Evaluation of Water Quality in the Amur Bay of the Japanese Sea on the Basis of Biotesting Using Protophyte Algae Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin.
Z. V. Markina, N. A. Aizdaicher
A. V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Sea Biology FEB RAS
zhannav@mail.ru
Keywords: biotesting, pollution, Japanese sea, Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin
Pages: 99-105
Abstract
Water biotesting in the Amur Bay of the Japanese sea was performed using protophyte algae Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohl. during the years 2007 and 2008. It was revealed that the number of cells, content of chlorophyll a and carotenoids of the microalga grown in the water under test deviated from those in the reference samples during all the seasons of investigation. Our results confirm previously obtained data on the unfavorable ecological situation in the bay and the negative action of its water on hydrocoles.
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