Comprehensive monitoring of the Klyazma reservoir
The research was carried out during the comprehensive monitoring of the Klyazma reservoir in 2019. The work is devoted to the assessment of long-term environmental changes under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors. The research combines two traditional methods of analysis. A layer-by-layer study of diatomic complexes and chemical composition in the bottom sediments of the reservoir was carried out. The results obtained were compared with the results of comprehensive monitoring on the taxonomic composition of phytoplankton and the chemical composition of water in the reservoir's water area. The results of previous studies on the chemical composition of water in the reservoir were used. In addition to the traditional forms of chemical and hydrobiological analysis, an innovative method of graphical analysis was applied to phytoplankton complexes and the principle of unification of bioindication methods was applied for diatom complexes from sediment columns. The main scenarios of taxonomic proportions transformations in phytoplankton and diatom complexes were determined using the method of graphical analysis for the Klyazma reservoir water area. The transformations are caused by the influence of water from the Moscow channel and the planned annual lowering of the water level in the reservoir. Bottom sediments showed a regular increase in the reservoirs level of saprobisation. Presumably, this is due to a non-linear increase in the number of tourists and an cahnges in recreational load. Pronounced accumulation of Cu, Zn and other heavy metals in the coastal zone of the reservoir was confirmed.