Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis
Macrophytes are one of the important indicators used in assessing the anthropic impact on aquatic ecosystems. The structure of macrophyte communities of two rivers were compared by species composition, dominant species and projective cover using statistical methods. It is shown that the influence of...
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| author | Roman Babko Tetiana Diachenko Jacek Zaburko Yaroslav Danko Tatiana Kuzmina Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak Joanna Czarnota Grzegorz Łagód |
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| description | Macrophytes are one of the important indicators used in assessing the anthropic impact on aquatic ecosystems. The structure of macrophyte communities of two rivers were compared by species composition, dominant species and projective cover using statistical methods. It is shown that the influence of storm runoff on these rivers is manifested in the form of a change in the dominant species composition. Based on the statistical analysis carried out, it can be argued that, despite the peculiarities of the flora composition of each of the rivers, the influence of storm runoffs largely neutralizes this specificity, determining the situation in local areas immediately below the runoff. In the area of the effluent discharge the dominance of individual species and an increase in the area overgrown with macrophytes was observed. In the area of stormwater discharge on the Psel River, species were usually present: Nuphar lutea, Ceratophyllum demersum, Myriophyllum spicatum and on the Bystrica River—Glyceria maxima, Sagitaria sagittiformis, Stuckenia pectinata and Potamogeton crispus. The use of the NMDS method has been found to provide good insight into the structural rearrangements in macrophyte communities affected by runoff from stormwater systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0386ab3dc3b94fb0ba2a635427ed769e2023-12-03T09:51:23ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-06-0111e1524810.7717/peerj.15248Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysisRoman Babko0Tetiana Diachenko1Jacek Zaburko2Yaroslav Danko3Tatiana Kuzmina4Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak5Joanna Czarnota6Grzegorz Łagód7Department of Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, UkraineDepartment of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology of River Systems, Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, UkraineFundamentals of Technology Faculty, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, PolandFaculty of Natural Sciences and Geography, Sumy State Pedagogical University, Sumy, UkraineDepartment of Applied Ecology, Sumy State University, Sumy, UkraineFundamentals of Technology Faculty, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszów, PolandFaculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, PolandMacrophytes are one of the important indicators used in assessing the anthropic impact on aquatic ecosystems. The structure of macrophyte communities of two rivers were compared by species composition, dominant species and projective cover using statistical methods. It is shown that the influence of storm runoff on these rivers is manifested in the form of a change in the dominant species composition. Based on the statistical analysis carried out, it can be argued that, despite the peculiarities of the flora composition of each of the rivers, the influence of storm runoffs largely neutralizes this specificity, determining the situation in local areas immediately below the runoff. In the area of the effluent discharge the dominance of individual species and an increase in the area overgrown with macrophytes was observed. In the area of stormwater discharge on the Psel River, species were usually present: Nuphar lutea, Ceratophyllum demersum, Myriophyllum spicatum and on the Bystrica River—Glyceria maxima, Sagitaria sagittiformis, Stuckenia pectinata and Potamogeton crispus. The use of the NMDS method has been found to provide good insight into the structural rearrangements in macrophyte communities affected by runoff from stormwater systems.https://peerj.com/articles/15248.pdfMacrophytesRiversStormwater systemsPollutionPlants communities |
| spellingShingle | Roman Babko Tetiana Diachenko Jacek Zaburko Yaroslav Danko Tatiana Kuzmina Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak Joanna Czarnota Grzegorz Łagód Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis PeerJ Macrophytes Rivers Stormwater systems Pollution Plants communities |
| title | Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis |
| title_full | Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis |
| title_fullStr | Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis |
| title_short | Macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers: a quantitative analysis |
| title_sort | macrophyte communities as bioindicator of stormwater pollution in rivers a quantitative analysis |
| topic | Macrophytes Rivers Stormwater systems Pollution Plants communities |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/15248.pdf |
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