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ASSESSMENT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF USING BOTTOM SEDIMENTS FROM FISH FARMS IN THE EUROPEAN NORTH OF RUSSIA FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES

JOURNAL: Volume 16, No. 3, 2026, p. 430-438

HEADING: Ecology

AUTHORS: Ikkonen, E.N., Lukonin, I.O., Popova, T.N., Bakhmet, O.N.

ORGANIZATIONS: Department for Multidisciplinary Research of the Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, PJSQ INARCTICA, Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2026-3-430-438

UDC: 581.1

The article was received on: 23.12.2025

Keywords: aquaculture, plants, trout-breeding, waste management, risks and threats

Bibliographic description: Ikkonen, E.N., Lukonin, I.O., Popova, T.N., Bakhmet, O.N. Assessment of the possibility of using bottom sediments from fish farms in the European North of Russia for agricultural purposes. Arktika: ekologiya i ekonomika. [Arctic: Ecology and Economy], 2026, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 430-438. DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2026-3-430-438. (In Russian).

Abstract:

The authors studied the effect of adding aquaculture sediments from fish farms to agricultural soils in the European north of Russia on the growth characteristics of leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) to determine the impact of sediment utilization on plants in agricultural fields. The study revealed no negative impact of aquaculture sediments on plant biomass accumulation, possibly due to the absence of toxic loads of heavy metals and metalloids. The sediments contributed to an increase in the relative growth rate of leaves, a parameter that is ecologically significant and important for plant productivity.

Finance info: This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 25-16-00264) “Prospects for the use of bottom sediments from fish farms in the northern regions of Russia to improve soil fertility and agricultural productivity”. The authors express their gratitude to INARCTICA (Murmansk, Russia) and the Core Facility of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences for facilitating the study.

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