Underwater Landscapes of Mantsinsaari and Lunkulansaari Islands in the Zone of Riphean Uplifts in the Eastern Part of Lake Ladoga
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556621030043
Abstract
In June 2019, using the remotely operated underwater vehicle Limnoscout-230, underwater video profiling combined with sonar in the part of the water area between the two large islands of the Valaam-Salma islands arc of Lake Ladoga—Mantsinsaari and Lunkulansaari—was conducted. The work aims to identify and map underwater landscapes of the Lake Ladoga shallow part in the eastern spur area of the Valaam sill of gabbrodolerites between Mantsinsaari and Lunkulansaari islands. The research was conducted using the key sites method. The work result was a digital landscape model, which presents a number of bottom landscapes mapped on a bathymetric basis. To identify the vertical distribution of bottom landscapes, landscape profiles were constructed, on which separate facies were distinguished. The analysis of the horizontal stretch and the spatial ratio of facies allowed us to identify three landscapes within the studied area of the water area. Landscapes were distinguished based on four main components: the geological structure and its associated relief, types of bottom sediments, hydrodynamic regime, and bottom biota. The presented landscape model can be used as a reference for the landscape within the eastern spur of the Valaam sill of the gabbro-dolerites. Information on the area distribution of landscape-forming species of bottom flora and fauna between the Mantsinsaari and Lunkulansaari islands is important for accounting for the biological resources and forage reserves of Lake Ladoga, as well as for studying the spatial characteristics of individual populations.
Keywords
underwater landscapes,
landscape model,
Mantsinsaari and Lunkulansaari islands,
Valaam-Salma island arc,
Lake Ladoga,
underwater video profiling
Supporting agencies: The work was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 0154-2019-0001 “Comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of the ecosystems of Lake Ladoga …”.
About the Authors
D. S. Dudakova
Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
V. M. Anokhin
Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Herzen University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
Sh. R. Pozdnyakov
Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
M. O. Dudakov
Institute of Limnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
S. N. Yudin
LLC “Kiviyarvi”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petrozavodsk
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Dudakova D.S., Anokhin V.M., Pozdnyakov Sh.R., Dudakov M.O., Yudin S.N. Underwater Landscapes of Mantsinsaari and Lunkulansaari Islands in the Zone of Riphean Uplifts in the Eastern Part of Lake Ladoga. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2021;85(3):433-445. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556621030043
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