Taxonomic structure of the zoobenthos of the Lukoml GRES cooling reservoir

Author(s):  
I. I. Lapuka ◽  
V. V. Vezhnavets

The species composition of zoobenthos in the heated and non-heated zones of the cooling lake Lukoml State District Power Station was studied. 80 taxa of bottom animals have been registered, and two new species of chironomid larvae have been identified. The bottom fauna includes a protected relict species of Pallaseopsis qudrispinosa, which is preserved in the conditions of warming.it is listed in the Red book of Belarus and the alien species – freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium nipponense. The high taxonomic diversity indicates that the Lukoml State District Power Station operation has little impact on the bottom community throughout the lake’s water area. However, species richness is reduced locally by half in the zone of influence of heated water discharge, especially in summer. Under the influence of heating, the taxonomic structure and spatial distribution at different depths change.

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 01010 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Bogomolov ◽  
E.Yu Temnikova ◽  
S.A. Shevyrev ◽  
A.V. Poltavets ◽  
A.S. Sysolyatin

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Dorota Richter ◽  
Paulina Bączek

Abstract The subject of this study is to analyse changes in the taxonomic structure and development intensity of phytoplankton and, thus, to determine the diversity of cyanobacteria and algae along with the trophy state of two oxbow lakes in the Wrocław area (south-western Poland). The analysis of samples and data from previous years showed a total of 244 cyanobacteria and algae species within these two lakes. The species composition changed significantly in both of them – there were found 90 species new to the studied flora (37% of current flora) and 74 species which were previously recorded. The diversity of cyanobacteria and algae reflects the conditions in these water bodies and each change in ecological conditions (e.g., anthropological dangers) is reflected by a change in the phytoplankton assemblage structure. Consequently, knowledge of taxonomic diversity is useful in monitoring water bodies to preserve them in good conditions. Both studied oxbow lakes belong to eutrophic ecosystems as evidenced by their phycoflora, which is rich in species characteristic of high-trophy water, and recorded water blooms. The analysis of changes in cyanobacterial and algal assemblages in these lakes was also a basis for determining their trophy and finding it to be progressively eutrophic. Regular phycological studies of Wrocław numerous water bodies are essential and, in the future, will allow us to protect them and to react quickly in case of danger to these ecosystems. It will also allow us to study eutrophication processes in the water bodies that are crucial to the city.


Author(s):  
Vera M. Samoilenka ◽  
Anna A. Svirid

The paper presents the results of long-term research of phytoplankton of the cooling waterbody of the Lukoml state district power station (Belarus). The dynamics of abundance, biomass, community structure, and composition of the dominant phytoplankton species for the period of 1972 – 2019 were analyzed. The stages of development of the plankton algae community are determined, due to changes in the intensity and direction of anthropogenic factors. The response of phytoplankton to changes in heat load and dependence on the development of the population of Dreissena polymorpha Pallas is shown. The influence of the fish rearing complex on the developmental intensity and phytoplankton structure was revealed. Since 2004, the periods of intensive vegetation of algae alternate with a significant decrease in abundance and biomass, which indicates the unstable state of the ecosystem of the cooling waterbody. The succession of the dominant complex in 2019 was characterized by the loss of the species Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault (family Nostocaceae) and the inclusion of the species Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek (family Oscillatoriaceae).


2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 885-887
Author(s):  
V. V. Ermolaev ◽  
A. I. Shklyar ◽  
O. G. Astanin ◽  
M. V. Velikovich ◽  
A. N. Kosarim ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 658-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Agliulin ◽  
S. F. Nikolaev ◽  
V. I. Zvegintsev ◽  
I. A. Yurkin ◽  
I. I. Shabanov ◽  
...  

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