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Response of phytoplankton to heavy pollution of water bodies

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volume 49 (2020): Issue 3 (September 2020)

By: Tatyana Shevchenko, Peter Klochenko and Inna Nezbrytska

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|Sep 2020

Figures & Tables

Schematic map of the ponds in the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Dendrogram of similarity of phytoplankton species composition in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Contribution of halophiles and mesohalobes to the numbers of algae – indicators of water salinity

Contribution of poly-saprobionts to the numbers of algae – indicators of organic contamination

Contribution of β-mesosaprobionts to the numbers of algae – indicators of organic contamination

Pearson correlations of physicochemical variables and phytoplankton numbers in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Variables	Numbers
Variables	total	Cyan	Eugl	Bac	Chl	Chlorella vulgaris
NH₄⁺-N	0.82	−0.44	0.94	−0.56	0.80	0.99
NO₂^--N	0.81	−0.46	0.95	−0.55	0.80	0.99
NO₃^--N	0.83	−0.42	0.97	−0.60	0.82	0.99
P_inorg.	−0.18	−0.68	0.29	−0.18	−0.15	0.27
Cl^-	0.85	−0.45	0.96	−0.62	0.84	0.99
PO	0.82	−0.59	0.81	−0.52	0.82	0.93
DO	0.92	−0.68	0.78	−0.84	0.94	0.87
рН	−0.36	−0.04	−0.38	0.70	−0.36	−0.22
T (0C)	0.74	−0.50	0.49	−0.41	0.75	0.69

Characteristics of the ponds in the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Characteristics	Unit	Ponds
Characteristics	Unit	Rusalka (1)	Laznevy (2)	Dzerkalny (3)	Lebedyny (4)	Sribny Serpanok (5)
Area	ha	0.53	0.72	0.74	0.19	0.42
Average depth	m	1.5	2.5	2.0	1.0	1.5
Transparency	m	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.5

Phytoplankton biomass in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park in July 2016

Divisions	Ponds
Divisions	Rusalka (1)	Laznevy (2)	Dzerkalny (3)	Lebedyny (4)	Sribny Serpanok (5)
Cyanoprokaryota			0.0360.2	0.0040.1	0.0520.2
Euglenophyta	3.16038.4	0.3732.1	0.8385.6	0.5124.7	0.0450.1
Chrysophyta		0.3842.2	3.89726.2	0.1351.2
Xanthophyta				0.0620.6	0.0080.1
Bacillariophyta	0.0640.8	0.5192.9	2.23915.0	7.87072.5	21.97864.2
Dinophyta				0.2342.2	0.5551.6
Chlorophyta	5.01160.8	16.56392.8	7.89753.0	2.02918.7	11.58733.8
On the whole	8.235100	17.839100	14.907100	10.846100	34.225100

The number of plankton algae species (infraspecific taxa) in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park in July 2016

Divisions	Ponds					Total
Divisions	Rusalka (1)	Laznevy (2)	Dzerkalny (3)	Lebedyny (4)	Sribny Serpanok (5)	Total
Cyanoprokaryota			12.3	13.0	24.9	33.2
Euglenophyta	733.3	513.8	49.1	412.2	12.4	1313.9
Chrysophyta		12.8	12.3	13.0		11.1
Xanthophyta				13.0	12.4	22.2
Bacillariophyta	523.8	616.7	1431.8	824.2	922.0	2830.1
Dinophyta				26.1	24.9	22.2
Chlorophyta	942.9	24 (26)66.7	24 (26)54.5	1648.5	26 (27)63.4	44 (47)47.3
Total	21100	36 (38)100	44 (46)100	3300	41 (42)100	93 (96)100

Phytoplankton structural characteristics, the saprobic index, and the Ccar/Cchl ratio in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Indices	Ponds
Indices	Rusalka (1)	Laznevy (2)	Dzerkalny (3)	Lebedyny (4)	Sribny Serpanok (5)
Shannon index (H’)
in terms of numbers	0.38	1.88	2.51	1.94	2.54
in terms of biomass	1.96	1.42	2.39	2.02	2.27
Dimensional structure (B/N)	0.09	0.30	0.38	0.61	0.78
Saprobic index (S)	3.11	2.31	2.10	1.91	1.91
С_car/С_chl ratio	0.70	0.37	0.40	0.49	0.32

Average values of physicochemical variables in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park in July 2016

Variables	Unit	Ponds
Variables	Unit	Rusalka (1)	Laznevy (2)	Dzerkalny (3)	Lebedyny (4)	Sribny Serpanok (5)
NH₄⁺-N	mg l⁻¹	74.0	0.04	0.02	0.18	0.08
NO₂⁻-N		1.750	0.036	0.035	0.065	0.002
NO₃⁻-N		58.0	3.08	5.62	0.65	0.13
P_inorg.		0.120	0.088	0.090	0.160	0.041
Cl₋		560.5	78.0	70.4	37.7	35.4
Permanganate oxidizability (PO)	mg O l⁻¹	10.4	6.1	4.4	5.8	5.8
Dichromate oxidizability (DO)	mg O l⁻¹	81.0	54.0	22.0	20.0	18.0
pH		8.21	8.13	7.98	8.47	8.49
T	°C	24.5	22.0	19.0	21.0	22.5

