Ivicheva K., Philippov D., Makarenkova N., Zaytseva V., Filonenko I., Zuev Y. The impact of urbanization on the communities of macrophytes, phyto-, zooplankton and macrozoobenthos of the rivers of the Sukhona River basin // Principy èkologii. 2024. № 3. P. 27‒45. DOI: 10.15393/j1.art.2024.15164


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The impact of urbanization on the communities of macrophytes, phyto-, zooplankton and macrozoobenthos of the rivers of the Sukhona River basin

Ivicheva
   Ksenia Nikolaevna
PhD, Sankt-Petersburg branch of Federal Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Sankt-Petersburg, Makarova Emb., 26, ksenya.ivicheva@gmail.com
Philippov
   Dmitry Andreevich
PhD, I.D.Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Yaroslavl region, Nekouzsky district, P. Borok, 109, philippov_d@mail.ru
Makarenkova
   Nadezhda Nikolaevna
Vologda branch of Federal Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Vologda, Levicheva St., 5, mackarenckowa@yandex.ru
Zaytseva
   Vera Leonidovna
Vologda branch of Federal Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Vologda, Levicheva St., 5, Zayceva_v@inbox.ru
Filonenko
   Igor
PhD, State Research Institute of Lake and River Fisheries (GosNIORKh), Russia, Vologda, Levicheva St., 5, igorfilonenko@gmail.com
Zuev
   Yurij
PhD, Sankt-Petersburg branch of Federal Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, g. Sankt-Peterburg, nab. Makarova, d. 26, yzuyev@ya.ru
Keywords:
macrophytes
phytoplankton
zooplankton
zoobenthos
catchment area
proportion of settlements
population density
Summary: We considered the influence of urbanization of the catchment area and population density on water quality in lowland watercourses, using hydrochemical and hydrobiological indicators. The water quality was assessed for 4 groups of hydrobionts: macrophytes, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and zoobenthos, using the example of 6 tributary watercourses of the Sukhona River (the White Sea basin), For each of the 10 stations, a catchment area was built, within which the degree of urbanization of the catchment area, population density, and plowing were calculated. The water pollution index (estimated by hydrochemical indicators) increases with growing urbanization of the catchment area. The composition of aquatic flora and fauna of watercourses is determined by their territorial proximity, hydrological conditions and anthropogenic load. Quantitative indicators and species richness of planktonic organisms are determined primarily by the size of the river and do not depend on anthropogenic pressure on the catchment area. The species diversity and saprobity estimated for planktonic organisms are at the same level for all stations and also do not depend on anthropogenic load. Among macrophytes, only the number of hydrophyte species decreases with increasing urbanization of the catchment area. The species richness and diversity of zoobenthos significantly decreases with an increase in the proportion of settlements and population density in the catchment area. The water quality assessed by zoobenthos also deteriorates with increasing urbanization of the catchment area.

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Reviewer: D. Bezmaternykh
Received on: 09 July 2024
Published on: 22 September 2024

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