The symposium is the only Russian venue that comprehensively addresses current issues of natural and anthropogenic mercury migration and its impact on the environment and population. The main goal of the symposium is to combine research in the chemistry, biogeochemistry, and ecotoxicology of mercury to develop a comprehensive understanding of the element's behavior in the environment.
The symposium was attended by leading scientists and specialists, undergraduate and graduate students from academic, educational, and research organizations across Russia, as well as representatives from South Africa, Italy, Argentina, Venezuela, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, India, Canada, and Nigeria. In addition, the forum for young scientists, graduate students, and undergraduates included master classes on modern methods for studying mercury in various environmental components, the application of statistics in biology and ecology, and the use of artificial intelligence.
For over 10 years, specialists from the Vologda branch of the Russian State Research Center "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) and the ecological analysis laboratory of Cherepovets State University have been conducting joint research to determine mercury levels in various fish species in the waters of the Vologda Region. At the symposium, the branch's researchers presented oral presentations, presenting the results of their long-term research on fish from large and small water bodies in the region. The materials presented generated considerable interest.
The results of joint research on mercury levels in fish muscle tissue were widely presented at scientific conferences of various levels and reflected in 24 publications, including 10 articles in journals listed by the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC), four of which are indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.
VNIRO Press Service
