Influence of Thermal Pollution on the Physiological Conditions and Bioaccumulation of Metals, Metalloids, and Trace Metals in Whitefish ( Coregonus lavaretus L.)

• Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• Main Authors: Natalia A. Gashkina, Tatyana I. Moiseenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: subarctic lake; thermal pollution; metal bioaccumulation; fish metabolism; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Chemistry; QD1-999; Imandra; Kola Nuclear Power Plant; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21124343; https://doaj.org/article/c4e75467686a4551b273b85f558b31a9

The Kola nuclear power plant, which discharges warm water into one of the bays of subarctic Lake Imandra, significantly changes fish habitats. The temperature gradient of the lake is between 2 and 8 °C, which makes it significantly different from the natural temperature of the lake water. The stenot...