KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY

The article gives an overview of the history of limnology - science about lakes, in Russia since the early 19<sup>th</sup> to the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century. Some biographical details about great sci­entists who have founded Russian limnology, information about the biologica...

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Main Author: Irina Trifonova
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Language:English
Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Online Access:http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/limnology/article/view/746
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description The article gives an overview of the history of limnology - science about lakes, in Russia since the early 19<sup>th</sup> to the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century. Some biographical details about great sci­entists who have founded Russian limnology, information about the biological research stations that have played a major role in the education of limnologists and the establish­ment of the main fields of limnology in Russia are provided. A retrospective of the evolu­tion of limnology from the first geographical descriptions of lakes, hydrographic and mor­phometric measurements, studies of the fauna and flora of individual lakes to integrated surveys comprising hydrological, hydrochemical and hydrobiological observations is giv­en. Limnology has been developing from the understanding of the unity and interaction of a lake and its catchment to studies of the production and balance dimensions of or­ganic matter cycles. The history of G. Yu. Vereshchagin's limnological school and estab­lishment of the Limnology Laboratory, later transformed into the Institute of Limnology of the USSR Academy of Sciences is related.
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spelling doaj.art-44bd1f2125da471a8196e780c9d6d3122022-12-21T20:15:34ZengKarelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of SciencesTransactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences1997-32172312-45042018-09-01910.17076/lim746625KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURYIrina Trifonova0Институт озероведения РАНThe article gives an overview of the history of limnology - science about lakes, in Russia since the early 19<sup>th</sup> to the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century. Some biographical details about great sci­entists who have founded Russian limnology, information about the biological research stations that have played a major role in the education of limnologists and the establish­ment of the main fields of limnology in Russia are provided. A retrospective of the evolu­tion of limnology from the first geographical descriptions of lakes, hydrographic and mor­phometric measurements, studies of the fauna and flora of individual lakes to integrated surveys comprising hydrological, hydrochemical and hydrobiological observations is giv­en. Limnology has been developing from the understanding of the unity and interaction of a lake and its catchment to studies of the production and balance dimensions of or­ganic matter cycles. The history of G. Yu. Vereshchagin's limnological school and estab­lishment of the Limnology Laboratory, later transformed into the Institute of Limnology of the USSR Academy of Sciences is related.http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/limnology/article/view/746limnologylakeshistory of sciencefounders.
spellingShingle Irina Trifonova
KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY
Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
limnology
lakes
history of science
founders.
title KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY
title_full KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY
title_fullStr KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY
title_full_unstemmed KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY
title_short KEY DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF LIMNOLOGY IN RUSSIA UP TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 20th CENTURY
title_sort key development stages of limnology in russia up to the middle of the 20th century
topic limnology
lakes
history of science
founders.
url http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/limnology/article/view/746
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