Phytoplankton of the Ket River (Tomsk Region)

• Main Authors: Bazhenova, Olga, Barsukova, Natalya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: algae; biodiversity; dominant species; taxonomic structure; trophic status; water quality; West Siberia; Sibirica; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7680101

The characteristic of the phytoplankton of the Ket River (Tomsk region) is given based on the results of studies in July 2019 and 2021. The species composition and taxonomic structure of phytoplankton were established; a complex of dominant species was identified, and the abundance, biomass and biodiversity indices of phytoplanktocenosis were calculated. Green algae (Chlorophyta) and significant number of euglenids (Euglenophyta) form the basis of phytoplankton species richness. The dominant complex is formed by centric diatoms and cyanoprokaryotes. Biodiversity indices indicate high species richness, average complexity and balanced structure of phytoplanktocenosis. Trophic status of the river corresponds to eutrophic category of waters, the water quality corresponds to class 3 "satisfactory purity". In 2019, the research was carried out within the framework of the initiative "Phyto- plankton and the ecological state of water bodies of the Ob-Irtysh basin" (Research reg. no. 121031900167-5), with the support of RFBR grants 18-00-01493, 18-05- 60264. In 2021, the materials were collected using partial funding from the Scientific Fleet Support Program of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The authors express their deep gratitude to L.G. Kolesnichenko (National Re- search Tomsk State University) and N.I. Ermolaeva (Novosibirsk Branch of the Institute of Water and Environmental Problems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) for providing data on hydrochemistry.