Sandimirov S.S. Catalogue of lakes in the Russian, Finnish and Norwegian Border Area. Finland, Jyvaskyla: Kopijyva Oy, 2008.

Catalogue of Lakes in the Russian, Finnish and Norwegian Border Area The catalogue o f lakes represents a collection o f data on baseline conditions in the aquatic ecosystems of small lakes in the jo in t Russian, Finnish, Norwegian border area, which is subjected to considerable levels o f anthropogenic pollution. The present catalogue was compiled by researchers from the Institute of the North Industrial Ecology Problems, Kola Science Center RAS, in collaboration with the Lapland Regional Environment Center, Finland. This publication is based on the data, collected in connection with the Interreg IIIA Kolarctic project "Development and implementation of an environmental monitoring and assessment programme in the jo in t Finnish, Norwegian and Russian border area", carried out during 2003- 2006, as well as data from earlier studies. The catalogue is meant for a wide audience: the local population, people involved in economic activities in the border area, recreationists, students, environmental organizations and ecologists. This report was prepared in Russian and translated into English. The Russian version is appended to this publication as a CD appendix. For more information contact: Institute of the North Industrial EcologyProblems Kola Science Center Fersmana str. 14 184209 Apatity Murmasnsk region, Russia phone +7 815 55 79 378 fax+7 815 55 74 964 e-mail nikolay@inep.kcs.ru Distributor: Lapland Regional ;nvironment Centre P.O. B o x ! 96101 Rovaniemi Finland phone •358 20 690 173, fax+358 16 310 340 e-mail kirjaamo.lap@ymparisto.fi ISBN 978-952-11-3160-8 (pbk.) ISBN 978-952-11-3161-5 (PDF)