scholarly journals SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS IN THE BELAYA RIVER ECOSYSTEM

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 119-127
Author(s):  
Ruben A. Toroyan ◽  
Irina P. Takh
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Vertical Distribution ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
River Flow ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
River Ecosystem ◽  
River Contamination ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village

This paper presents the results of the research on the content and spatial distribution of heavy metals in the system of “water – bottom sediments” of the Belaya River. Quantitative data were obtained and the authors performed comparative analysis of the pollution of various abiotic environments of the river ecosystem. The pattern of vertical distribution of heavy metals in bottom sediments is shown to be linked to the level of pollution and conditions of the river flowage. Concentration of dissolved and suspended forms of the studied elements (the content of Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb, Zn, the oxidation-reduction potential, рН, turbidity and water temperature) in water samples from different gauge stations of the Belaya River is characterized by heterogeneity. There is a clear tendency for the increase of the content of Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu down the river flow with the maximum concentrations in the foothill zone of the Republic. The studied heavy metals have prevalence of the suspended form of migration. Concentration of heavy metals in bottom sediments is considerably uneven in their distribution in different sites of the Belaya River. Bottom sediments are noticeably polluted with Zn and Pb at the village of Ministochnik, the aul of Bzhedugkhabl, and at the river mouth. In the lower watercourse of the Belaya River, contamination of bottom sediments with Cu prevails. In the gauge stations with low content of heavy metals, their vertical distribution is quite homogenous. In less polluted parts of the river, flowage plays an important role in vertical distribution of heavy metals. For example, with weak flowage (the part of the river from the village of Ministochnik to the aul of Bzhedugkhabl), the highest concentrations are in the surface layers of 0-10 cm in comparison to the layer of 10‒30 cm. With strong flowage (Dakhovskaya stanitsa), the lowest content of heavy metals is in the upper layer of 0‒10 cm, and the highest is in the layer of 10‒30 cm.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATIONS IN NEMUNAS RIVER BOTTOM SEDIMENTS AT ALYTUS CITY TERRITORY

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaidotas VALSKYS ◽  
Roberta VALSKIENĖ ◽  
Gytautas IGNATAVIČIUS
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
River Sediments ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
River Ecosystem ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
River Bottom

Concentrations and spatial distribution of heavy metals on the left and right banks of the river Nemunas bottom sediments are analyzed in this article. The research methodology of X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for bottom sediments and operating principles of XL2 spectrometer used for analysis are overviewed. The results of analysis are presented and compared with LAND 20-2005 requirements as well as studies that were carried out previously. The influence of Alytus city for Nemunas river sediments quality is assessed. Dischargers formed additional samples which were taken and included to the list of ordinary samples. The trend of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Cr) concentrations showed the growth of pollution downstream the urban area. The estimated Zd (total pollution) values clearly indicated higher contamination by heavy metals on the left bank of Nemunas River. Extensive surveys of river sediments allow assessing the extent of anthropogenic impact, which can be harmful to the river ecosystem and human health.

scholarly journals Influence of Bottom Sediments Physicochemical Characteristics on Distribution of Microelements in the Crimean Shelf Water Areas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Kotelyanets ◽  
K. I. Gurov ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Clay Fraction ◽  
Zinc Content ◽  
Physicochemical Characteristics ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Pollution Level

The paper presents the results of studies of the Kalamitsky Bay bottom sediments pollution level with microelements and heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, V, As, Sr, Ti, Fe, Mn) in comparison with the content of these microelements and heavy metals in the Balaklava Bay sediments. The paper analyzes data obtained during expeditions on the R/V Professor Vodyanitsky in the Kalamitsky Gulf in August 2011 (seaward part) and on the R/V Rioni in September 2012 (coastal area) as well as in the Balaklava Bay in October 2018. Content of microelements and heavy metals in bottom sediments of the studied water areas was determined by the X-ray fluorescence method using Spectroscan MAX-G device. For the water area of the Kalamitsky Gulf, the features of the studied trace element spatial distribution are considered, groups of trace elements with different spatial distribution patterns are identified. The correlation analysis determined influence of physicochemical characteristics of the sediments on distribution and accumulation of trace elements. In the water area of the Kalamitsky Gulf, a statistically significant correlation was observed of nickel, iron and zinc content with the clay fraction; dependance of increased concentrations of zinc, nickel and chrome on the content of organic carbon and predominance of lead in highcarbonate sediments. For the Balaklava Bay, the maximum positive values of correlations with the pelitic-silty fraction were noted for iron, manganese, vanadium and chrome; organic carbon correlates with chrome, iron, nickel and copper, whereas carbonates correlate with strontium. Similar patterns were observed earlier in the Sevastopol region bays, Feodosiya Gulf and Kerch Strait.

