Restoration of Salinity in the Sivash Bay to Natural Levels after the Closure of the North Crimean Canal
Journal: Ekologicheskaya bezopasnost pribrezhnoy i shel fovoy zon morya
Year: 2021

The paper analyzes the salinity dynamics in the Sivash Bay after the closure of the NorthCrimean based on the data from field research carried out by MHI RAS in 2014–2020. Recent field data are compared with the literature data obtained in the period before the commissioning of the North Crimean Canal. Salinity in water samples taken during 18 expeditions to the Eastern and Southern Sivash at over 100 stations was determined using the refractometric method. It was shown that after the closure of