The Impact of Recreation on the Soil And Vegetation Cover of the Protected Areas of Sevastopol (On the Example of the Great Sevastopol Trail)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2712-7621-2023-4-91-107
Abstract
Aim. Assessment of the current state of soil and vegetation cover of specially protected natural areas in the area of tourist routes (Great Sevastopol Trail).
Methodology. The key sites method was used to assess the impact of recreation Soil condition was evaluated by indicators: compaction of the upper horizon and presence of erosion processes on the soil and vegetation cover of specially protected natural areas. For vegetation cover, flora species composition, total projective cover, and mechanical damage were recorded. The final assessment of the stage of recreational digression was carried out on a 4-stage scale.
Results. The results of the study on the assessment of the impact on the soil and vegetation cover of protected areas of Sevastopol on the routes of the Great Sevastopol Trail are presented. The influence of recreational load on soil cover and plant communities of natural reserves was investigated, and the stages of recreational digression were determined. Recommendations for conducting and organizing recreational monitoring on the tourist route are offered.
Research implications is to use the results of the study for management of recreational loads, their minimization and conservation of landscapes of protected areas on the tourist route Great Sevastopol Trail.
Keywords
ecological tourism,
ecological trail,
recreational load,
stages of recreational digression,
Crimean peninsula
Supporting agencies: This work was carried out within the framework of the government task in A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the Russian Academy of Sciences (no. 121030300149-0).
About the Authors
E. S. Kashirina
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Sevastopol Branch)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina S. Kashirina – PhD (Geography), Assoc. Prof., Department of Ocean Geography of the Natural Sciences Faculty
ul. Geroev Sevastopolya 7, Sevastopol 299001
T. V. Pankeeva
The A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatiana V. Pankeeva – PhD (Geography), Senior Researcher
Prospect Nakhimova 2, Sevastopol 299011
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