Phytoplankton cell numbers in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park in July 2016

Divisions	Ponds
Divisions	Rusalka (1)	Laznevy (2)	Dzerkalny (3)	Lebedyny (4)	Sribny Serpanok (5)
Cyanoprokaryota			18244.6	1801.0	18564.2
Euglenophyta	4660.5	560.1	1780.5	540.3	160.1
Chrysophyta		2560.4	35569.0	900.5
Xanthophyta				480.3	160.1
Bacillariophyta	1580.2	4240.7	33728.5	811245.5	588013.3
Dinophyta				180.1	320.1
Chlorophyta	87 94599.3	59 36898.8	30 58077.4	932652.3	36 27482.2
On the whole	88 569100	60 104100	39 510100	17 828100	44 074100

Algal species dominating in the water column of the ponds in the Oleksandriya Nature Park and their ecological characteristics

Taxa	Ecological characteristics			Ponds
Taxa	hal	S	S	1	2	3	4	5
Chlorophyta
Chlorella vulgaris Beijer.	hl	p-α	3.6	d	d	d	d	–
Desmodesmus armatus (Chodat) E. Hegew.		o-α		+	+	+	+	d
D. armatus var. bicaudatus (Guglielm.) E. Hegew.		β		–	+	+	–	d
Desmodesmus brasiliensis (Bohlin) E. Hegew.		β	2.0	–	+	+	–	d
Monoraphidium komarkovae Nygaard				d	+	+	+	–
Monoraphidium minutum (Nägeli) Komárk.-Legn.		β-α		–	+	+	d	+
Mychonastes homosphaera (Skuja) Kalina et Punčoch.		β		–	d	+	–	–
Oocysti s marsonii Lemmerm.		β-o		+	d	–	–	+
Pandorina morum (O.F. Müll.) Bory	i	β	2.0	+	+	d	–	–
Pteromonas armata Korschikov				–	–	–	d	–
Euglenophyta
Euglena viridis (O.F. Müll.) Ehrenb.	mh	p-α	4.5	d	–	–	–	–
Bacillariophyta
Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenb.) Simonsen	i	β	1.8	–	–	+	d	d
Ulnaria acus (Kütz.) Aboal	i	β	1.85	–	+	+	d	–
Chrysophyta
Synura petersenii Korschikov	hb	β	2.25	–	+	d	+	–

Pearson correlations of physicochemical variables and the number of phytoplankton species in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Variables	Number of species
Variables	total	Cyan	Eugl	Bac	Chl
NH₄⁺-N	−0.88	−0.53	0.72	−0.54	−0.84
NO₂⁻-N	−0.89	−0.55	0.74	−0.54	−0.86
NO₃⁻-N	−0.85	−0.57	0.75	−0.49	−0.83
P_inorg.	−0.52	−0.46	0.59	−0.25	−0.72
Cl⁻	−0.87	−0.59	0.76	−0.53	−0.83
PO	−0.95	−0.55	0.67	−0.76	−0.83
DO	−0.82	−0.84	0.85	−0.72	−0.65
рН	−0.16	0.55	−0.50	−0.33	−0.09
T (0C)	−0.79	−0.32	0.35	−0.87	−0.56

Pearson correlations of physicochemical variables and phytoplankton biomass in the ponds of the Oleksandriya Nature Park

Variables	Biomass
Variables	total	Cyan	Eugl	Bac	Chl	Chlorella vulgaris
NH₄⁺-N	−0.49	−0.43	0.97	−0.39	−0.36	0.99
NO₂^--N	−0.52	−0.45	0.98	−0.41	−0.37	0.99
NO₃^--N	−0.52	−0.43	0.99	−0.45	−0.34	0.99
P_inorg.	−0.86	−0.75	0.36	−0.52	−0.73	0.27
Cl^-	−0.52	−0.45	0.98	−0.46	−0.31	0.99
PO	−0.41	−0.52	0.88	−0.31	−0.26	0.96
DO	−0.50	−0.67	0.82	−0.63	0.07	0.88
рН	0.40	0.15	−0.28	0.67	−0.27	−0.17
T (0C)	−0.01	−0.35	0.58	0.04	0.03	0.73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2020-0024 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X

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Language: English

Page range: 267 - 280

Submitted on: Jan 24, 2020

Accepted on: Apr 7, 2020

Published on: Sep 25, 2020

Published by: University of Gdańsk

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

organic matter,

phytoplankton structure

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Chemistry, other,

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