Water Quality and Biological Characteristics of the Middle Fork of the Saline River, Arkansas, 2003-06

ABSTRACT The Timiș River is the biggest tributary of the Banat catchment area. It springs at an elevation of 1145 m, under Piatra Goznei peak. Due to the fact that it crosses several relief forms, its hydrology, chemistry and biological characteristics are modified in consequence. The chemical and biological analysis of the water course and their correlation with hydrological data displayed evidence of the interdependence of these factors. The phytoplankton composition and richness are directly influenced by river’s chemistry and hydrology. In the mountain area, the flow and the speed of the watercourse are inducing a specific flora and fauna for the area. In the lower areas, the river hydrology triggers a change in the biological characteristics as the water chemistry changes. The mountain species are adapted to rocky substrata in order to resist high water velocity and pressure. In the lower areas they are replaced by lowland species adapted to larger yet slower flows. The Timiș River is a watercourse that did not undergo major qualitative changes in terms of water quality.

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The Dredging Impact on the Lake Manzherok (Republic of Altay) Hydro/biological and Sanitary/micro/biological Characteristics

Water sector of Russia: problems, technologies, management - Методы оценки и механизмы регулирования водопользования в современных условиях ◽

10.35567/1999-4508-2020-3-8 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 106-127

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Water Quality ◽

Ecological Status ◽

Biological Characteristics ◽

Coliform Bacteria ◽

Recreational Water ◽

High Concentration ◽

Aquatic Communities ◽

Shore Zone ◽

Archive Data ◽

Dredging Impact

The article assesses ecological status of the Lake Manzherok (Republic of Altay Mayminsk Rayon) by its hydro/biological and sanitary/micro/biological characteristics after completion of dredging works. To estimate the bio/ceonosis dynamics we used the archive data of 2007–2015 and references. The aquatic communities demonstrated low indicators of development, phytoplankton – 26 taxons, abundance did not exceed 1.3·103 thousand cells/m3, biomass did not exceed 64.0·10-3 mg/m3. In water we found the sapropel vegetative pigments with the chlorophyll a of 237 mg/m3. We identified 16 species of zooplankton with 3. 5 –18.2 t housa nd pieces/m3 abu nda nce w it h 23.4 –97. 3 mg/m3 biomass. In comparison with 2015 the filtering zooplankton organisms’ abundance and biomass were 10–15 times lower. In contrast with 14–15 species in previous years we identified 5 species of macrophytes. The benthos abundance was not more than 1.48 thousand pieces/m2, the biomass did not exceed 1.56 g/m2, that is lower than in 2007. Such low indicators of the aquatic communities’ development with high concentration of organic matter argue the temporal state of anthropogenic metabolic regress. The Lake Manzherok water quality by its sanitary/micro/biological characteristics did not agree with the requirements to recreational water bodies. The whole content of coliform bacteria in the off-shore zone 25 times exceeded the norm, while the content of thermo/tolerant coliform bacteria in the center of the lake and in the macrophytes tangle 2.3 times exceeded the norm.

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