2025 Ecosystem Transformation 8 (4), 156-174

Current ecological state of Lake Bannoye (Solovetsky settlement)

Prilutskaya N.S., Vorobyeva T.Ya., Klimov S.I., Chupakova A.A. , Lovdina T.I., Burmagin M.V., Moreva O.Yu.

Hydrological, hydrochemical and hydrobiological features of shallow Lake Bannoye (Solovetsky settlement), characterized by high anthropogenic loads, are summarized for various hydrological periods of 2022–2024. In terms of quantitative and qualitative indicators of aquatic organisms, as well as biogenic elements, Lake Bannoye is classified as a β-, α-mesotrophic water bodу transitioning to eutrophic.
According to the Goodnight-Watley Index (GW), the lake is a “polluted” reservoir. The content of mineral
phosphorus is high in the lake, and ammonium ions in the bottom layer exceed the maximum permissible
concentrations for fisheries. Hence, the lake, obviously, receives polluted waters discharged by residential
buildings and municipal-industrial facilities. However, runoff from the lake does not have a noticeable impact on the waters of Blagopoluchiya Bay.

N. S. Prilutskaya
N.P. Laverov Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia


T. Ya. Vorobyeva
N.P. Laverov Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia


S. I. Klimov
N.P. Laverov Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia


A. A. Chupakova
N.P. Laverov Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia

anna.a.ershova@gmail.com

T. I. Lovdina
N.P. Laverov Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia


M. V. Burmagin
N. Laverov Federal Research Center for Integrated Arctic Studies, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect St. 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia


O. Yu. Moreva
N.P. Laverov Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Study of the Arctic, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nikolsky prospect 20, Arkhangelsk, 163020 Russia

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