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With a view to a more complete understanding of the role of phyto-and zooplankton in biogeochemical cycles, the spatial distributions of Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb, Zn, As, Hg, and Corg in the White Sea seston (21 samples) collected in August 2004 during cruise 64 or R/V Professor Shtokman were studied. It was shown that the elements studied are accumulated in plankton with enrichment coefficients from 102 for Hg to 105 for Fe, as compared to seawater. The spatial distribution of microelements is determined by the sources of their supply and correlates with the distribution of the primary production and biomass of zooplankton. The increased values of microelement contents (excluding As) are characteristic of Dvina Bay, whereas the highest As concentrations were found in Kandalaksha Bay.
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Original Russian Text © L.L. Demina, I.A. Nemirovskaya, 2007, published in Okeanologiya, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 390–402.
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Demina, L.L., Nemirovskaya, I.A. Spatial distribution of microelements in the seston of the White Sea. Oceanology 47, 360–372 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437007030083
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