Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia (Springer Water)

This book presents an analysis of land and water resources in Siberia, initially characterizing the landscapes, their ecosystems, crucial processes, human impacts on soil and water quality, and the status quo of available research. Further chapters deal with modern monitoring and management methods that can lead to a significant knowledge shift and initiate sustainable soil and water resources use. These include soil hydrological laboratory measurement methods; process-based field evaluation methods for land and water quality; remote sensing and GIS technology-based landscape monitoring methods; process and ecosystem modeling approaches; methods of resource and process evaluation and functional soil mapping; and tools for controlling agricultural land use systems. More than 15 of these concrete monitoring and management tools can immediately be incorporated into research and practice. Maintaining the functions of great landscapes for future generations will be the reward for these efforts. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Land and Water Resources of Siberia, Their Functioning and Ecological State....Pages 3-73 Status Report About Understanding, Monitoring and Controlling Landscape Processes in Siberia....Pages 75-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Methods for Monitoring the Chemical Composition of Lake Baikal Water....Pages 113-132 Microbiological Monitoring of Lake Baikal....Pages 133-155 Developing the Regional Indicator Indexes of Zooplankton for Water Quality Class Determination of Water Bodies in Siberia....Pages 157-183 Measuring and Estimating Fluxes of Carbon, Major and Trace Elements to the Arctic Ocean....Pages 185-212 Measuring Snowmelt in Siberia: Causes, Process, and Consequences....Pages 213-231 Estimation of Biomass and Net Primary Production (NPP) in West Siberian Boreal Ecosystems: In Situ and Remote Sensing Methods....Pages 233-252 GIS and Remote Sensing Data-Based Methods for Monitoring Water and Soil Objects in the Steppe Biome of Western Siberia....Pages 253-268 Significant Siberian Vegetation Change is Inevitably Brought on by the Changing Climate....Pages 269-285 Evaluating the Agroclimatic Potential of Central Siberia....Pages 287-305 Probabilistic Assessment of Contemporary Soil Evolution in the South of Western Siberia Based on Analysis of Soil Monitoring Data....Pages 307-324 Front Matter....Pages 325-325 Study of the Suitability of NIR Spectroscopy for Monitoring the Contamination of Soils with Oil Products....Pages 327-343 Emerging Measurement Methods for Soil Hydrological Studies....Pages 345-363 Methods for Measuring Water and Solute Balances in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 365-385 Using the Innovative Lysimeter Technology in the German–Russian Research Project “KULUNDA”....Pages 387-399 Measuring Major Components of the Terrestrial Carbon Balance....Pages 401-423 Assessment and Measurement of Wind Erosion....Pages 425-449 Multi-Scale Vegetation and Water Body Mapping of the Northern Latitudes in Siberia with Optical Remote Sensing....Pages 451-470 Multi-Source Data Integration and Analysis for Land Monitoring in Siberia....Pages 471-487 Front Matter....Pages 325-325 Analytical and Cartographic Predictive Modeling of Arable Land Productivity....Pages 489-502 Simulating Temperature Impacts on Crop Production Using MONICA....Pages 503-518 A Spatial Model-Based Decision Support System for Evaluating Agricultural Landscapes Under the Aspect of Climate Change....Pages 519-540 Monitoring of Soil Fertility (Agroecological Monitoring)....Pages 541-561 The International Soil Classification System WRB, Third Edition, 2014....Pages 563-571 An Emerging Method of Rating Global Soil Quality and Productivity Potentials....Pages 573-595 Small-Scale Soil Functional Mapping of Crop Yield Potentials in Germany....Pages 597-617 Balance of Nutrients and the Optimization of Their Use in Agroecosystems of the Russian Federation....Pages 619-633 Assessing and Controlling Land Use Impacts on Groundwater Quality....Pages 635-665 Principles of Conservation Agriculture in Continental Steppe Regions....Pages 667-679 Modern Cropping Systems and Technologies for Soil Conservation in Siberian Agriculture....Pages 681-715 Front Matter....Pages 717-717 Potential of Applying Novel Monitoring and Management Methods to Siberian Landscapes....Pages 719-760