Research Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Environmental Protection

The purpose of the laboratory

The main purpose of the laboratory is to study the ecological characteristics of vegetation in southern Ukraine and develop practical measures for the protection and rational use of natural ecosystems.
 
 History

ORDER №261-D dated April 10, 2003

Created on the basis of the decision of the Academic Council of the University from 07.04.2003 "On the opening of a research laboratory of plant ecology and environmental protection at the Department of Botany" (Minutes №5).
 
 The laboratory was established in 2003 to ensure full-fledged research work of graduate students of the Faculty of Biology, Geography and Ecology; implementation of economic contract research and development within the main working hours of the NPP. The research of the laboratory is based on the herbarium collection of vascular plants, which has more than 12 thousand specimens, representing about 2.5 thousand species.

The Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Environmental Protection was the main executor of 15 projects (international, state budget, economic contract), and in total the laboratory participated in the implementation of 35 projects.
 
 Projects:

• Ukrainian-Swedish international project “How the East was won: Towards an environmental history of the Eurasian steppe” (13.09.2013-31.03.2019);

• Swedish Scientific Committee (Fund: Swedish Research Links / Vetenskapsrådet, N 348-2012-6112) http://www.vr.se/;

State budget topics:

• "Phytodiversity as a basis for the formation of the ecological network of the anthropogenically fragmented region" (01.01.2014 to 31.12.2015); Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;

• "Anthropogenic transformation of phytodiversity of the Northern Black Sea region: patterns and possibilities of process management" (01.01.2016 to 31.12.2018); Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The research results are published in leading journals of Ukraine (Ukrainian Botanical Journal, Black Sea Botanical Journal) and well-known international publications (Plants Biosystems, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Polish Botanical Studies, Polish Journal of Ecology, Biodiversity Research and Conservation, Analles UMSC, Willdenowia Kitaibellia, Biodiversity and Conservation, Contemporary Problems of Ecology, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Acta Oecologica, Basic and Applied Ecology, etc.). Specialists of the laboratory are co-authors of a number of fundamental monographic publications: Red Book of Ukraine (2009), Ecoflora of Ukraine (2010), Herbarium of Ukraine. Index Herbariorum Ucrainicum (2011), Red Book of the Azov region. Vascular plants (2012), Phytodiversity of reserves and national nature parks of Ukraine. Part 1. Biosphere and nature reserves (2012), Phytodiversity of reserves and national nature parks of Ukraine. Part 2. National Natural Parks (2012), Vascular Plants of the Emerald Network of Ukraine under the protection of the Bern Convention (2017), National Catalog of Habitats of Ukraine (2018), Catalog of Habitats of the Steppe Zone of Ukraine (2020), etc.

Specialists of the laboratory, participants of many scientific expeditions to study the flora of the steppe and forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, also participated in expeditions to other regions of Ukraine and abroad (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, etc.) .

The main tasks

• conducting research in accordance with the thematic plan of research and development performed by KSU at the expense of the state budget; association of scientists for the purpose of receiving grants, implementation of state budget and economic contractual topics;

• expanding the topics and improving the quality of scientific research of vegetation in the South of Ukraine;

• optimization of protection and rational use of vegetation of the South of Ukraine;

• wide publication of research results in publications, including publications included in the NMBD Scopus and WoS; presenting them at scientific conferences; popularization of knowledge about the vegetation of the South of Ukraine;

• scientific guidance and counseling on the implementation of scientific research in the framework of qualification work of KSU students, preparation of master's and candidate's dissertations within the subject of research work of the laboratory
 
 The composition of the research team involved in the work of NDL

Scientific adviser of NDL Moysiyenko Ivan Ivanovich, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine

Melnyk Ruslana Petrovna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of Botany;

Zakharova Maryna Yaroslavivna, teacher of the Department of Botany;

Dayneko Polina Mykhailivna, teacher of the Department of Botany;

Dzerkal Victoria Mykolayivna, a graduate student of the 4th year of distance learning;

Skobel Nadiia Olehivna, 1st year master's student, specialty 091 Biology (Botany).

List of research laboratory equipment

• KONUS CRYSTAL PRO 7x-45x STEREO microscope

• Biological microscope Lomo Mikmed-1

• Microscope XS 5520 Micro med

• Digital camera for microscope SIGETA DCM-900 3.0MP

• Ring illuminator for the Sigeta LED Ring-60 microscope

• Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 60mm f / 2.8 Macro lens

• OLYMPUS 14-150mm f / 4.0-5.6 II Black lens

• Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II Body Silver camera

• GPS navigator Garmin Dakota 20

Freezer for disinsection of a herbarium of Hansa FS200BUW + 01HG

Initiative topics:

 1. "Rare phytodiversity of the Lower Dnieper sands";

2. Flora, vegetation and sozological value of the National Natural Park "Oleshkiv Sands";

3. "Molecular and genetic diversity of scenedesmic algae of the flora of Ukraine";

4. "Phytoinvasion of adventitious plants in natural habitats of the south of Ukraine".

 The results of the scientific laboratory are implemented in a number of educational components, which are taught by teachers of the Department of Botany, namely: "Fundamentals of Steppe Science", "Plant Protection", "Reserve", "Botany", "Ecology".