The All-Russian scientific conference with international participation «X Galkina’s Readings» (St. Petersburg, February 4–6, 2019)

The annual anniversary conference in memoriam of Ekaterina Alekseevna Galkina — the “X Galkina’s Readings” (Proceedings…, 2019), took place in the Komarov Botanical Institute of the RAS on Feb­ruary 4–6, 2019. It was dedicated to the World Wetlands Day. The conference, which is held since 2007, was organized by the Mire section of the Russian Botanical Society. The number of participants and as well as given presentations rises every year. In 2019 the conference lasted three days. It was attended by scientists from all over Russia (from Kaliningrad to Magadan), as well as from Finland, Belarus, Kazakhstan: altogether 120 participants from 41 organizations including the universities, several institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, nature reserves and national parks. 60 oral and poster presentations were given. The main topic was “Structure and functions of mobile ecosystems: results and research methods”. Much attention was focused on problems of carbon balance, functions and ecosystem services of mires. Great interest among the participants was caused by reports on the study of mosses. The participants made an excursion to the Peter the Great Botanical Garden. In the course of the final discussion it was decided to hold a conference every 2 years.