Amino Acid Content of Benthic Macroscopic Growths of Algae and Sediments in Hypersaline Water Bodies

The
amino
acid
content
of
benthic
growths
of
algae
and
sediments
(peloids)
in
hypersaline
water
bodies
has
been
investigated
and
analyzed
for
Berdiansk
Spit
and
Arabatskaya
Spit
(northwestern
coast
of
the
Azov
Sea,
Ukraine).
The
content
of
amino
acids
of
benthic
macroscopic
growths
of
algae
correlates
with
amino
acids
of
corresponding
peloids
within
93-98%.
Accumulation
of
amino
acids
in
peloids
depends
on
the
reductive-oxidative
conditions
in
hypersaline
water
bodies,
including
the
amount
of
biomass
and
species
of
benthic
macroscopic
growths
of
algae.