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Quality Assessment of Freshwater Ecosystems by the Functional State of Bivalved Mollusks

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The characteristics of cardioactivity and the accumulation of metals in the tissues of bivalve mollusks from different water areas of the eastern Gulf of Finland and Rybinsk Reservoirs have been considered. The functional state of the mollusks has been analyzed with the use of original hyperosmotic test impact. An approach is proposed to ranking the quality of freshwater ecosystems by the state of bivalve mollusks dwelling in them.

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This study was carried out with the use of equipment of the Resource Center Observatory of Ecological Safety, Science Park, St. Petersburg State University.

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    S. V. Kholodkevich & A. N. Sharov

  2. St. Petersburg Research Center for Environmental Safety, Russian Academy of Sciences, 197110, St. Petersburg, Russia

    S. V. Kholodkevich, A. N. Sharov & T. V. Kuznetsova

  3. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742, Borok Settl., Yaroslavl oblast, Russia

    G. M. Chuiko, M. V. Gapeeva & R. A. Lozhkina

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Kholodkevich, S.V., Sharov, A.N., Chuiko, G.M. et al. Quality Assessment of Freshwater Ecosystems by the Functional State of Bivalved Mollusks. Water Resour 46, 249–257 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807819020064

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