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For the Arctic region of Russia, an inventory of the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems for the purpose of environmental monitoring is extremely urgent. Global warming for terrestrial ecosystems manifest as changes in the distribution of individual species and assemblages, in the timing of important life-cycle events, and in abundance and community structure. Zooplankton communities in the Northern lakes are highly diverse and thus perform a variety of ecosystem functions. The most important role of zooplankton is...

A technology of pre-design comparative assessment of hazardous industrial facilities alternative options is described in this paper. The technology was designed by the St. Petersburg environmental and design company "Eco-Express-Service" LLC. Options? comparison is carried out in two stages using a score/ranking multi-criteria assessment: at first, a determination and comparison of environmental safety criteria values, and then ? a summary assessment of all set of criteria. 4 competitive methods are used for obtai...