Application of chemical and biological indicators for assessment of an ecological potential of artificial watercourses

摘要

The quality of surface water in drainage ditches in an area of special protection of, Natura 2000 Parczew Forests was studied in 2012-2013. The std. biol. and chem. indicators for various sampling sites were detd. periodically every 3 mo. and the resulting values of the indicators were processed statistically. The resulting low values of macrophyte river index and infusorial index pointed to a poor quality of surface waters. The highest changes were found for the phytoplankton indicator, depended on the sampling locations and time and indicated a good or poor water quality, resp. In addn., strong correlations were detd. between the biol. indicators (the presence of macrophytes and diatoms in water) and chem. ones (O and N contents in water and pH).