New methodological approach to express assessment of ecological state for the coastal sea waters
Journal: Izvestiya TINRO
Year: 2018

New methodological approach to express assessment of ecological state in the coastal areas of the Black Sea is proposed on the base of functional state evaluation for mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis . Non-invasive cardiac activity of mussels under a short-term functional loading (salinity change) was monitored in four differently polluted sites at Sevastopol city to detect early signs of their physiological state deterioration. As the control, the biochemical method of antioxidative stress (AOS