<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.3 20210610//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1-3.dtd">
<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xml:lang="en">
  <front>
    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn publication-format="print">2413-5577</issn>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20240206</article-id>
      
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="article-type">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>

      <title-group>
        <article-title>Biogenic Elements in the Waters of the Eastern Gulf of Finland According to the Results of Studies 2020–2022</article-title>
      </title-group>

      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Siniakova</surname>
            <given-names>M. A.</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <country country="RU">Russian Federation</country>
          </address>
          <email>kafischem@yandex.ru</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Krylova</surname>
            <given-names>J. V.</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <country country="RU">Russian Federation</country>
          </address>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bronnikova</surname>
            <given-names>L. V.</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <country country="RU">Russian Federation</country>
          </address>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>

      <aff id="aff1">
        <institution>Saint Petersburg Branch of VNIRO (GosNIORKH named after L.S. Berg)</institution>
        <addr-line>Saint Petersburg</addr-line>
        <country country="RU">Russian Federation</country>
      </aff>

      <aff id="aff2">
        <institution>Saint-Petersburg State Marine Technical University</institution>
        <addr-line>Saint Petersburg</addr-line>
        <country country="RU">Russian Federation</country>
      </aff>

      <aff id="aff3">
        <institution>Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences</institution>
        <addr-line>Borok</addr-line>
        <country country="RU">Russian Federation</country>
      </aff>

      <pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-06-25" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>25</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2024</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>91</fpage>
      <lpage>106</lpage>

      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-02-01">
          <day>01</day>
          <month>02</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd" iso-8601-date="2024-03-27">
          <day>27</day>
          <month>03</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2024-02-26">
          <day>26</day>
          <month>02</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
      </history>

      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2024, M. A. Siniakova, J. V. Krylova, L. V. Bronnikova</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>M. A. Siniakova, J. V. Krylova, L. V. Bronnikova</copyright-holder>
        <ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/>
        <license>
          <ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</ali:license_ref>
        </license>
      </permissions>

      <self-uri xlink:href="https://ecological-safety.ru/en/repository/issues/2024/02/06/" xlink:title="Page of article">https://ecological-safety.ru/en/repository/issues/2024/02/06/</self-uri>

      <abstract>
        <p>The paper studies the dynamics of biogenic elements (mineral (phosphate) and total phosphorus and ammonium) content based on the results of annual monitoring surveys of water in the eastern Gulf of Finland conducted in 2020-2022. Information on the horizontal and vertical distribution of the indicators was analysed, so samples were taken in the surface, bottom and middle (at deep-water stations) layers of water. The content of elements was determined by the spectrophotometric method. The results are compared and analysed by median values. During the study period, phosphate phosphorus concentrations in the absolute majority of cases did not exceed the maximum permissible concentration (0.15 mg/dm³), total phosphorus concentrations on average corresponded to the mesotrophic status, although there were cases of its concentration increase to values characteristic of the eutrophic status of a water body. Namely, in 2020, the concentrations amounted up to 0.091 mgP/dm³ in the bottom and surface water layers in June (mainly at the coastal stations) and in September (mainly in the bottom layer at the central offshore stations). In summer 2021, the concentrations reached 0.147 mgP/dm³ (surface layer) and 0.171 mgP/dm³ (bottom layer) at the coastal stations and 0.163 mgP/dm³ at the central station. Ammonia nitrogen concentrations were mainly within the MPC (0.5 mg/dm³). In June 2021, local areas along the southern and northern shores of the Gulf of Finland with relatively high levels of ammonia nitrogen (up to 0.285 mg/dm³) in surface and bottom water layers were identified. In general, despite the high anthropogenic load, concentrations of mineral phosphorus and ammonium in the waters of the Gulf of Finland were within the MPC, with exceedances recorded rarely, usually in Neva Bay, Koporye Bay and near the coast of the Kurortny district. Elevated concentrations of total phosphorus at the central stations can apparently be explained by transport of the substance from the western part of the Gulf and diffusion from bottom sediments. On average, higher concentrations of total phosphorus were found in bottom water layers than in surface water layers. In general, concentrations of biogenic elements correspond to the mesotrophic status of the water body.</p>
      </abstract>

