 Field laboratory on the research of Shira Lake
Shira Lake
Field Laboratory
Research Goal
Spa "Shira Lake"
Shira Lake
Nature varies in geographical places, which sometimes are real phenomena
worth of specific research. One of those places is the Shira Lake situated in
the Republic
of Khakasia (Russia). This reservoir, looking like a huge flat bowl, lies at a hight
of 352 m above sea level.
The
Shira
lake is a very popular balneotherapeutic health
resort and it is considered to be a unique natural laboratory able to
maintain the stability of matter cycling with a small number of
hydrobionts. We consider this system as a possible model of anthropogenic
reduction of future biospheric biogeocenoses.
Field Laboratory
The research field station was established on Shira lake and is
functioning successfully. It includes laboratory (30 m2); storage
facilities (30 m2) and living quarters (100 m2).
The station provides the ecosystems` monitoring of the Shira Lake and of the nearby
water bodies and testing of the new methods of ecological biophysics.
The field laboratory is a unique place, where students and post-graduates
from Siberian high schools can do their research along with the scientists
from the Institute.
Research Goal
Analysis of hydrobionts (bacteria, algae, zooplankton) properties, matter
cycle and mechanisms of bacterial plasmids migration with the purpose of building
a prediction mathematical model of space-time dynamics of lake
ecosystem state, including the prognosis of hydrochemical composition
and the level of "blooming".
Spa "Shira Lake"
The resort on the Shira lakeside is a place for people with gastrointestinal diseases.
It is famous for its mineral water and therapeutic mud-baths.
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