DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v41.i1.20

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Communities of Periphytic Algae of the Cooling Pond of the Chernobyl NPS

T. F. Shevchenko
Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

The ecological and floristic approach to the classification of vegetation by the method of Braun-Blanquet was used in studies of communities of periphytic algae occurring in the cooling pond of the Chernobyl NPS. A total of 72 communities of periphytic algae was distinguished in the cooling pond of the Chernobyl NPS during the period of investigations (1983, 1994-1999, 2001). On the whole, 3 groups and 2 subgroups of algal communities were distinguished. They reflected ecological conditions of the occurrence of algae, in particular the influence of the temperature regime of the cooling pond.