Comparative bioelectronic diagnostics of the ecological state of contaminated water areas (on the example of some ducts of the Volga River Delta)

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Three Volga river delta ducts located in the city of Astrakhan and the Astrakhan region were chosen as objects for bioindication of the ecological status. The aim of the study was to carry out comparative bioelectronic diagnotics of the ecological status of the branches with different size and type of antropogenic load. The assessment was based on the physiological state (health) of the inhabitants – bivalve mollusc Anodonta anatine. The analysis of heart rate of the molluscs was implemented by the fiber-optic bioelectronic system. It has been found that Anodonta anatine collected demonstrate different heart rate recovery time after a 1-hour functional loading within 117–166 minutes. This is the case in mussels inhabiting significantly polluted water areas with the “Bad” ecological status. This characteristic of the water areas fully coincides with the ecological status of the Volga river delta ducts, according to the State report “On the state and protection of the environment in the Russian Federation in 2017”. In this report, the authors propose and substantiate the possibility of using the water area of the Gandurino River as a conditional reference duct for the Volga river delta region. In this case, by the value of the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR),the status of the Gorodskoy and Maly ducts may be considered as “Good” regional ecological status.

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Sergey V. Kholodkevich

Saint Petersburg State University; Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: kholodkevich@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7561-9743

D. Sc. In Engineering, Professor, Saint Petersburg State University; Chief Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Bioelectronic Methods for Geo-Ecological Monitoring of Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

Maxim K. Motruk

Saint Petersburg State University

Email: maximotruc@mail.ru

Master Student, Saint Petersburg State University

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Vasiliy A. Lyubimtsev

Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: lyubimcev55@mail.ru

Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of BioelectronicMethods for Geo-Ecological Monitoring of Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Olga N. Susloparova

Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Saint Petersburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” named after L.S. Berg

Email: olga_susloparova@mail.ru

Ph.D. in Biology, Adviser to the Manager,Saint Petersburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography” named after L.S. Berg, Leading Researcher of the Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

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2. Fig. 1. Trends in the average annual concentration of pollutants in the Volga River water (near the city of Astrakhan)

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3. Fig. 2. Stations for the selection of test organisms: 1 – Gorodskaya duct, 2 – Maly duct, 3 –Gandurino River

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4. Fig. 3. Gorodckoy duct of the Volga River

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5. Fig. 4. Gorodskoyduct, GorodskoyIsland

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6. Fig. 5. Maly Duct

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7. Fig. 6. Gandurino River (Kamyzyaksky District). Red marker indicates the station for the selection of mussels)

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8. Fig. 7. The mussel with miniature fiber-optic probe holder glued

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9. Fig. 8. Mussels with fiber-optic probes attached to the valves for non-invasive recording of the cardiac activity

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10. Fig. 9. Block diagram of setup and automatic processing of chronotropic parameters of the cardiac activity in a mollusc [11]

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