Changes in the Structure of Macrozoobenthos of the Cooling Pond of the Chernobyl NPS in Response to a Decrease in the Thermal Load on its Ecosystem

N. S. Severenchuk

doi:10.1615/HydrobJ.v40.i6.60

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Home > Journals > Hydrobiological Journal > Volume 40, 2004 Issue 6 > Changes in the Structure of Macrozoobenthos of the Cooling Pond of the Chernobyl NPS in Response to a Decrease in the Thermal Load on its Ecosystem

ISSN Print: 0018-8166
ISSN Online: 1943-5991

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Hydrobiological Journal

DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v40.i6.60
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Changes in the Structure of Macrozoobenthos of the Cooling Pond of the Chernobyl NPS in Response to a Decrease in the Thermal Load on its Ecosystem

N. S. Severenchuk
Kiev National University; Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

Results of long-term studies on the structure of macrozoobenthos of the cooling pond of the Chernobyl NPS were generalized. Changes in the species composition and quantitative indices of development of communities of benthic invertebrates were analyzed. It has been found that the species diversity and numbers of macrozoobenthos of the cooling pond increased as a result of the processes of ecological succession.