Hydrobionts of a freshwater oil-polluted northern lake: bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fish and the rate of ecosystem recovery

• Main Authors: Noskov, Yu. A., Nikulina, Yu. S., Romanov, R. E., Tumanov, M. D., Borobiev, D. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Alex Matsyura Press 2018
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Hydrobiology; Pollution; oil spill; recovery of freshwater ecosystem; heavy metals; bioaccumulation; aquatic invertebrates; arctic lake; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://ojs.mdpu.org.ua/index.php/biol/article/view/_358; https://doi.org/10.15421/2018_358

The response of phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic and fish community structure to one of the biggest oil spill in history of Komi Republic (north-west part of Russia) was investigated using data from a long-term survey off the polluted lake. The characteristics of aquatic freshwater communities ob...