PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONDITIONS IN ALGAE MATS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOME GROUPS OF HYDROBIONTS IN HYPERSALT WATER BODIES (A CASE OF SIVASH BAY, CRIMEA)
Journal: UNIVERSITY NEWS NORTH-CAUCASIAN REGION NATURAL SCIENCES SERIES
Year: 2022

The physical and chemical characteristics (salinity, temperature, pH) in algae mats of hypersaline Sivash Bay (Crimea) were studied. They were formed in the coastal waters of the bay and influence alive community condition. A significant tendence of the pH increase in the direction of shore-clear water was noted. This represents an improvement of oxygen conditions in the said direction. Heterotrophic and denitrifying bacteria had been isolated ubiquitously. The presence of a significant negative