Assessment aspect of contamination of the Arctic estuary ecosystems

Autor: Vladyslav V. Khlebovich, Vyacheslav M. Makeyev, Vladimir Ivanov
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 35:222-225
ISSN: 0025-326X
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-326x(97)00111-2
Popis: Estuarine ecosystem may be considered as ‘pulse-targets’ where information about contamination of all-river basin and about scale and forms of contaminants input to the seas is concentrated. The nucleus of the estuarine processes of contaminants transformation and sedimentation is the critical salinity zone. In the real natural conditions of the Arctic the salinity dependent processes are masked by hydrodynamic effect. The tasks of effective chemical and biological monitoring of Russian Arctic estuarine ecosystems are formulated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE