Biology 3 (2015 8) 347-361 ~ ~ ~ УДК 551.465.7 Content of Metals in Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud and Potamogeton pectinatus L. from Water Bodies of Different Salinity Elena A. Ivanova*a,b Ivan V. Zueva , Olesya V. <...> Anishchenkoa,b and Anton P. Avramova aSiberian Federal University , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia b 50/50 Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia Received 06.05.2015, received in revised form 11.07.2015, accepted 22.06.2015 Metals were determined in two species of macrophytes Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud and Potamogeton pectinatus L. grown in lakes of different salinity, using emission spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma. <...> Principal component analysis revealed that the total metal content is infl uenced by species of macrophytes and environmental conditions (in particular water chemistry). <...> Both species of macrophytes from freshwater reservoir Bugach were characterized by higher concentrations of Fe, Al, Ni, V and Co in comparison with the same species from brackish lakes. <...> However, there were no signifi cant differences in content of these metals between samples of macrophytes taken in desalinated and saltwater parts of Shira Lake. <...> It was observed for plants of Ph. australis collected in brackish station of Shira Lake, and plants of P. pectinatus from Lake Shunet. <...> It was found that the highest total content of most metals is typical for P. pectinatus. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: elenivalg@mail.ru # 347 # Elena A. Ivanova, Olesya V. <...> Содержание металлов в Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud и Potamogeton pectinatus L. из водоемов разной минерализации Е.А. Ивановаа,б И.В. Зуева *, О.В. Анищенкоа,б <...>