Ecological and physiological characteristics of Dikerogammarus haemobaphes in the area in which heated water is discharged from the Tripol'ye power station
Research on the environmental effects of the Tripol'ye district power station was begun in 1970 and continued for 3 years. During the filling of the reservoir, certain changes occurred in the species composition of the benthos in the areas around the district power station. Whereas the predominant gammarids during the first years of the research in the basin and in the waters of the discharge canal, and in the part of the reservoir above the point of discharge were Chaetogammarus ishnus and Pontogammarus obesus, it was members of the genus Dikerogammarus that were dominant in these places in 1975-1976. In the basin, where water temperature was 8-10/sup o/C higher, no gammarids could be found in the summer (at 33/sup o/C). Because Dikerogammarus haemobaphes is an important fish food, the effects of the heated water on the population were studied in detail. It was found that, on the whole, the Dikerogammarus haemobaphes had adapted well to the heated waters of the Kanev reservoir, withstanding a wide range of temperatures. It was recommended that they be introduced into the cooling facilities of other thermal power stations.
- Research Organization:
- Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, USSR
- OSTI ID:
- 5725632
- Journal Information:
- Hydrobiol. J. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 16:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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