Characteristic of Lower Don aquatic ecosystem in late autumn

Multidisciplinary studies were carried out in the Lower Don River in the low-water November of 2012. The studies showed relatively low concentrations of oil products (up to 2 MAC) and heavy metals (up to 1 MAC), which were likely due to the cessation of navigation in the river. However, copper concentration was found to be in excess of its MAC. The most polluted were found to be the port water areas of the cities of Volgodonsk, Ust’-Donetsk, and Semikarakorsk. The distribution of nutrients over streams is uneven: the Don water is poorer in nutrients than the waters of the Severskii Donets and the Manych are. Oxbows can serve as depots of organic matter, where it accumulates over longer periods than in the river. The residual manifestations of the summer–autumn blooming of blue-green algae, observed in shallows, the predominance of algae of divisions Cryptophyta and Bacillariophyta (typical representatives of winter planktonic algacenosis), and their low abundance suggest the transitional state of phytoplankton communities to autumn–winter season (pre-winter period). The species diversity and biomass of zooplankton were largest in the Don R. and lowest in the Severskii Donets R. The formation of zooplankton species composition shows the effect of the runoff from the Tsimlyanskoe Reservoir. An increase in the proportion of oligochaetes and invading species was recorded in the Don. The decrease in the diversity of benthos is attributed to natural factors, i.e., the decay of imago and thicket forms in autumn. The biomass of the soft (food) benthos is low because of the predominance of its small-size forms.     

Nutrient Loading of the Don and Kuban on the Ecosystem of the Sea of Azov

Hydrochemical data collected in field studies in the near-mouth area and delta of the Don R. (Aksay T.—the mouths of Don delta branches) in 2006–2015 are analyzed. The seasonal dynamics is demonstrated, and the average annual concentrations were evaluated for mineral, total dissolved, and total forms of nitrogen, phosphorus, silica; dissolved and particulate organic carbon; and total suspended solids in river water. The export of dissolved and particulate organic carbon and nutrients by the Don River into the Sea of Azov in the low-water period of 2007–2015 is evaluated. Retrospective analysis of nutrient export into the Sea of Azov with river runoff in the XX–early XXI century is given.     

Mercury Input and Distribution in the Ecosystem Elements of the Sheksna Reservoir

Hg input into the ecosystem elements of the Sheksna Reservoir is studied. The accumulation and distribution of Hg in water, bottom sediment, fish, and snow falling onto the reservoir surfaces are considered. The distribution of Hg in water, bottom sediment, and snow is found to be specially nonuniform. The main sources of Hg are shown to be atmospheric precipitation and surface runoff from the watershed. The regularities of Hg accumulation in fish in different parts of the reservoir are studied.     

Description of Ecosystem of the Lower Odra and the Odra Estuary

Environmental conditions of the lower river Odra and its estuary show a high variability of chemical and biological parameters, related to the dynamics of the river, its mouth area, the Lake Dabie-Szczecin Lagoon system, and the Pomeranian Bay. Water chemistry, affected by the total sum of industrial, urban, and agricultural pollution discharged from the direct drainage area is discussed. This pollution load influences the composition and ecological structures of terrestrial, frequently unique, phytal communities associated with aquatic areas, phyto- and zooplankton, benthos, fish fauna, and avifauna. The current status of the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is described; elements of cultural infrastructure existing within the Lower Odra Valley in Western Pomerania are mentioned as well.     

Biotesting in the Assessment of Environmental and Toxicological State of Water Bodies in Lower Don River Basin

The toxicity of river water in the Lower Don basin was studied using biotesting with different biological objects. Water taken from most examined reaches of the Don and its tributaries was shown to exert toxic effect on crustaceans, algae, protozoa, and Rotifera.     

The Distribution of Chemical Elements between Ecosystem Components in Belaya Bay,Lake Imandra,Murmansk Oblast

Water Resources - The effect of a large mining complex of Apatit JSC on the aquatic ecosystem of Lake Imandra is discussed. Hydrochemical data are given to characterize the pollution zone, and the...     

Climate-induced changes in groundwater runoff in Don basin

The natural-climatic causes of changes in river runoff and seasonal recharge of groundwater in Don basin are considered. Joint analysis is made of changes in the statistical characteristics of the series of air temperature and precipitation, mean annual and dry-season-averaged runoff for both the entire observation period and of periods 1940–1969 and 1970–2000 with comparable durations. The presence of statistically reliable ascending trends in air temperature, precipitation, and dry-season (groundwater) runoff for period 1970–2005 is demonstrated. Climatic changes in Don basin also have their effect on the formation of extremely low water in small and medium rivers, including cases of zero runoff. Zoning of the territory by runoff formation conditions is carried out, and new estimates of natural groundwater resources in Don basin for period 1970–2000 are constructed. Appropriate maps are compiled.     

Pollution Degree of the Don River Water

Water Resources - The formation and distribution of river flow characteristics in the Don basin have been catholically analyzed, depending on the present-day climatic conditions in the central...     

基于流域的我国生态功能区划方法研究

生态功能区划是我国正在开展的一项关于资源与环境管理的重大基础性工作.生态功能区划的理论和方法是当前生态学、环境科学、地理学等学科面临的一项新的热点课题.本文首先讨论了生态功能区划的概念,从认识区划看,生态功能区划属于生态系统区域划分的范畴,从实践的角度,则强调人文活动对生态系统可持续能力产生的影响,指出自然生态区不是生态功能区,生态功能区须反映人类的利用和价值判断.生态功能区划,不单是以自然要素或自然系统的"地带性分异"为基础,更是以生态系统的等级结构和尺度原则为基础,用生态系统完整性的评价测量人类活动对生态系统的影响,将生态功能区划的科学基础落在"基于生态系统的管理"平台上.文章提出了基于流域的我国生态功能区划的初步思想,讨论了区划的原则和方法,建立了生态系统完整性评价和功能区划分的指标体系.其基本内容是,认识并按照生态系统的自然边界划分生态系统单元;进行生态系统完整性评价;在此基础上划分不同的生态功能区,确定主导生态功能.     

