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The changes in the conditions of natural objects are studied for the expansion of the possibilities of biogeochemical indication and ecological-geochemical evaluation of the environment. In the present article, the authors presented the study results on the elemental status of the indicator species European mole (T. europaea). The studied specimens inhabited a technogenic formation (tailing dump of the gold-arsenic deposit) and reference areas (>15 km from the tailing dump). It was established that moles from the tailing dump had lower content of calcium in kidneys (by 1.4 times) and higher content of phosphorus in the liver (by 1.3 times) and fur (1.8 times), and magnesium in muscles (by 1.4 times). The levels of copper and zinc were elevated in all the organs and fur (by 1.4–2.1 and 1.2–1.5 times, respectively). In moles that inhabited the reference areas, a deficiency of selenium was observed (its levels in fur and tissues were 1.7–8.9 times lower than in moles from the tailing dump). It could be associated with a low concentration of selenium in the soil. Animals from the tailing dump had high levels of accumulated toxins, especially mercury, which levels were higher by 98.9 times in the liver, 115.3 times in kidneys, and 70.8 times in muscles than in the respective organs of the moles from the reference areas. Thus, the unfavorable influence of the tailing dump on the conditions of mole habitat and the general ecological situation does not affect the metabolism of macroelements as much as the accumulation of non-essential elements from the group of heavy metals.
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Samburova, M., Safonov, V., Bratashova, T., Salimzade, E. (2022). Elemental Status of European Mole (T. Europaea) in the Conditions of the Plast Region of the Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russian. In: Ujikawa, K., Ishiwatari, M., Hullebusch, E.v. (eds) Environment and Sustainable Development. ACESD 2021. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1704-2_33
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