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Table 4.4. State of hydrobiocenoses of surface waters versus river basins (annual average/maximum)

River basins

Saprobix index according to Pantl and Boock

Index of totality diversity according to Shannon

Trophicity (predominating type)***

Ecosystem state estimate

River basins

Western Bug River

2.00/2.76

1.93/4.01

eutrophic

ecological stress with regression elements in winter, at the area of Busk and Kamyanka Buska towns, ecological stress in the vicinity of Sokal town

Luga River

2.04/2.23

2.46/3.70

meso-eutrophic

ecological stress with regression elements in spring

Danube River

2.03/2.37

1.82/3.52

eupolytrophic

anthropogenic ecological stress

Danube River tributaries

1.89/3.25

1.88/3.16

oligotrophic: Tysa, Prut rivers; oligo-mesotrophic: Uzh River; mesotrophic: Latorytsia River rivers Uzh, Prut – ecological stress with regression elements; Latorytsia River – ecological regression

Dniester River

2.18/3.25

2.08/3.70

oligo-mesotrophic ecological stress with regression elements in autumn

Dniester River tributaries

2.16/3.25

2.28/3.35

oligo-mesotrophic: the Tysmenytsia, Stryi, Bystrytsia-Solotvynska rivers; mesotrophic: the Seret River Seret, Bystrytsia-Solotvynska rivers – ecological stress; the Stryi – on the verge of regression Tysmenytsia River – ecological stress with regression elements

Dniester River reservoir

1.98/2.27

1.41/2.77

mesotrophic ecological stress

Southern Bug River

1.85/2.50

2.54/4.35

eutrophic: in Vinnytsia city range; mesotrophic: in the site of Pervomaisk town ecological stress with regression elements in Pervomaisk town site

Southern Bug River tributaries

1.87/2.39

2.26/3.81

eutrophic: Ingul River ecological stress

Dnieper River

1.84/2.70

1.66/3.51

mesotrophic ecological stress with essential increase in the section of Kherson and Nova Kakhovka cities

Dnieper River tributaries

2.00/3.15

2.47/4.26

oligotrophic: Uzh, Snov, Udai rivers; oligomesotrophic: Desna River (in the section of Novgorod Siversky town); mesotrophic: Teteriv, Styr, Psyol, Stokhid rivers; mesoeutrophic: Gnylopiat, Ros’, Orel, Prypiat, Mokra Moskovka, Desna rivers (in the region of Chernigiv city); eutrophic: Sluch, Ingulets rivers; eupolytrophic: Ustia River; polytrophic: Unava River Ustia, Sluch, Teteriv, Gnylopiat, Unava, Desna, Snov, Ros’, Psyol, Udai, Orel’, Mokra Moskovka, Ingulets, Pripiat, Stokhid, Uzh rivers – ecological stress; Styr River – ecological stress with regression elements

Siversky Donets River

1.98/2.74

2.26/4.08

oligotrophic: in the area of Zmiiv and Izium towns and Kruzhilivka vil. oligo-mesotrophic in ranges of Lysychansk town Ecological stress with regression elements in the section of Zmiiv and Izium towns and Kruzhilivka village.

Siversky Donets River tributaries

2.05/2.55

2.30/3.68

oligo-mesotrophic: Udy, Lopan, Kharkiv, Oskil, Lugan rivers; eutrophic: Bakhmut, Mokra Plotva; eu-polytrophic: Kazennyi Torets, Kryvyi Torets rivers Udy, Lopan, Kazennyi Torets, Kryvyi Torets, Mokra Plotva rivers – ecological stress; Kharkiv, Oskil, Lugan rivers – ecological stress with regression elements

Rivers of the Crimea

2.34/2.79

2.17/3.47

oligo-mesotrophic: Malyi Salgyr River; mesotrophic: Salgyr River Malyi Salgyr, Salgyr rivers: ecological stress

Azov Sea area rivers

2.04/2.70

2.04/3.79

oligo-mesotrophic: Kalchik, Olkhova rivers; mesotrophic: Kalmius River; eutrophic: Bulavin River Molochna, Kalmius, Bulavin, Olkhova rivers: ecological stress; Kalchik River – ecological stress with regression elements

Reservoirs

Kyiv reservoir

1.92/2.28

3.05/4.56

mesotrophic

state of plankton cenoses in the reservoir headwaters is stable; in the middle and lower waters – unstable

Kaniv reservoir

1.91/2.49

2.06/3.75

mesotrophic

ecological stress

Kremenchuk reservoir

1.80/2.49

2.22/3.20

meso-eutrophic

ecological stress

Dnieprodzerzhink reservoir

1.77/2.12

2.16/2.75

meso-eutrophic

ecological stress

Dnieper reservoir

1.76/2.70

1.49/2.83

oligo- mesotrophic

ecological stress with state deterioration in spring and autumn

Kakhovka reservoir

1.84/2.50

1.36/2.94

meso-eutrophic

ecological stress with state deterioration in summer and autumn

 

*<1

very pure

** <3

unstable state of cenosis

1.00-1.5

pure

>3-4 stable state of cenosis
1.51-2.5

moderately pure

2.51-3.5

- polluted

3.51-4.0

- impure

>4.00

- highly impure

***trophicity Phytoplankton biomass (mg/l)
<0.25

oligotrophic -

0.26-0.49

oligo-mesotrophic -

0.5 -1.0

mesotrophic - 

1.1 - 2.0

mesoeutrophic -

- 2.1 - 5.0

eutrophic

5.1 - 10.0

eu-mesotrophic -

10.1 - 50.0

polytrophic -

>50.0

hypertrophic -