Current changes in river water regime in the Don River Basin

The formation and distribution of present-day water resources under the effect of changing climate are studied. Seasonal, annual, and many-year variations in the regime of spring-flood and dry-season runoff of rivers with drainage areas from 2000 to 20000 km², reflecting the zonal landscape-climatic conditions of runoff formation, are considered. It is shown that various and often contradictory demands of water users to water supply distribution over seasons of the year result in that the entire water management complex depends on not only the total volume of water resources, but also on the water regime characteristics of rivers in different phases of hydrological year. It was established that the climate changes recorded in the recent decades radically change the pattern of space and time variations in runoff characteristics.     

Forecast of Water Consumption in the Russian Part of the Don Basin

Water Resources - Methodological approaches to water consumption forecasts are described. Demographic forecast and forecasts of the coefficient of water demand for regions in the Don basin are used...     

太湖湖泊生态系统健康评价

五里湖作为太湖富营养化最严重的区域,内源污染和生态退化成为困扰五里湖最主要的两个问题.生态清淤工程的特点是对所要疏浚污染底泥污泥厚度通过采样分析后精确测定,并且在施工过程中的控制精度也高于一般的工程疏浚.所以生态清淤既可以清除五里湖的内源污染,又能为其生态恢复创造条件.本文通过对五里湖生态疏浚对生态系统的影响,疏浚区底泥、水质质量的改善的效果以及对原位培养生物的抗氧化系统组分变化等多个方面进行分析评价,发现,五里湖生态疏浚区底泥中磷含量下降了30%,左右,重金属含量升高的地质积累指数小于1级.疏浚后半年内水体中总磷和溶解磷含量比疏浚前下降10%-25%左右,叶绿素a含量下降40%,左右,其它水质理化参数保持正常.作为生物标志物原位培养生物的抗氧化系统组分在疏浚前后变化较小所以认为,五里湖疏浚达到了一定的效果,并且控制了对生态的压力,为下一步生态修复创造了条件.     

Short-Term Forecast of Water Levels in Don Mouth Area Using Hydrodynamic Simulation

Water Resources - The article presents the results of the test operation of a calculation–simulation complex (CSC) for level forecasting in a navigable branch in Don R. mouth area with daily...     

Assessing the Hazard Due to the Effect of Heat Discharges from the Novocherkasskaya SDPP on the Hydroecological Regime of the Lower Don Taking into Account the Future Bagaevskoe Reservoir

Water Resources - The article presents the results of numerical hydrothermal simulation of changes in the temperature regimes of the Don River under the effect of heat discharges of the...     

Forecasting Phytoplankton Development in a Designed Low-Head Reservoir on the Don River

Water Resources - The article presents the results of hydroecological modeling of variations of phytoplankton biomass, biogenic substances, and dissolved oxygen concentration in a reach of the...     

Ecosystem effects of fishing activities in the North Sea

The North Sea harbours an intensive fishery which removes between 30 and 40% of the biomass of exploited fish species each year. In addition fishing causes mortality of non-target species of benthos, fish, seabirds and mammals. Heavy towed gears disturb the uppermost layer of the seabed and cause mortality of benthos, while gillnets accidentally entangle seabirds and marine mammals. Unwanted catch is usually returned to the sea where it is eaten by scavenging species, such as seabirds. Since the North Sea ecosystem is highly complex and exhibits a high natural variability, it has proved difficult to isolate the longer term consequences of these impacts. Until more is known about the environmental impact of fisheries management, action (or no action) will have to be agreed upon in the light of considerable scientific uncertainty.     

Erratum to: Contemporary and Scenario Changes in River Runoff in the Don Basin

Water Resources - An Erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807821120010     

An Approach to Numerical Studies of the Hydrology of Don Delta Area

Water Resources - Water flow in the Don R. delta is described by a system of Saint-Venant equations written in the characteristic form. The calculation domain is represented as a graph with edges...     

双低技术在腹主动脉联合下肢动脉CTA中的可行性探讨

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生态系统地震灾害及其深层机制

所有地震时空、强度对人及人类破坏的复杂性可以贯穿到各个层次的生态系统中体现出来,这样地震给人类带来的空间和时间的全面灾害即可用生态系统地震灾害来进行描述。以人类为核心,按照构成生态系统的主体和环境因子的不同,可将生态系统由内向外、逐层包容地划分成社会生态系统、环境生态系统和自然生态系统三个层次类型。在社会生态系统震害中,人类的能动作用居于主导的地位,在环境生态系统震害中,人类的能动作用居于协调的位置,在自然生态系统震害中,人类的能动作用处于服从的地位。整体上来看,生态系统震害具有四个一般特征,即连发性、群发性、长程关联性和影响长期性。蕴震体及地球岩石部分本身就具有自组织、自适应和自相似即自复制类生命体特征,因而具有网络性。因而从生态系统角度研究可以发现,地震灾害与多种灾害之间构成了一个整体的联系,这就是生态系统震害的深层机制,称之为网络性机制。地震灾害的宏观过程是地震作用于人类生存的生态环境(天然生态环境和人工生态环境)从而危及人与社会并形成灾害,震害是由多种相互关联的要素所构成的复杂系统。