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Title: Evaluating the influence of river discharge on marine benthic ecosystems using benthic foramanifera and lithology as the main tools
Authors: Yanko-Hombach, Valentyna V.
Kondariuk, Tetiana O.
Lykhodedova, Olha H.
Akindinova, O. V.
Motnenko, Irena
Янко-Хомбах, Валентина Венедиктовна
Янко-Хомбах, Валентина Венедиктівна
Кондарюк, Тетяна Олегівна
Кондарюк, Татьяна Олеговна
Мотненко, Ірена
Мотненко, Ирэна
Лиходедова, Ольга Георгиевна
Лиходідова, Ольга Георгіївна
Акіндінова, А. В.
Акиндинова, А. В.
Citation: Proceedings of the second plenary conference IGCP 610 "From the Caspian to Mediterranean: environmental change and human response during the quaternary", (2013-2017) : international geoscience programme, 12-20 oktober 2014
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: Nafta-Press
Keywords: Black Sea
Danube River
salinity
eutrophication
pollution
environmental micropaleontology
Series/Report no.: ;P. 171-177.
Abstract: River discharge has a significant impact on marine environment through its effect on the salt balance of the thermohaline structure and convection circulation of the water masses. Being enriched in the various organic and inorganic compounds, river flow is actively involved in biological processes and sedimentation, affecting the equilibrium state of the benthic ecosystems. Spatial distribution of river flow in the marine environment depends on meteorological and hydrological conditions that are characterized by inter-annual variability and varying proximity to the source. Coastal areas located in the confluence of major rivers experience the strongest impact of freshwater discharge. The northwestern shelf of the Black Sea—where the second largest river in Europe, the Danube, discharges annually 190.7 knf and 51.7 million tonnes of liquid and solid waste, respectively (Bondar et al., 1991; Panin, 1996), is a good example of such areas. Tracing the spatial distribution of river water into the sea and assessing its impact on benthic ecosystems have important theoretical and practical significance, both for understanding the causes affecting their balance, and for the development of methods and approaches to maintain their stability. Therefore, the choice of a reliable group of organisms as indicators of river discharge into the sea has primary significance. Such organisms should be benthic, small in size, and abundant (for population statistics), have a short life cycle, and be well preserved after death.
Description: Proceedings of the second plenary conference IGCP 610 "From the Caspian to Mediterranean: environmental change and human response during the quaternary", (2013-2017) : international geoscience programme, 12-20 oktober 2014 / ed. in chief: A. S. Gilbert ; The Azerbaijan national acad. of sciences, Geology and geophysics inst. – Baku : Nafta-Press, 2014.
URI: http://dspace.onu.edu.ua:8080/handle/123456789/7810
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