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Assessment of bottom sediment contamination in acidified Karelian lakes

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The physicochemical, toxicological, and teratological properties of bottom sediments in Karelian lakes (Vuontelenjarvi, Suojarvi, Venderskoe, and Chuchjarvi) and Kondopoga Bay of Lake Onega are studied. Bioassay results testify to a high toxicity of bottom sediments in heavily acidified lakes (with the water pH of 5.5 and lower).

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Original Russian Text © I.I. Tomilina, L.P. Grebenyuk, 2008, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2008, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 754–761.

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Tomilina, I.I., Grebenyuk, L.P. Assessment of bottom sediment contamination in acidified Karelian lakes. Water Resour 35, 725–732 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807808060122

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