2020 Ecosystem Transformation 3 (1), 40–54
Technoecosystem of the cooling pond of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant: group dynamics and transformation
Tatyana N. Novoselova , Anzhelika A. Sylaieva , Yuliya F. Gromova , Tanita I. Menshova , Irina A. Morozovskaya , Aleksandr A. Protasov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-191112Volume: 3
Number: 1
Pages: 40–54
Received: 12.11.2019
Accepted: 14.01.2020
Available online: 17.02.2020
Published: 13.03.2020
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
The results of long-term complex hydrobiological studies of the cooling pond of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant (SU NPP) are presented. The abundance of zoo- and phytoplankton increased until 1984–1985, and then in the summer of 1986, against a background of extremely high temperatures in the reservoir, there was a significant (32-fold) drop in the mean biomass of phytoplankton, coinciding with the minimum abundance of zooplankton. In subsequent years, the abundance of these groups recovered, but has not reached previous levels. At present, the zooplankton contains a considerable amount of thermophilic species. Research in recent years indicates that the zooperiphyton is dominated by the invasive gastropods Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) and Terebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822). In the epiliton, the number of LDT (lowest determined taxa) and groups of invertebrate was more than double that in the epiphyton (17 and 7, respectively). At the first stages of the development of the pond ecosystem, the periphyton communities were dominated by zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha Pall. These communities were eliminated as temperature increased, and after the commissioning of the NPP, the second and third power units were not completely restored in the environment of a constantly high thermal load. Over years, with the formation of bottom biotopes, the abundance of zoobenthos increased, and with an increase in the technogenic load, it decreased. At the present stage, the zoobenthos is impoverished (9 taxa) and is dominated by mainly juvenile tubificids.
Tatyana N. Novoselova
Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, leading engineer
Pr. Geroev Stalingrada 12, Kiev, 04210 Ukraine
labtech-hb@ukr.net
Anzhelika A. Sylaieva
Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, senior research scientist
Pr. Geroev Stalingrada 12, Kiev, 04210 Ukraine
PhD in Biology
Yuliya F. Gromova
Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, senior research scientist
Pr. Geroev Stalingrada 12, Kiev, 04210 Ukraine
PhD in Biology
Tanita I. Menshova
Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, leading engineer
Pr. Geroev Stalingrada 12, Kiev, 04210 Ukraine
Irina A. Morozovskaya
Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, junior research scientist
Pr. Geroev Stalingrada 12, Kiev, 04210 Ukraine
Aleksandr A. Protasov
Institute of Hydrobiology of NAS of Ukraine, head of the laboratory
Pr. Geroev Stalingrada 12, Kiev, 04210 Ukraine
Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor
alexalexpr7@gmail.com
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Keywords: technogenic succession, phytoplankton, zooplankton, zoobenthos, zooperiphyton, gastropods, invaders, river Southern Bug
For citation: Novoselova, T.N., Sylaieva, A.A., Gromova, Yu.F., Menshova, T.I., Morozovskaya, I.A., Protasov, A.A., 2020. Technoecosystem of the cooling pond of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant: group dynamics and transformation. Ecosystem Transformation 3 (1), 40–54