Essay about of Soils of the N.A. Pertsov White Sea Biostation of the Moscow State University

Abstract

The article presents the results of field studies of soils on the
territory of the White Sea Biostation of the N.A. Pertsov Moscow State University,
conducted within the framework of the International Co-operative Programme on
Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems (ICP IM) on the
territory of the Integrated Reserve of Regional Importance “Polar Circle”, the
stationary of the ICP IM “Polar Circle”. According to the studies, the characteristic

soils of the territory under consideration are iron-illuvial podzols. In the depression,
on the territory of sphagnum bog, peat-peat soils are formed. For iron-illuvial
podzols there is an increase in thickness of podzol horizon (horizon E) while
moving down the slope and a large number of fossilized stony inclusions of pebbles
and boulders in the lower part of the profile. The greatest number of inclusions is
characteristic of the upper part of the slope.