Assessment of the ecological state of the Danube delta coastal area (northwestern part of the Black Sea) based on meiobenthos and nematode assemblages
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2022

The suitability of using meiobenthic communities and especially the nematodes-based indices to assess the ecological quality of the Ukrainian Danube delta coastal area was tested in one control and two sites impacted by dredging/dumping activities. The study is based on the results of benthic surveys carried out in November 2015 and August 2018 and 2020 in the area of the “Danube-Black Sea” navigable canal. The values of the taxonomic richness of the meiobenthos varied from 6 taxa in the dredgin