      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>mineral phosphorus</kwd>
        <kwd>total phosphorus</kwd>
        <kwd>ammonium ions</kwd>
        <kwd>Gulf of Finland</kwd>
        <kwd>biogenic elements</kwd>
        <kwd>trophic state</kwd>
      </kwd-group>

      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>The work was carried out under state assignment of VNIRO no. 076-00005-20-02.</funding-statement>
      </funding-group>

      <author-notes>
        <p><bold>About the authors:</bold></p>
        <p><bold>Mariia A. Siniakova</bold>, Leading Research Associate, Laboratory of Fishery Ecology, Saint Petersburg Branch of VNIRO (GosNIORKH named after L.S. Berg) (26 Makarova Emb., Saint Petersburg, 199053, Russian Federation); Lecturer of the Department of Ergonomics, Ecology and Labor Law, Saint-Petersburg State Marine Technical University (3 Lotsmanskaya St., Saint Petersburg, 190121, Russian Federation), Ph.D. (Chem.), <bold>ORCID: 0000-0001-9352-2083</bold>, <email>kafischem@yandex.ru</email></p>
        <p><bold>Julia V. Krylova</bold>, Senior Research Associate, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences (109, Borok, Nekouzskiy District, Yaroslavskaya Region, 152742, Russian Federation), Ph.D. (Geogr.), <bold>ORCID: 0000-0002-4274-2358</bold></p>
        <p><bold>Liliya V. Bronnikova</bold>, Head of the Department of Ergonomics, Ecology and Labor Law, Saint-Petersburg State Marine Technical University (3 Lotsmanskaya St., Saint Petersburg, 190121, Russian Federation), Ph.D. (Econ.), <bold>ORCID: 0000-0002-8710-5328</bold></p>
        <p><bold>Contribution of the authors:</bold></p>
        <p><bold>Mariia A. Siniakova</bold> – article concept development, study results processing and description, literature review</p>
        <p><bold>Julia V. Krylova</bold> – aim statement, study results processing and description, literature review</p>
        <p><bold>Liliya V. Bronnikova</bold> – qualitative analysis of results and their interpretation, literature review</p>
        <p><italic>All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.</italic></p>
      </author-notes>
    </article-meta>
  </front>

