ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION OF THE TECHNOECOSYSTEM OF THE KAKHOVKA MAIN CANAL OF THE KAKHOVKA IRRIGATION SYSTEM
In the present study, the authors demonstrate the accumulation of heavy metals in water and soft tissues of bivalve mollusks (Dreissena polymorpha, Dreissena bugensis) in the Kakhovka Main Canal within the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions (Ukraine) in the summer season (July–August 2018). The average metal concentrations in water decrease in the following order: Ni>Zn>Cr>Co>Cu>Cd.