A method for assessing chemical contamination of bottom sediments using bioassay approach
https://doi.org/10.26428/1606-9919-2022-202-861-879
Abstract
A method for assessing the degree of marine pollution (TPFchem) is developed using a bioassay approach. The index TPFbio is calculated as the average coordinate of the optima of response curves (along the TPFchem gradient) known for the taxa of macrozoobenthos found at each station. The scale for correspondence between TPFchem and TPFbio is determined, separately for the fine-grained bottom sediments (with more than 10–12 % of particles < 0.05 mm) and for the sediments with lower portion of fine particles. Any list of species can be processed. Besides the assessing the level of chemical pollution, the method allows to correct results of chemical assessments and to restore dynamics of anthropogenic impact or to trace accumulation of pollutants at the seashore. However, reliable results of this method can be guaranteed for the coastal waters of Vladivostok only.
Keywords
monitoring,
Peter the Great Bay,
ecological condition,
chemical contamination,
bottom sediments,
macrozoobenthos
Supporting agencies: The authors are grateful to the reviewers for their valuable comments, which were taken into account when preparing the manuscript for publication.
About the Authors
A. V. Moshchenko
Far-Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander V. Moshchenko - D.Biol., leading researcher
690091, Vladivostok, Fontannaya St., 24
T. A. Belan
Far-Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatyana A. Belan - Ph.D., leading researcher
690091, Vladivostok, Fontannaya St., 24
B. M. Borisov
Far-Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Boris M. Borisov - researcher
690091, Vladivostok, Fontannaya St., 24
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Moshchenko A.V., Belan T.A., Borisov B.M. A method for assessing chemical contamination of bottom sediments using bioassay approach. Izvestiya TINRO. 2022;202(4):861-879. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26428/1606-9919-2022-202-861-879
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