In this paper, there was investigated the content of mercury in soil, plant, water, and hydrobionts Kyiv Obukhiv district region. Studied territory is characterized by high anthropogenic load. The solid waste landfill region highest Hg soil. concentration Taraxacum officinale L. among all studied plants, hence possibility recommending species for phytoremediation mercury-polluted soils. Mercury...

Northern pike, Esox Lucius , is one of the most important species for recreational fisheries in Sweden and as a top-predator; it holds an role food web. Despite its ecological socioeconomic significance, pike largely neglected current monitoring programs because seldom caught by conventional methods. As result, there not sufficient data management authorities to employ biologically justified st...

This study investigated the effects of a six-week starvation period on fatty acid profile, body composition and blood parameters intensively reared pike (Esox lucius). 150 were stocked in an experimental recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) feed was completely withdrawn. Body composition, (serum protein, albumin, triacylglycerol, cholesterol concentration Lactate dehidrigenase alkaline phosph...