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Ecology of the bottom fauna and bioaccumulation of trace metals along the Lena River–Laptev Sea transect

Authors: L. L. Demina, S. V. Galkin

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 2/2018

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Abstract

The first data on ecology and trace metal (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb) bioaccumulation by macrozoobenthic organisms in area along the 130°E meridional transect from shallow water near the Lena River’s delta till the 78°N are presented. At the newly discovered methane seeps in the shallow Laptev Sea areas (72 m depth), a higher total abundance and biomass compared with background stations were recorded. In carbonate shells and soft tissues of Bivalvia Portlandia arctica and Astarte borealis, the high concentrations of Mn, Fe, Pb, Ni and Co were detected that varied in dependence from sampling site. In the dominating taxa of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea), there were found no significant differences between majority of trace metal content in organisms inhabiting the seeps area and background ones. An elevated content of some metals was detected in the Asteroidea bodies that may be attributed to its trophic behavior (deposit feeder).

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Metadata
Title
Ecology of the bottom fauna and bioaccumulation of trace metals along the Lena River–Laptev Sea transect
Authors
L. L. Demina
S. V. Galkin
Publication date
01-01-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7231-y

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