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- Title
Accumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Sheksninskii Pool of the Rybinsk Reservoir.
- Authors
German, A. V.; Zakonnov, V. V.
- Abstract
Specific features of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) distributions in bottom sediments, benthos, and fish of the Sheksninskii Pool of the Rybinsk Reservoir are discussed. It is shown that 95% of the total PCB is accumulated in bottom sediments. Mapping of PCB-polluted bottom sediments with allowance for the sediment type and bed relief is proposed. The obtained data along with coefficients of accumulation in the bottom sediments–benthos–fish chain were used to evaluate the maximum concentration of PCB in bottom sediments at which the environmental risk of fish metabolism disturbance will be minimum. It is shown that once the PCB discharge into the water body is completely eliminated, their presence in the system will still be an ecological hazard for 25–30 years.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; COMPOSITION of water; WATER quality; POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED biphenyls; RYBINSK Reservoir (Russia)
- Publication
Water Resources, 2003, Vol 30, Issue 5, p524
- ISSN
0097-8078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1025729214196