FIELD: agriculture.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of ecology. The method of assessment of environmental safety of coastal marine benthic ecosystems is to study morphological and functional characteristics of the mass mussels, while as a parameter of safety the morphofunctional characteristics of Hamels are used: the ATP content in hemocytes is measured, as well as the hemocyte concentration in the hemolymph, the level of histopathology defined as the percentage of animals with histopathology, and the level of pollution is judged by the change in these parameters in comparison with the same parameters in Hamels living in optimal living environment, at that, the smaller the concentration of ATP and hemocytes and the greater the level of histopathology is, the less favourable situation is observed in the marine benthic ecosystem.
EFFECT: invention provides an extension of range of technical means for assessment of the environmental safety of coastal benthic ecosystems, using morphological and functional characteristics of Hamels.
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