Perspectives of monitoring of the natural environment using spoter-dusty grains of plants in the Republic of Belarus

Authors

  • Sergei S. Pazniak aInternational Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8361-2763 (unauthenticated)
  • Ksenia A. Prudnikova Belarusian State Medical University, 83 Dzjarzhynskaga Avenue, Minsk 220116, Belarus
  • Olga M. Konopelko Republican Сenter for Hydrometeorology, Сontrol of Radioactive Contamination and Environmental Monitoring, 110 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220114, Belarus
  • Anna N. Khokh Scientific and Practical Centre of the State Forensic Examination Commitee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Philimonova Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus

Keywords:

pollen grains, sporoderma, taxonomic composition, light optical microscopy, the morphology of pollen grains, temporary preparations

Abstract

The paper presents the guidelines of the environmemtal palynology as one of the independent areas of environmental monitoring both current and prospective. It is shown that pollen is a valuable biological indicator of environmental contamination, sensitive to external negative factors (radiation, volcanic activity, heavy metals pollution). In the course of implementation, a sampling and research was carried out using a microscope of pollen grains of the most common plants of the Republic of Belarus: white willow, coltsfoot, young anemone, horse chestnut, yellow narcissus, spring primrose, hanging birch, sweet cherry, cherry short-fruited, forest apple, boxwood, Japanese quince, mountain ash, spring crocus.As a result of research, it has been established that the majority of the pollen grains studied have thinned sporoderma, which is a very resistant structure to external influences, which is apparently the result of a prolonged negative impact of environmental factors on plants. The possibility of using the taxonomic composition of pollen spectra of woody and herbaceous plants, their morphological structure for monitoring the state of the environment, retrospective analysis and forecasting the status of ecosystems was confirmed.

Author Biographies

  • Sergei S. Pazniak, aInternational Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus

    Doctor of science (agriculture), professor; deputy director for research.

  • Ksenia A. Prudnikova, Belarusian State Medical University, 83 Dzjarzhynskaga Avenue, Minsk 220116, Belarus

    Lecturer-probationer at the department of biological chemistry.

  • Olga M. Konopelko, Republican Сenter for Hydrometeorology, Сontrol of Radioactive Contamination and Environmental Monitoring, 110 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220114, Belarus

    Master of science (engneering); leading environmantal engineer.

  • Anna N. Khokh, Scientific and Practical Centre of the State Forensic Examination Commitee of the Republic of Belarus, 25 Philimonova Street, Minsk 220114, Belarus

    Head of the laboratory for the study of materials, substances and products.

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Published

2020-04-13

Issue

No. 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

The Study and Rehabilitation of Ecosystems

How to Cite

[1]
Pazniak, S.S. et al. 2020. Perspectives of monitoring of the natural environment using spoter-dusty grains of plants in the Republic of Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 3 (Apr. 2020), 9–17.