The document summarizes information about the Mukhrino Field Research Station located near Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The station was established in 2009 on the border of a large peatland area by Yugra State University with support from an oil company. It contains equipment for measuring greenhouse gas fluxes, meteorological data, and supports ecological research projects on topics such as peatland hydrology, remote sensing of landscapes, and carbon cycling. The station also participates in international networks to share data and experiences with other field bases.

1. Khanty-Mansiysk
Yugra State University

2. This project was supported by the
«Urayneftegaz» Oil Company
In 2009 the International
Field Station «Mukhrino»
was built on the border of a huge
peatland area, 30 km to the west
from Khanty-Mansiysk .
International Research Field Station «Mukhrino»
Yugra State University

3. The main type of natural landscapes
and anthropogenic impacts are identified.
The DB of ground data includes about
7000 vegetation releves.
Mukhrino Field Station
Khanty-Mansiysk

4. Solar battery (3 kW) wind farm (2 kW)
supply AC 220 (3 kW)
Field Station energy system
Yugra State University

5.  Hydrology of peatlands and their role in
protection to river flood hazards;
 Geo-ecological monitoring;
 Biological diversity of natural ecosystems;
 Developing of scientific and ecological
tourism.
Natural and anthropogenic dynamics of ecosystems at the background of
global climate change;
Remote sensing of natural landscapes
and assessment of anthropogenic disturbance;
Carbon balance and biogeochemical cycles
in the biosphere (greenhouse gas fluxes: CO2, CH4);
Yugra State University

6. • EDDY COVARIANCE atmospheric flux
measurement technique
• Automatic chambers – surface flux
measurement technique
Automatic greenhouses gases-flux
measure instruments
Yugra State University

7. INTERNET, WI-FI
Yugra State University

8. • Greenhouse gases emission measurement equipment
• Meteorological and hydrological equipment
• EC, pH meters, electrodes for ammonium and nitrate ions;
• Differential global positioning system (DGPS);
• Geo-radar for peat depth measurements;
• Lab and analytical equipment:
• EuroEA3000 elemental CNHS Analyzer;
• Kristall 5000 gas chromatograph ;
• Cabinet driers, thermostats, refrigerating compartments etc.;
• Microscopes and digital cameras;
• Office equipment, including
high speed Internet.
Living rooms for 25 visitors.
Equipment resources
Yugra State University

9. • In 2009 the Field Station of
UNESCO Chair entered the
Circum-arctic Network of
Terrestrial Field Bases
SCANNET
Main activities:
 collection of ecological data
(climatic
parameters, phenology, biog
eochemical cycles)
 creating united data base
 experience exchange
International Ecological Networks
Yugra State University

10. 03.06 -08.06.2012
Testing methodologies to monitor the ecosystem services and establish
large forest dynamics plots at Eurasian Boreal forest sites.
Natural Environment Research Council, Centre
for Ecology and Hydrology, Scotland, UK
MEETING WITH STUDENTS
Yugra State University

11. 30.05 -15.06.2012
Changes in the invertebrate community along natural and antropogenic gradients
in mires
Bargerveen Foundation, Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
Yugra State University

12. 01.07 -15.07.2012
Functioning of Siberian mire ecosystems and their response to climate changes
CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté,
Université d'Orléans (France)
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne,
School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental
Engineering (Switzerland)
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Institute
of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish
Academy of Sciences (Poland)
Yugra State University

13. Yugra State University
23.07 -28.07.2012
Testing methodologies to monitor the ecosystem services and establish large
forest dynamics plots at two Eurasian Boreal forest sites
Centre for Human and
Ecological Sciences (Roslin, UK)
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
(Edinburgh, UK)
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14. Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC) Centre for Ecology &
Hydrology (Edinburgh, UK)
23.07 -28.07.2012
Genomics of Adaptive Variation in
Pines
Yugra State University

15. 05.09 -18.09.2012
Impact of arctic climate on the chemical and biochemical processes,
conviersions and transformations in peat layers
Institute for Agricultural and Forest
Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences,
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Warsaw University of Life Sciences (Poland)
Yugra State University

16. The DB is creating, which include
more than 3000 satellite images.
Time period: 1975-2010
Square: the whole of West Siberia

17. The detailed
classification
of the mire
landscapes
Landscape-
ecological
mapping
Square calculation
Vegetation map of mire landscapes
in the Mukhrino Field Station area

18. «Mukhrino» Field Research Station area
Yugra State University,
Russia, Khanty - Mansiysk,
Chekhova Street, 16
Tel. 8(3467)357-767
E-mail: ugrasu@ugrasu.ru
www.ugrasu.ru