1. Photographic Atlas of plants and pollen of the Lena River Delta Savelieva L.A.¹, Morozova E.A.², Titova D.V.¹ and Vakhrameeva P.S.² 1- SPbGU, 2- AARI St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Geography and Geoecology

2. The main goal of the project is preparation and creation of the Photographic Atlas consisting of the most widespread plants in modern vegetation cover of tundra zone and pollen which widely presented in quaternary deposits from the Arctic region.

3. Collection and identification of herbarium Preservation of the material collected Laboratory processing Process photos Selection of material and its arrangement Progress of the workflow:

4. Collection and identification of herbarium Herbarium collection site Material for the creation of the atlas was collected in the framework of Russian- German expedition “Lena – 2009” and “Lena – 2010”.

5. Preservation of the material collected: The pollen collected in tundra zone was preserved in field conditions applying test tubes with spirit solution.

6. Laboratory processing: Pretreatment was carried in the laboratory of AWI Potsdam, Germany

7. Process photos: We had the opportunity to take photos with different cameras in different laboratories of Germany and Russia. We made up to 20 images for each species and then we selected the best of them.

8. Selection of material and its arrangement: The final version of the Atlas includes some photos of plants and pollen, ecological description, location and presented in two languages, English and Russian

9. Thank you!