new to the Pskov region, and performed taxonomic analysis and the analysis of lichen life forms. Special attention was paid to the epyphite group predominant in the parks. 1. Выявление и обследование биологически ценных лесов на Северо-Западе Европейской части России / отв...

... Hague C. European Territorial Research Community ESPON. Linking Territo­rial Research and Practice: An agenda for the future. Luxembourg , 2005. 5.  ESPON Project 1.1.1. Urban areas as nodes in a polycentric development. URL: http://www.epson.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/259/648/index_EN.html 6.  Interreg IIC Baltic Sea Region. Region Policy — Inforegio. URL: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/reg_prog/po/prog_664.htm. 7.  Zaucha J. VASAB co-operation for spatial planning ...

... explores the analysis of foreign countries experience in crossborder cooperation. Importance of Euroregions is identified. Euroregion «Baltic» and the Balic euroregional network. 1.   EESC Opinions . UR L :   http :// eescopinion . eesc . europa . eu 2.  Устав Еврорегиона «Балтика». UR L:   http://www.ln.mid.ru/bull.nsf/ 3.  Перспективы развития межрегионального сотрудничества: Калининград­ская ...

The article presents generalised data on internationally important staging sites of Greylag Goose (Anser anser), Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus), Bean Goose (Anser fabalis), Whooper Swans (Cygnus Cygnus) and Bewick’s Swans (Cygnus bewickii) in the Neman River delta shared by Russia and Lithuania.The authors indicate the decrease in the population of Bean Geese alongside with the increase in the population of Greylag Geese, Whooper Swans...

This article offers the results of research on the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of two abundant bivalve species – Macoma balthica and Mytilus eduli – in the south-east of the Baltic Sea. First of all, the distribution of species was determined by the types of soils. The distribution of molluscs in deep-water sectors was limited by oxygen deficiency in near-bottom waters. 1. Гусев А.   А., Урбанович О.   А. Видовой состав и экологическая характеристи­ка макрозообентоса...

The moss biomonitor technique was employed to study heavy metal precipitation in the Kaliningrad region. Graphical data interpretation, correlation and factor analysis helped distinguish the anthropogenic and natural components in moss pollution. 1. Protocol on heavy metals: [site of UNECE]. URL: http://www.unece. org/env/lrtap/hm_h1.htm ( дата обращения : 01.04.2010). 2. Atmospheric Heavy Metal Deposition in Europe 1995—1996. Copenhagen, 1998. 3. Баринова Г.   М. Калининградская область...

This article considers the response of hydrobionts to exogenous biologically active substances of natural (BASn) and anthropogenic (BASa) origin, the peculiarities of BASn functional spectrum in eukaryotes of different taxons, and the damaging impact of BASa both at an organism and an ecosystem level. 1. Никитина С.   М. Стероидные гормоны беспозвоночных животных. Л., 1982. 2. Никитина С.   М. О прижизненном определении пола двухстворчатых мол­люсков // Физиолого-биохимические основы кормления...

This article offers data on chironomid fauna in two lakes in the city of Kaliningrad: Lake Penkovoye and Lake Isakovskoye. The authors analyse the species composition as well as ecological characteristics of populations and estimate the condition of water ecosystems of the waterbodies under consideration on the basis of the data on quantitative characteristics and species diversity of chironomidae. 1. Винокурова Н.   В., Петрова Н.   А. Некоторые особенности кариотипа популя­ции Camptochironomus...

The Vistula Lagoon of the Baltic Sea is one the most productive water bodies in Europe. The Pregolya River comprises the main part of the Vistula Lagoon's catchment area where the biggest cities and towns of the Kaliningrad Region are situated. The aim of the research is to estimate the nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) flux from the Pregolya River's catchment area into the Vistula Lagoon, which is composed by both point source emissions and diffuse load. The author applies the model of nutrient...

... городского округа «Город Калининград»: официальный сайт. URL : http :// www . klgd . ru / economy / activity / real _ project . php 10. Информационный центр Европейского Союза EU - i /Ассоциация европей­ских исследований (АЕВИС). URL: http://www.edc-aes.ru/site/ru/researches/ in_russia/kaliningrad.html 11. Международный социально-экологический союз....

This article traces the development of a specialised urban Woodpigeon population in the city of Kaliningrad and assesses its current condition. The author focuses on certain factors affecting the formation of urban populations. 1. Saari L. Woodpigeon // The EBCC atlas of European breeding birds: their distribution and abundance / eds. W. Hagemeijer, J. Blair. T., A. Poyser. L., 1997. P. 384—385. 2. Tomiałojć L. The urban population of the Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Lin­naeus, 1758, in...

This article analyses the 2009—2010 data on woodcock roding. The authors assess the impact of meteorological conditions, light level, food availability, and other factors on the duration and intensity of woodcock roding in the Kaliningrad region. A direct correlation was established between the duration of daylight hours and the basic parameters of woodcock roding. Other environmental factors may also affect woodcock roding. 1. Travecchia G., Pradel R., Gossman F. et al. Temporal variation in...

This article estimates the number of insect species on the territory of the Kaliningrad region by order. The authors estimate the number of species at 9—13,1 thousand. The article addresses the development of regional entomofauna and entomology studies. The current level of research on biodiversity in the region is considered as insufficient. 1. Конвенция о биологическом разнообразии: программа ООН по окружаю­щей среде ЮНЕП. Рио-де-Жанейро, 1992. 2. Bercio H ., Folwaczny B . Verzeichnis der...

This article presents a method to assess the resistance of groundwater resources to anthropogenic impact and the fresh groundwater withdrawal as well as the results of such assessment for different territories of the country ranging from a federal district or a region to an artesian basin. The assessment was carried out with the help of the system of indicators and indexes of groundwater resource sustainability under the influence of groundwater withdrawal developed by the author. 1. Белоусова...

The author arrives at a conclusion on the vast biogeographical connections of the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific faunas in the Phanerozoic faunas on the basis of the comparative analysis of modern and ancient communities of invertebrates and the changes in their habitats. 1.      Беклемишев К. В. Экология и биогеография пелагиали. М., 1969. 2.      Беляев Г. М. Пути формирования глубоководной фауны // Океанология. Биология океана. Биологическая структура океана. М., 1977. Т. 1. С. 205—218...

This article considers the species composition, species biotopic distribution, nutrition, and zoogeographic characteristics of gastropoda in Kaliningrad ponds. The author shows the interplay of ecological factors that determine the species composition of molluscs. The article also presents the data on the impact of the invasive species Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) on the malacofauna of water bodies. 1.      Аристова Г .   И . Бентос Куршского и Вислинского заливов Балтийского мо­ря и...