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Wetland Reclamation in the Byelorussian SSR

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Wetland Ecology and Management: Case Studies

Part of the book series: Tasks for vegetation science ((TAVS,volume 25))

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Abstract

The three short papers to follow describe wetland reclamation operations undertaken in the Byelorussian SSR (USSR) in the last few decades and some of their ecological consequences. The Byelorussian wetlands partly belong to a large wetland complex situated in the Polessye region which also encompasses the northern Ukraine and extends along the main European water divide, between the basins of the Black and the Baltic Sea. The river Pripyat, the largest tributary of the Dnieper river from the west, is the hydrological axis of the Polessye and receives most of its water discharge.

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  1. Department of Hydrometerology and Environmental Control of the Byelorussian SSR, 110 Lenin Avenue, SU - 220 838, Minsk, USSR

    D. I. Berezkin

  2. Byelorussian Institute for Amelioration and Water Management, Gorkij Street 153, SU - 220 040, Minsk, USSR

    V. T. Klimkov

  3. Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR, Institute of Peat, Staro-Boriosovsky 10, SU-220 030, Minsk, USSR

    I. M. Nesterenko

  4. Institute of Botany, Czechoslovak Academy of Science, CS-37982, Trebon, Czechoslovakia

    J. Kvet

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Berezkin, D.I., Klimkov, V.T., Nesterenko, I.M., Kvet, J. (1990). Wetland Reclamation in the Byelorussian SSR. In: Whigham, D.F., Good, R.E., Kvet, J. (eds) Wetland Ecology and Management: Case Studies. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2115-3_6

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