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International Journal on Algae

ISSN for PRINT: 1521-9429

Institutional price:	$905.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2007, Volume9

97 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v9.i4

Issue price - $251.00

The use of phytoplankton characteristics for estimation of the ecological state of the Tom' River (Russia) in flood-time

E. Yu. Mitrofanova
Institute of Water and Ecological Problems, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 105, Papanintsev St., 656099 Barnaul, Russia

ABSTRACT

The composition, structure, and abundance of phytoplankton in the Tom' River, from the city of Novokuznetsk to the settlement of Krapivino, were investigated in flood-time (May 23-30, 2005). It has been established that under conditions of higher turbulence and muddiness of river waters, phytoplankton preserve the structure, quantitative characteristics and, as a result, the high potential of biological self-purification, despite the considerable anthropogenic influence on certain river areas.