Quality assessment of the sea water from the Bay of Nakhodka was conducted using the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. It was revealed that values of the cell number, the content of chlorophyll a and carotenoids in the microalgae from the tested water deviated from those of the control in all seasons of the study. The length/ width ratio of algal cells was nearly the same as in the control.
Keywords: biotesting, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Sea of Japan, Nakhodka Bay, water pollution
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