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Impact of the Development of Hydrocarbon Deposits on Water Ecosystems of the Yamal Peninsula

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Abstract

Data of monitoring studies (2014–2016) on the state of hydrobionts in watercourses during the development of a hydrocarbon deposit on the Yamal Peninsula have been analyzed. The increased content of suspended solids has the greatest effect on hydrobionts. While the background values of concentration of suspended solids is 4–6 mg/L, in the area of the entrance of the pit effluents to the watercourses, their concentration increases up to 440 mg/L and higher. The effect of increased turbidity on the qualitative and quantitative indicators of planktonic organisms has not been found. An increase of suspended solids in water has a negative effect on zoobenthos (rSp = –0.426, p = 0.030 for the number of species; rSp = –0.590, p = 0.002 for the abundance; rSp = –0.480, p = 0.013 for the biomass) and fish (rSp = –0.567, p = 0.004 for ecological density of small fish species). Especially sensitive fish to the increased content of suspended solids are whitefishes and lake minnows. The most tolerant to turbidity are the nine-spined stickleback and Barbatula toni. Increased concentrations of suspended solids in autumn are the reason for the cessation of up-stream migration of whitefishes from the Gulf of Ob to the deep lakes.

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The study was carried out within the framework of the State Assignment, The State and Dynamics of Bioresources of the Animal World of the Ural Region, The Development of Scientific Foundations for its Monitoring and Protection, No. 122021000084, of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Koporikov, A.R., Stepanov, L.N., Yarushina, M.I. et al. Impact of the Development of Hydrocarbon Deposits on Water Ecosystems of the Yamal Peninsula. Russ J Ecol 53, 239–252 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106741362204004X

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