  <body>
    <p>Article text not included.</p>
  </body>

  <back>
    <ref-list>
      <title>REFERENCES</title>
      <ref id="B1">
        <label>1.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Belkina</surname><given-names>N.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Ryzhakov</surname><given-names>A.V.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Timakova</surname><given-names>T.M.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>The Distribution and Transformation of Oil Hydrocarbons in Onega Lake Bottom Sediments</article-title>
          <source>Water Resources</source>
          <year>2008</year>
          <volume>35</volume>
          <issue>4</issue>
          <fpage>472</fpage>
          <lpage>481</lpage>
          <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1134/S0097807808040088</pub-id>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B2">
        <label>2.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Kondratev</surname><given-names>S.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Basova</surname><given-names>S.L.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Ershova</surname><given-names>A.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Efremova</surname><given-names>L.V.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Markova</surname><given-names>E.G.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Shmakova</surname><given-names>M.V.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>A Method to Assess Biogenic Load on Water Bodies of the Northern-Western Part of Russia</article-title>
          <source>Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society</source>
          <year>2009</year>
          <volume>141</volume>
          <issue>2</issue>
          <fpage>53</fpage>
          <lpage>63</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B3">
        <label>3.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="paper-conference">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Ipatova</surname><given-names>S.V.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Sea Water and Bottom Sediment Quality in the Eastern Gulf of Finland According to Monitoring Data of Severo-Zapadnoye UGMS</article-title>
          <source>Specialised Provision of Information on the State and Pollution of the Environment in Large Cities: All-Russian Meeting</source>
          <publisher-loc>Yaroslavl</publisher-loc>
          <year>2017</year>
          <size units="pages">12</size>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B4">
        <label>4.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Kulakov</surname><given-names>D.V.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Makushenko</surname><given-names>M.E.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Vereshchagina</surname><given-names>Y.A.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Influence of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant on Zooplankton and Zoobenthos of the Gulf of Finland Koporskaya Guba</article-title>
          <source>Water Sector of Russia: Problems, Technologies, Management</source>
          <year>2015</year>
          <issue>1</issue>
          <fpage>42</fpage>
          <lpage>54</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B5">
        <label>5.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="paper-conference">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Litina</surname><given-names>E.N.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Zakharchuk</surname><given-names>E.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Tikhonova</surname><given-names>N.A.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Dynamics of Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea at the Turn of the XX-XXI Centuries</article-title>
          <source>Proceedings of the II Russian National Conference "Hydrometeorology and ecology: scientific and educational achievements and perspectives"</source>
          <publisher-loc>St. Petersburg</publisher-loc>
          <publisher-name>HIMIZDAT</publisher-name>
          <year>2018</year>
          <fpage>404</fpage>
          <lpage>407</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B6">
        <label>6.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Khmelnitskaya</surname><given-names>O.K.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Principal Hydrochemical Parameters of Intermediate and Bottom Water Masses of the North Atlantic</article-title>
          <source>Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria 5. Geografia</source>
          <year>2011</year>
          <issue>6</issue>
          <fpage>60</fpage>
          <lpage>66</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B7">
        <label>7.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Carlson</surname><given-names>R.E.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>A Trophic State Index for Lakes</article-title>
          <source>Limnology and Oceanography</source>
          <year>1977</year>
          <volume>22</volume>
          <issue>2</issue>
          <fpage>361</fpage>
          <lpage>369</lpage>
          <comment>Available at: https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.1977.22.2.0361 [Accessed: 31 May 2024]</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B8">
        <label>8.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Briukhanov</surname><given-names>A.Yu.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Kondratyev</surname><given-names>S.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Vasilev</surname><given-names>E.V.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Minakova</surname><given-names>E.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Terekhov</surname><given-names>A.V.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Oblomkova</surname><given-names>N.S.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Assessment of Agricultural Nutrient Load Generated on the River Catchment Areas Within the Kuybyshev Reservoir Basin</article-title>
          <source>Technologies, Machines and Equipment for Mechanised Crop and Livestock Production</source>
          <year>2018</year>
          <volume>96</volume>
          <fpage>175</fpage>
          <lpage>186</lpage>
          <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24411/0131-5226-2018-10071</pub-id>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B9">
        <label>9.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="book-chapter">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Korkishko</surname><given-names>N.N.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Kulish</surname><given-names>T.P.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Petrova</surname><given-names>T.N.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Chernykh</surname><given-names>O.N.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <chapter-title>Aquatic Humic Matter in Lake Water and its Transformation</chapter-title>
          <person-group person-group-type="editor">
            <name><surname>Rumyantsev</surname><given-names>V.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Drabkova</surname><given-names>V.G.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <source>Ladoga Lake: Past, Present, Future</source>
          <publisher-loc>Saint Petersburg</publisher-loc>
          <publisher-name>Nauka</publisher-name>
          <year>2002</year>
          <fpage>111</fpage>
          <lpage>117</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B10">
        <label>10.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Siniakova</surname><given-names>M.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Ponomarenko</surname><given-names>A.M.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Krylova</surname><given-names>U.V.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Seasonal Changes in the Concentrations of Phosphorus and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Water of the Eastern Part of the Gulf of Finland</article-title>
          <source>Ekologicheskaya Khimiya</source>
          <year>2022</year>
          <volume>31</volume>
          <issue>2</issue>
          <fpage>92</fpage>
          <lpage>98</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
      <ref id="B11">
        <label>11.</label>
        <element-citation publication-type="journal">
          <person-group person-group-type="author">
            <name><surname>Ershova</surname><given-names>A.A.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Korobchenkova</surname><given-names>K.D.</given-names></name>
            <name><surname>Agranova</surname><given-names>Ju.S.</given-names></name>
          </person-group>
          <article-title>Assessment of the State of the Gulf of Finland Based on HELKOM Indicators of Eutrophication</article-title>
          <source>Proceedings of the Russian State Hydrometeorological University</source>
          <year>2018</year>
          <volume>51</volume>
          <fpage>137</fpage>
          <lpage>149</lpage>
          <comment>(in Russian)</comment>
        </element-citation>
      </ref>
    </ref-list>
  </back>
</article>
