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The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems

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Biodetritus that formed over a 7-month period in microcosms with Viviparus viviparus, Unio pictorum, and Ceratophyllum demersum contained a number of elements. This is the first study to determine concentrations of some elements in biodetritus. Neutron activation analysis showed that the elements’ concentrations decrease in the following order: Ca > Zn > Ba > Br > Ce > Se > Nd > La > U > Hf > Sb > Th > Sm > S > Cs > Au. The data obtained contribute to understanding of the polyfunctional role of aquatic organisms in aquatic ecosystems.

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  1. Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119234, Russia

    S. A. Ostroumov

  2. V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, ul. Kosygina, 19, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov, 2010, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 525–531.

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Ostroumov, S.A., Kolesov, G.M. The role of biodetritus in accumulation of elements in aquatic ecosystems. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 3, 369–373 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425510040016

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