2019 Ecosystem Transformation 2 (2), 34–44
Spatial-temporal variability of mercury content in the river perch Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (Perciformes: Percidae) of the Rybinsk Reservoir at the turn of the XX–XXI centuries
Vera A. Gremyachikh , Roza A. Lozhkina , Viktor T. Komov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-180816Volume: 2
Number: 2
Pages: 34–44
Received: 16.08.2018
Accepted: 29.10.2018
Available online: 20.05.2019
Published: 14.06.2019
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
The amount of mercury (Hg) in the muscle tissue of the river perch (Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758) from different stretches of the Rybinsk reservoir was measured in a period from 1997 to 2012. Mercury concentrations were higher in muscles of perches from the Sheksna and Volga reaches, and lower in the Glavnyi and Mologa reaches, as well as Hg in bottom sediments from fish habitats. These values are shown to depend on the size of the fish and were found to increase in recent decades. The amount of mercury was determined in various organs and tissues of the perch. A positive correlation was established between the mercury content in all the studied samples and the mercury concentration in the muscle tissue in which it was the highest (up to 0.91 mg/kg wet weight). The bulk of the accumulated mercury present in the fish was found to be in the muscle tissue.
Vera A. Gremyachikh
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, senior research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl’ Region, 152742 Russia
PhD in Biology
Roza A. Lozhkina
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, junior research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl’ Region, 152742 Russia
lozhkina.roza@yandex.ru
Viktor T. Komov
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, principal research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742 Russia
Cherepovets State University
Pr. Lunacharskogo 5, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600
Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor
vkomov@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru
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Keywords: reservoirs, accumulation of mercury, bottom sediments, ichthyofauna, abiotic and biotic environmental factors
For citation: Gremyachikh, V.A., Lozhkina, R.A., Komov, V.T., 2019. Spatial-temporal variability of mercury content in the river perch Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (Perciformes: Percidae) of the Rybinsk Reservoir at the turn of the XX–XXI centuries. Ecosystem Transformation 2 (2), 34–44.