Forecasting Phytoplankton Development in a Designed Low-Head Reservoir on the Don River

• Published in: Water resources Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 103 - 112
• Main Authors: Datsenko, Yu. S., Puklakov, V. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic Pollution; Biogenic materials; Dissolved oxygen; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental conditions; Human influences; Hydrobiology: Environmental Aspects; Hydrochemistry; Hydroelectric power; Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Oxygen; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Reservoirs; Rivers; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; dissolved oxygen; hydroecological modeling; phytoplankton; reservoir; biogenic substances
• ISSN: 0097-8078; 1608-344X
• DOI: 10.1134/S0097807820010042

The article presents the results of hydroecological modeling of variations of phytoplankton biomass, biogenic substances, and dissolved oxygen concentration in a reach of the Lower Don within the designed Bagaevskoe Reservoir at different variants of its design levels and possible natural and anthropogenic impacts. Water releases from the Tsimlyansk Hydropower System are shown to have the key role in the formation of the environmental conditions of the designed reservoir.