Study of ants as bioindicators of industrial pollution in Kemerovo Region, Russia

All-Russian research-to-practice conference "Ecology and safety in the technosphere"

生态环境科学

Blinova, S.V.^1 ; Dobrydina, T.I.^2

Kemerovo State University, Department of Ecology and Nature Management, 6 Krasnaya Street, Kemerovo

650000, Russia^1

Kemerovo State University, Department of Foreign Languages in Professional Communication, 6 Krasnaya Street, Kemerovo

650000, Russia^2

关键词: Cement dust;    General trends;    Industrial city;    Industrial pollution;    Kuzbass;    Metallurgical industry;    Species richness;    Zinc wastes;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/115/1/012035/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/115/1/012035

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The myrmecocomplexes of five industrial cities in the territory of Kuzbass, Russia, were studied. The general trends in the reaction of ants to the pollution by gaseous (chemical industry) and solid (coal and cement dust, lead and zinc waste and metallurgical industry) emissions were revealed. It was found out that the proportion of species of subfamilies, species richness and density of the settlement can be used as bioindicators. The predominance of L. Niger and M. rubra nests in myrmecocomplexes immediately indicates a high degree of man-made impact.