Begell House Inc.
Hydrobiological Journal
HYD
0018-8166
47
5
2011
Comprehensive Characteristics of Bottom Sediments of Water Bodies of Various Types in the Kiliya Delta of the Danube River
3-20
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.10
V. D.
Romanenko
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
A. V.
Lyashenko
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
S. A.
Afanasyev
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
I. M.
Konovets
Institute of Hydrobiology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
L. S.
Kipnis
Institute of Hydrobiology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine
Ye. Ye.
Zorina-Sakharova
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
A. V.
Terletskaya
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Water Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine
M. V.
Milyukin
Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine
V. Ya.
Demchenko
Institute of Colloidal Chemistry and Water Chemistry National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine
R. M.
Burgess
Environmental Protection Agency Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, USA
K. T.
Kho
Environmental Protection Agency Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, USA
the Kiliya delta of the Danube River
bottom sediments
toxicity
benthos communities
triad approach
The "triad" approach, including analysis of the total content of toxicants, bioassay of bottom sediments, and the study of the structure of zoo- and phytobenthos communities, was used in assessing the quality of bottom sediments. It has been found that the studied bottom sediments were moderately contaminated, whereas their distinct toxicity was not revealed. A direct relationship between the structural indices of benthos communities and the content of toxicants was not established.
Species Composition and Quantitative Development of Benthic Rotifera in the Uzh River (the Basin of the Tisa River) within the Territory of Ukraine
21-31
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.20
A. A.
Koval'chuk
Uzhgorod National University Uzhgorod, Ukraine
Rotifera
species composition
numbers
biomass
The species composition of benthic Rotifera of the Uzh River (the basin of the Tisa River) and seasonal dynamics of their quantitative characteristics were investigated. The influence of the peculiarities of the section of the river and season on dynamics of Rotifera numbers and biomass was assessed.
Chorological Structure of Invertebrates Populations in the Thickets of Higher Aquatic Plants in Lake Baikal
32-42
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.30
L. S.
Kravtsova
Limnological Institute, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
I. V.
Mekhanikova
Limnological Institute Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
L. A.
Izhboldina
Limnological Institute Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
phytocenoses
higher aquatic plants
algae
invertebrates
Lake Baikal
The distribution of invertebrates in the phytocenoses of Elodea Canadensis Michx. and Myriophyllum spicatum L. was investigated in the bays of the Maloye More of Lake Baikal. It has been found that in various phytocenoses the numbers and biomass of macroinvertebrates of zoophytos and endobenthos differed. In the phytocenosis with a predominance of E. Canadensis belonging to adventives, the quantitative indices of macroinvertebrates development were higher than those registered in the phytocenosis with a predominance of M. spicatum. In the thickets of M. spicatum, rhizobenthos occupied the intermediate place between zoophytos and endobenthos.
Background Content of Heavy Metals in Bivalvia of the Ukrainian Section of the Desna River
43-55
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.40
D. V.
Lukashov
Kyiv National University Kyiv, Ukraine
heavy metals
background concentration
Bivalvia
The peculiarities of the distribution of heavy metals (Cd, Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni, Co, and Fe) were studied in the water, bottom sediments, and Bivalvia (Anodonta anatina and Unio tumidus) occurring in the Ukrainian section of the Desna River. It has been found that the content of Mn, Fe, and Cu in the water was higher than their limiting permissible concentration for water bodies used for fishery almost over the whole riverbed. At the same time, even the spill of sewage of the town of Chernigov did not result in the increase in the content of Cd, Cr, and Ni. The content of heavy metals in soft tissues of mollusks was characterized by complicated spatial dynamics: the content of Cd and Ni gradually increased from the reaches of the river to its estuary, the content of Cu and Zn gradually decreased toward the estuary of the river, whereas the content of Fe, Cr, Mn, and Co increased in the middle reaches of the river and decreased towards its estuary. The background content of heavy metals in the tissues of mollusks was calculated. It has been found that the content of Mn, Cr, Fe, and Co increased within the border between the Chernigov and Sumy regions. The concentration of Ni increased in the estuary of the Desna River. Thus, these regions are contaminated by the above mentioned chemical elements.
Role of Metallothioneins in Adaptation of Lymnaea stagnalis (Mollusca: Pulmonata) to Environment Pollution
56-66
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.50
L. L.
Gnatyshyna
Ternopil Teachers Training Institute
Ternopil, Ukraine; Ternopil Medical University
Ternopil, Ukraine
G. I.
Fal'fushinskaya
Ternopil' State Pedagogical University, Ternopil', Ukraine; Ternopil Medical University
O. P.
Golubev
International State Ecological University, Minsk, Belarus
R.
