Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland)
The effect of heated waters from coal-burning power stations on the water parameters and the occurrence of macroinvertebrates depends on the individual characteristics of the river to which the heated waters are discharged. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of heated water from the...
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| description | The effect of heated waters from coal-burning power stations on the water parameters and the occurrence of macroinvertebrates depends on the individual characteristics of the river to which the heated waters are discharged. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of heated water from the Ostrołęka Power Station on selected water properties and the macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River. Samples were collected in years: 2013-2016 along two river stretches: upstream and downstream of the canal. The water temperature was higher and the oxygen concentrations were lower at the downstream sites compared to the upstream sites of the canal. The values of conductivity, concentrations of nitrates, phosphates, chlorides and calcium were similar at the sampling sites. A total of 33 families of macrozoobenthos were found. The numbers of families were positively correlated with the temperature and conductivity and negatively correlated with oxygen. The heated waters were found to have no effect on the Shannon-Wiener diversity index. The inflow of heated waters increased the percentage of Gammaridae, represented by species Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841) and decreased the percentage of Chironomidae. The presence of the thermophilous bivalve Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1934) was noted downstream of the canal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e67584585ff244e9ad6999d3838138982022-12-21T18:29:31ZengDe GruyterOpen Life Sciences2391-54122017-07-0112119019910.1515/biol-2017-0022biol-2017-0022Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland)Krolak Elzbieta0Lewandowski Krzysztof1Kasprzykowski Zbigniew2Department of Environmental Studies and Biological Education Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities Prusa 12, 08-110Siedlce, PolandDepartment of Environmental Studies and Biological Education Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities Prusa 12, 08-110Siedlce, PolandDepartment of Environmental Studies and Biological Education Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities Prusa 12, 08-110Siedlce, PolandThe effect of heated waters from coal-burning power stations on the water parameters and the occurrence of macroinvertebrates depends on the individual characteristics of the river to which the heated waters are discharged. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of heated water from the Ostrołęka Power Station on selected water properties and the macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River. Samples were collected in years: 2013-2016 along two river stretches: upstream and downstream of the canal. The water temperature was higher and the oxygen concentrations were lower at the downstream sites compared to the upstream sites of the canal. The values of conductivity, concentrations of nitrates, phosphates, chlorides and calcium were similar at the sampling sites. A total of 33 families of macrozoobenthos were found. The numbers of families were positively correlated with the temperature and conductivity and negatively correlated with oxygen. The heated waters were found to have no effect on the Shannon-Wiener diversity index. The inflow of heated waters increased the percentage of Gammaridae, represented by species Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841) and decreased the percentage of Chironomidae. The presence of the thermophilous bivalve Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1934) was noted downstream of the canal.https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2017-0022ostrołęka power stationthermal pollutionupstream of the canaldownstream of the canalphysical and chemical parametersmacroinvertebrates |
| spellingShingle | Krolak Elzbieta Lewandowski Krzysztof Kasprzykowski Zbigniew Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland) Open Life Sciences ostrołęka power station thermal pollution upstream of the canal downstream of the canal physical and chemical parameters macroinvertebrates |
| title | Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland) |
| title_full | Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland) |
| title_fullStr | Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland) |
| title_short | Impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the Narew River (Poland) |
| title_sort | impact of heated waters on water quality and macroinvertebrate community in the narew river poland |
| topic | ostrołęka power station thermal pollution upstream of the canal downstream of the canal physical and chemical parameters macroinvertebrates |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2017-0022 |
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