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Ecology and Sustainable Development

Ecological Assessment of Lakes with Different Salinity in Southern Ob-Irtysh Interfluve Using Macrozoobenthos — Based Bioindication

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DOI: 10.22606/esd.2018.11001

Author(s)

  • Dmitry Bezmaternykh*
    Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Russia
  • Olga Vdovina
    Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Russia

Abstract

The ecological assessment (2007–2011) of five lake systems (i.e. Chany, Karasuk, Burla, Kulunda, Kasmala) situated in the south of the Ob-Irtysh interfluve was made based on the analysis of the data on macrozoobenthos composition, structure and abundance. Mineralization of the studied lakes was within 0.33–140 g/dm3. To analyze the lakes with salinity up to 3 g/dm3, it was recommended to use the Flemish multimetric index, the Shannon index of species diversity and the Goodnight and Whitley oligochaeta index. For the lakes with salinity more than 3 g/dm3 the formula for calculation of probable macrozoobenthos biomass that could be at the absence of inhibitory effect of salinity was proposed. Using the calculated potential biomass of macrozoobenthos, one can define a real trophic status of the lakes.

Keywords

Macrozoobenthos, lakes, salinity, ecological factors, Ob–Irtysh interfluve.

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