Dallinger
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria
O. B.
Stoliar
Ternopil Teachers Training Institute
Ternopil, Ukraine
snail
Lymnaea stagnalis
metallothioneins
oxidative stress
cadmium
zinc
copper
natural water bodies
biomarkers
The efficiency of the heavy metals (zinc, copper and cadmium) binding by metallothioneins (MT), content of MT (MT-SH) and characteristics of antioxidant protective system were determined in the digestive gland of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis from the water bodies of Belarus − relatively clean and two industrially polluted. Elevated content of zinc and protein carbonyls were noted in snails from both polluted water bodies. Negative relation between the zinc-binding ability of MT and intensity of lipid peroxidation was proved.
Effect of Herbicide "Roundup" on Characteristics of Lipid Peroxidation in Carp
67-71
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.60
T. V.
Mishchenko
Chernigiv National Pedagogical University Chernigiv, Ukraine
herbicide
" roundup"
lipids peroxidation
antioxidant protection
catalase
lipid hydroperoxides
malonic dialdehyde
Characteristics of lipids peroxidation in different tissues of the carp yearlings (Cyprinus carpio L.) under the impact of herbicide "roundup" have been studied. Changes of catalase (enzyme of antioxidant protection) activity and content of the lipid peroxidation products − lipid hydroperoxides and malonic dialdehyde have been revealed.
Effect of Herbicide "Roundup" on Viability of the Carp Eggs and Possibility of Profylaxis of its Toxic Impact by Probiotic Preparations BPS-44
72-76
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.70
O. V.
Barbukho
Chernigiv National Teachers-training University
Chernigiv, Ukraine
A. O.
Zhydenko
Chernigiv State Pedagogical University, Chernigiv, Ukraine
herbicide "roundup"
carp eggs
probiotic preparation BPS-44
Bacillus subtilis 44-p.
Effect of the herbicide "roundup" in concentration 0.01−0.80 mg/dm3 on viability of the carp eggs (Cyprinus carpio L.) has been studied. Probiotic preparations BPS-44 was shown to mitigate toxic effect of the herbicide and positively influence fish development.
Forming of Relations between Parasites and Their Hosts in Anthropogenically Modified Hydrobiocenoses
77-85
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.80
O. N.
Davydov
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
L. Ya.
Kurovskaya
Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
Yu. D.
Temnikhanov
Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
S. I.
Neborachek
Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine
parasite
host
anthropogenic factors
Relations are considered between parasites and their hosts at the organism, population and ecosystem level, which characterize heterogeneity and transformation of the parasite systems under anthropogenic impact.
Peculiarities of Metals Migration in the "Bottom Sediments −Water" System with Decreasing pH and Increasing the Concentration of Fulvic Acids
86-101
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.90
P.N.
Linnik
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
V. A.
Zhezherya
Institute of Hydrobiology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
bottom sediments
water
migration
iron
manganese
aluminum
suspended and dissolved forms
pH
fulvic acids
anaerobic conditions
Results of experimental studies on iron, manganese, and aluminum migration in the "bottom sediments − water" system with decreasing pH and increasing the concentration of fulvic acids are given in the paper. It has been found that joint action of these two factors results in the significant increase in the intensity of metals migration from bottom sediments into the water. Free (hydrated) ions of Fe2+ and its complex compounds with organic matter are of considerable importance in the process of iron migration, which is conditioned by the processes of reduction and complexation involving mainly fulvic acids. Migration of manganese is conditioned primarily by anaerobic conditions and by a decrease in pH. Intensive influx of aluminum from bottom sediments is conditioned mainly by a decrease in pH in experimental systems and by the increase in the content of fulvic acids in the water.
Heavy Metals in the Water, Bottom Sediments, and in the Muscles of Fishes of the Amur River
102-112
10.1615/HydrobJ.v47.i5.100
L. M.
Chukhlebova
Khabarovsk Branch of "The Pacific Ocean Scientific-Research Center of Fishery" (KhF TINRO-center)
N. V.
Berdnikov
lnstitute of Tectonics and Geophysics Far East Department Russian Academy of Sciences Khabarovsk, Russia
N. M.
Panasenko
Khabarovsk Branch of "The Pacific Ocean Scientific-Research Center of Fishery" (KhF TINRO-center)
the Amur River
water
suspended matter
bottom sediments
freshwater species of fishes
zinc
copper
cadmium
lead
The distribution and accumulation of heavy metals were studied in the "water − suspended matter − bottom sediments − fishes" system of the Amur River. The use of the geochemical method of the study of Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd in bottom sediments, suspended matter, and water makes it possible to conclude that these metals enter the waters of the Amur River with natural sources. The study of seasonal dynamics of heavy metals accumulation has shown that the maximal changes in the concentration of zinc, copper, and lead in the aquatic environment were observed during the period of spring flood and in summer at the lowest water level. Analysis of some species of fishes occurring in the Amur River has shown that the content of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd) in the muscles of fishes was not higher than their limiting permissible concentration in food.