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Assessment of River-Sea Interaction in the Danube Nearshore Area (Ukraine) by Bioindicators and Statistical Mapping

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  • Anastasiia Snigirova

    (Institute of Marine Biology of the NAS of Ukraine, 65048 Odessa, Ukraine)

  • Yuliya Bogatova

    (Institute of Marine Biology of the NAS of Ukraine, 65048 Odessa, Ukraine)

  • Sophia Barinova

    (Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel)

Abstract

There is a lack of understanding of the main drivers that form the picture of biological communities of transitional waters in deltaic ecosystems under the influence of terrestrial sources. Analysis of hydrochemical parameters in relation to phytoplankton communities in the Ukrainian part of the Danube coastal zone (in August 2018) is the focus of current work. The goal was to identify patterns in the distribution of environmental parameters (salinity and nutrients) in the area of the shipping channel through the Bystry arm, as well as to assess the state of water quality. The ecological bioindicators approach using modern statistical methods, and ecological mapping shows sufficient achievements in interpreting the results. The indicators of salinity (mesohalobes) had better describe the character of the transportation of fresh riverine waters than salinity gradient. The composition of 35 indicator phytoplankton species corresponds to 3 and 4 water quality classes in the coastal zone. High N:P ratios showed an imbalance in the ecosystem as an indicator of production and destruction processes. Statistical maps of the indicator species distribution revealed the river current’s influence on the nearshore water mass. Ecological maps of surface and bottom variables show various environmental impacts resulting from dredging in the shipping channel and excavated soil dumping. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) and statistical maps revealed two pools of factors with oppositely directed effects on phytoplankton: salinity, on one hand, and nutrients, on the other. Miozoa and Chlorophyta have an opposite interaction with salinity and oxygen and can be ecosystem change indicators in further analysis

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  • Anastasiia Snigirova & Yuliya Bogatova & Sophia Barinova, 2021. "Assessment of River-Sea Interaction in the Danube Nearshore Area (Ukraine) by Bioindicators and Statistical Mapping," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-18, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:3:p:310-:d:519427
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    1. Sophia Barinova, 2017. "On the Classification of Water Quality from an Ecological Point of View," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(2), pages 38-45, March.
    2. Sophia Barinova, 2017. "Ecological Mapping in Application to Aquatic Ecosystems Bioindication: Problems and Methods," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 3(2), pages 36-42, June.
    3. Sophia Barinova, 2017. "Essential and Practical Bioindication Methods and Systems for the Water Quality Assessment," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(3), pages 79-89, May.
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