scholarly journals Migration of heavy metals in system of coastal soil – bottom sediments – plants of the Khodtsa river during summer mean water in 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Zhanna Sergeevna Makakhaniuk ◽  
Valentina Mikhailovna Zubkova ◽  
Lyubov Anatolievna Rozumnaya
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Small River ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Intermediate Point ◽  
Higher Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
Environmental Monitoring System

The article describes the purpose of the work, which is determining the distribution and relationships between the composition of pollutants in coastal soil, bottom sediments and higher aquatic vegetation in the small river Khodtsa. There have been presented the data of the laboratory research based on the results of the field work onselecting samples, on concentration of toxicants (cadmium, lead, iron, nitrogen, ammonium and petroleum products) in deposit media, as well as in Carex aquatilis plants of the small river Hodza. This plant species is limiting throughout the river due to the low intensity of biological absorption. The studies were carried out during the summer low water season in 2019 on the river section from the source (Elektrostal city) to the river mouth in the area of Pavlovsky Posad. In all the studied objects there have been found increased concentrations of iron. In the coastal ground and bottom sediments the pollution with heavy metals is manifested to a much greater extent: at the source and intermediate point. Petroleum products and ammonia nitrogen are distributed unevenly in space. A correlation analysis of the experimental data obtained in the components of the environment of the studied territory (the Khodtsa river) was performed. In general, the highest measurement results are observed in the upper reaches of the small river Khodtsa in the industrial city of Elektrostal. The obtained data on the heavy metals migration in the system “сoastal ground – bottom sediments – higher aquatic vegetation” of the small river Khodtsa can be successfully used as indicators an environmental monitoring system and serve as the basis for organizing further research, as well as for developing a strategy for environmental management and environmental protection in the Moscow Region.

Heavy Metals in the Water, Plants, and Bottom Sediments of the Volga River Mouth Area

2015 ◽  
Vol 314 ◽  
pp. 859-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Yu. Lychagin ◽  
Anna N. Tkachenko ◽  
Nikolay S. Kasimov ◽  
Salomon B. Kroonenberg
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Mouth Area ◽  
Volga River ◽  
River Mouth Area ◽  
Water Plants

Spatial distribution of salinity and heavy metals in surface soils on the Mugan Plain, the Republic of Azerbaijan

2021 ◽  
Vol 193 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junho Han ◽  
Zaman Mammadov ◽  
Minhee Kim ◽  
Elton Mammadov ◽  
Seoyeon Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
The Republic

scholarly journals The study of heavy metal pollution in soils and the link between pollution and oncological diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Tamila Nasirovna Ashurbekova ◽  
Elmira Mugudinovna Musinova
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Maximum Permissible Concentration ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Arsenic Content ◽  
Cadmium Content ◽  
Mobile Forms ◽  
Oncological Diseases ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Relationship

The paper deals with the problem of ecotoxicants content: arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium in the soils of Achkhoy-Martan District settlements of the Chechen Republic and their impact on human health. The presence of heavy metals in soils and plant samples of the studied area can be explained by the geological structure of the territory of the Republic, which is located on the rocks of the Jurassic and Paleogene periods. Studies have shown excessive concentrations of lead in some samples of soil settlements of the Achkhoi-Martan District: Samashki is 43,1 mg/kg and Janda - 42,1 mg/kg vs 30 mg/kg by the MPC. There is an excess of the maximum permissible concentration of cadmium in the village Zakan-Yurt - 1,93 mg/kg against 1,0 mg/kg MPC. As for mobile forms arsenic, mercury and cadmium are found in the greatest quantities. The arsenic content exceeds the permissible values by 2,03-3,36 times, the cadmium content exceeds the MPC by almost 2 times - 1,93 mg/kg against 1 mg/kg. According to the results of the studies, the relationship between the transformation of mobile forms of heavy metals from soil to plants is monitored. A direct correlation between cancer and the concentration of heavy metals in the soils of the study areas was revealed.

scholarly journals Spatial distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in bottom sediments of two small dam reservoirs (south-east Poland)

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halina Smal ◽  
Sławomir Ligęza ◽  
Anna Wójcikowska-Kapusta ◽  
Stanisław Baran ◽  
Danuta Urban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Metal Concentration ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Contaminated Sediments ◽  
Skewed Distribution ◽  
Geochemical Background ◽  
Dam Reservoirs ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dredging Operation

