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: Gashkina, Natalia A., Moiseenko, Tatyana I.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: Article; Imandra; Kola Nuclear Power Plant; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7352667/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32570801; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21124343

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...