PLANCTON ROTIFERS AS INDICATORS OF WATER
CONTAMINATION LEVEL

O.Dumych


The Ivan Franko National University of L’viv,
Hrushevskoho st. 4, L’viv 79005, Ukraine,
e-mail: biolog@franco.lviv.ua

Rotatoria quickly and clearly react to the alien compounds, especially to the unfirm organic substance in water environment. It is reflected in decreasing of community specia abundance, ecoforms and dominants changes, in sharp fluctuations of individuals quantity and prevailing of small sizes organisms.


Keywords: rotifers, mezocaprobionts, quantity, dominants, chemical pollution.


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