Behavior of Hydrocarbons in the Mouth Parts of Arctic Rivers


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The paper reviews data (acquired in 2007–2016) on aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in comparison with data on concentrations of lipids, Corg, and chlorophyll a in the water and bottom sediments the river–sea geochemical barrier (for the Northern Dvina, Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers). It was established that the concentrations of anthropogenic hydrocarbons decrease and these compounds precipitate like other organic compounds and particulate matter, where riverine and marine waters mix. Relatively pure water flows in the pelagic zones of seas. In spite of low temperatures in the Arctic, anthropogenic hydrocarbons transform so rapidly that natural compounds dominate in the water and bottom sediments: autochthonous in the seawater and allochthonous in the bottom sediments.

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I. A. Nemirovskaya

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

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Email: nemir@ocean.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

Z. Yu. Redzhepova

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

Email: nemir@ocean.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

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