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Accumulation of heavy metals in a lake ecosystem
S Radwan1, W Kowalik, R Kornijów
1Department of Zoology and Hydrobiology, Agricultural Academy, Lublin, Poland.
The Science of the Total Environment
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
The concentrations of Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cd, Pb and Co have been determined in water, bottom sediments, plankton, zoobenthos and ichthyofauna of mesotropic Lake Piaseczno located in eastern Poland. In water, sediments, plankton and benthos the most abundant heavy metals were Fe, Zn and Mn, whereas in fish Zn, Cu, and Mn were most abundant. The amount of heavy metals in the biotic components was dependent upon their concentration in water and partly upon the concentration in bottom sediments. A considerably less important role in the translocation of heavy metals is probably played by trophic interactions.