«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «BIOLOGIYA. ECOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «BIOLOGY. ECOLOGY»
ISSN 2073-3372 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2008. Vol. 2

Bioindication of mercury contamination at Bratsk reservoir

Author(s)
M. V. Pastukhov, V. I. Grebenshchikova
Abstract

In the article there are considered results of long-term research on mercury contamination of hydrobionts at Bratsk reservoir at the period of decline in level of anthropogenic emission of mercury, which took place after cessation of mercury electrolysis at the complex «Usolyekhimprom», 1998. There are also studied patterns of mercury bioaccumulation and distribution in plankton and fish of the reservoir.

Keywords
Bratsk reservoir, mercury, plankton, fish
UDC
504.45.054-034

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