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Bulletin of Tyumen State University. Ecology (№12). 2013About the authors:
Sergei V. Artemenko, Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Assistant, Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Tyumen; s.v.artemenko@utmn.ruAbstract:
This article is devoted to the research of physiological and behavioral reactions of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. In our experiment ciliates acted as indicators of toxic complexes in water samples which were taken from different parts of the Tura river with various types and degrees of anthropogenic pressure. Parts of the river selected for analysis were located both in the urban and rural areas of Tyumen. Abnormal reactions of ciliates were used for the analysis of areas of the river under study. Over the course of the analysis, the most toxic and the safest sections of the river were identified. After further analysis of chemical elements, assumptions were made concerning the impact of individual chemical elements as well as their complexes on ciliates. It was also revealed that behavioral and physiological reactions of ciliates were dependent not only upon chemical, but also upon biological factors.Keywords:
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