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Plant Morphofunctional Response to Environmental Changes in Active Fault Zones of the Kurai Ridge (Gorny Altai)

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Integrated geological, geophysical, geochemical, and botanical studies in the Kuraika River Valley (Kurai Ridge, Gorny Altai) have revealed sharp changes in the growth environment of blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea) at the conjunction zone of the regional Kubadra and local active faults. A high-gradient magnetic field is accompanied by the increased variability of the concentrations of radionuclides and macro- and micro-elements in soil, an increased mercury content in soil and surface air, and an increased γ-radiation exposure rate. Depending on combinations of geoenvironmental factors, the micropopulations of blue honeysuckle have produced increased or decreased fruit size and seed productivity. The observed tripling of accumulated biologically active phenol compounds in fruits, the simultaneous decrease in their concentration in leaves, and the reduction in the ratio between the content of some polyphenol classes in leaves and fruits are considered a response to the stressing impact of environmental factors associated with active tectonic processes in this area of Altai.

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We are truly grateful to S.G. Platonova (Institute of Water and Ecological Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Russia) for her help in selecting the study area and its primary geomorphological assessment and S.P. Kolotukhina (Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia) for radiometric analysis.

The research by I.G. Boyarskikh and A.I. Klyuchevskaya was conducted as part of the state task of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS. The research by A.R. Agatova was conducted as part of the state task of the Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, SB RAS. The research by A.I. Syso and I.G. Boyarskikh was conducted as part of the state task of the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, SB RAS.

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Boyarskikh, I.G., Agatova, A.R., Syso, A.I. et al. Plant Morphofunctional Response to Environmental Changes in Active Fault Zones of the Kurai Ridge (Gorny Altai). Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 56, 773–798 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433820080022

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