Trace element bioavailability in Lake Baikal

Authors

  • E.I. Grosheva P.O. Box 48, Baikalsk, Irkutsk Region 665914, Russia
  • G.N. Voronskaya Institute for Ecological Toxicology, Baikalsk, Russia
  • M.V. Pastukhove Institute for Geochemistry, Irkutsk, Russia

Keywords:

Ecosystem, Microelement

Abstract

Nuclear physical methods of analysis were used for the determination of some trace elements in the ecosystem of Lake Baikal (water, bottom sediments and the water organisms, phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos and fish). Our observations suggest that the health status of the Lake Baikal is good and bioavailability of toxic elements is very low.

References

Bankovsky, Y.A. 1978. “Chemistry of mercaptochinolin and its derivative helate compounds”. In Zinatne 8, Riga in Russian

Grosheva, E.I. 1993. Mercury transport, transformation, and bioac-cumulation in the ecosystem of mercury-stibium geochemical province. Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 66: 381–388.

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Published

2000-01-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2000): Ecosystem Health of Lake Baikal, Russia

Section

Research article

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