%0 Journal Article %T Selected aspects of the current state of freshwater resources in the Murmansk region, Russia. %A Kashulin NA %A Dauvalter VA %A Denisov DB %A Valkova SA %A Vandysh OI %A Terentjev PM %A Kashulin AN %J J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng %V 52 %N 9 %D Jul 2017 29 %M 28489973 %F 2.582 %R 10.1080/10934529.2017.1318633 %X Aspects of reducing the resource potential of surface waters of the Murmansk region in the global climate change and the environment and their irrational use have been considered. Increase of aquatic environment toxicity, drastic restructuring of the structural and functional characteristics of aquatic communities, changes in trophic status of lakes, reducing the stability of freshwater ecosystems, increasing the risk of catastrophic degradation have been shown. Taking into account the regional peculiarities, some indicators of surface water quality in the Murmansk region have been proposed.