Abstract Sediments of two dam reservoirs in SE Poland, Zalew Zemborzycki (ZZ) and Brody Iłżeckie (BI) were studied. The sediments from both reservoirs were sampled in the transects perpendicular to the shoreline, at the river inflow and the frontal dam. The total concentration of Mn, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cu, Cr and Ni was determined by ICP-EAS method after the sample digestion in the mixture of concentrated HNO3 and HClO4 acids. The statistical analyses: value intervals, mean values, variation coefficient, the median and the skewed distribution were performed. To estimate differences between the means for transects, Tukey’s test was applied with least significant difference (LSD) determination. The maps of the metal spatial distribution were drawn and sediment quality according to the geochemical and ecotoxicological criteria evaluated. Differences between the reservoirs in terms of heavy metals concentration in bottom sediments, and regularities in their spatial distribution were found. In the ZZ sediments the concentration was at the level of geochemical background (Zn, Cr), slightly (Cd, Cu, Ni) or moderately (Pb) contaminated sediments. The metal concentration in the sediments of the BI was up to eight times higher as compared to the ZZ. Moreover, sediments from the BI reservoir showed a greater variability of metal concentration than those from ZZ, which resulted from the dredging operation performed in the part of the reservoir. Metal concentration in sediments of the dredged part was ca. 2–5 times lower than in the undredged one, which indicates that after the dredging operation, accumulation of these metals was slight. The concentrations of Zn, Pb and Cd from the undredged part of BI were at the level of contaminated sediments and exceeded the probable effects level (PEL). In the ZZ, the greatest accumulation of metals occurred in the upper part of the reservoir and at the frontal dam, and the lowest in the middle part of the reservoir. In BI, the lower outflow of water in this reservoir caused a lower metal concentration in the sediments at the frontal dam, as compared with the other sediments in the undredged part of the reservoir. The results indicate that in small and shallow reservoirs, areas of accumulation of heavy metals depend on such factors as a parent river current, reservoir depth, water waving, reservoir shape (narrowing, coves/bays), and type of water outflow.

scholarly journals Ecological and hygienic assessment of the technogenic reservoir state of the gold extraction enterprise (Zauralye of the Republic of Bashkortostan)

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (9) ◽  
pp. 911-917
Author(s):  
Zulfiya B. Baktybaeva ◽  
Andrey A. Kulagin ◽  
Guzel F. Gabidullina ◽  
Tatiana K. Larionova
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Gold Extraction ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
Mobile Forms ◽  
Potamogeton Perfoliatus ◽  
The Republic

Introduction. The population using waste man-made water reservoirs for recreation and providing household needs can be a potential health risk. Such pollutants as heavy metals do not undergo decomposition processes. They accumulate in the biotic and abiotic components of the reservoir. Subsequently, hazardous toxicants can enter the human body through food chains. An ecological and hygienic assessment of the state of the waste reverse reservoir of the Semyonov gold recovery plant has been carried out. Material and methods. The object of the study is located in the Zauralye of the Republic of Bashkortostan at the geographical coordinates 52° 30’20″ N, 58° 19′48″ E. The content of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Pb, and Cd) in water, bottom sediments and biomass of aquatic macrophyte (Potamogeton perfoliatus L.) was studied. In the bottom sediments, mobile forms of metals have been detected. They are extracted by an acetate-ammonium buffer with pH = 4.8 Results. It has been revealed that in water the concentration of heavy metals is higher than the maximum permissible concentrations for fishery reservoirs: 19-27 times for copper, 10-24 times for zinc, 2.7-5.8 times for lead, 1-1.4 times for cadmium. Exceeding the standards for water bodies for drinking, domestic and cultural water use is recorded for cadmium (6 times) and lead (2.5 times). In bottom sediments, the zinc content of mobile forms is 372.00 ± 28.51 mg/kg, copper - 144.37 ± 4.08 mg/kg, lead - 14.09 ± 1.48 mg/kg, cadmium - 0.036 ± 0.002 mg/kg. The total index (ZC), reflecting the additive excess of the background, is 1686, which corresponds to an extremely high level of man-made pollution of bottom sediments. The concentrations of heavy metals in the aboveground and underground organs of Potamogeton perfoliatus L. are much higher than the background levels. Conclusion. The waste reverse reservoir of the Semenov gold extraction factory is potentially dangerous to the local population health when it is used for breeding poultry, watering cattle, and fishing. The activities aimed at improving the environmental and hygiene situation in the territory of the locality are imperative.

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