Relocation of Fish Populations to Estuaries and Bays of the North-Western Section of the Black Sea as a Consequence of Technogeneous Disasters and Natural Processes in 2023
Journal: Hydrobiological Journal
Year: 2025

The studies carried out from 05.15.2023 to 12.31.2023 showed that some part of the fish population of 12 species moved from the lower section of the Dnieper River and probably from the Kakhovka Reservoir to the western part of the Dnieper-Bug estuary (liman). This was caused by destruction of the Kakhovka dam on 06.06.2023, and inflow of huge water masses from the Kakhovka Reservoir. After the disaster, the numbers and occurrence frequency of most fish species in the western part of the estuary