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Insular-Arс Volcanic Ecosystems in the Pacific Mobile Belt as Sources of Continantal Biosphere Formation (Evidence from the South-Kuril Ridge)

Erland G. Kolomyts

Pushchino research center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Basic Biological Problems, 2, Institutskaya str., Pushchino 142290, Russia.

*Corresponding author: Erland G. Kolomyts

Published: January 06, 2026

Abstract

The empirical statistical models of the islandarc stage of continental biosphere development in the North-West Pacific have been created by the example of regional bioclimatic system and experimental test site near the active Mendeleev volcano on the Kunashir Island (the South Kuril Ridge). The causal mechanisms of a well-known geographical phenomenon of the island extratropical Neo-Pacific region are discussed: direct subordination of phytobiota to vertical hydrothermal gradients. It was shown that on this stage local geomorphological conditions created the centers of origin of diverse phytocoenological and soil structures of the higher (zonal-regional) level at the initial stages of continental biosphere development. Forest phytobiota were identified as the primary structural and functional component controlling biomass accumulation and nutrient cycling in young volcanic landscapes. Plant community development strategies aimed at maximizing biomass formation in forested island-arc landscapes are much more effective than their zonal counterparts on the neighboring continent. The optimizing strategy program for the development of plant communities, which is aimed at the maximum biomass formation on forest islandarc land-scapes, is much more marked compared to their zonal analogs on the neighboring continent. At the same time, an exceptionally high percentage of green mass in the structure of production results in the acceleration of biological cycle as a factor of stability of forest community. It was determined empirically that the structure and function of topo-ecosystems in mobile belts of the planet are the sources of evolutionary global biosphere processes.

Keyword

Pacific ocean mobile belt; regional bioclimatic system; altitudinal-expositional zo- Nation; insular volcanic landscape; forest ecosystems; structure and functioning; empirical-statistical modeling

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How to cite this paper

Insular-Arс Volcanic Ecosystems in the Pacific Mobile Belt as Sources of Continantal Biosphere Formation (Evidence from the South-Kuril Ridge)

How to cite this paper: Erland G. Kolomyts. (2026). Insular-Arс Volcanic Ecosystems in the Pacific Mobile Belt as Sources of Continantal Biosphere Formation (Evidence from the South-Kuril Ridge). Climate Change and Meteorology3(1), 1-22.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ccm.2026.06.001