Assessment of the Ecological State of the Upper Volga River
(Yaroslavl Oblast) according to Zooperiphyton

I. A. Skal’skaya and B. A. Flerov

Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast,
152742 Russia

Received December 24, 1997

Abstract—The ecological state of the Upper Volga (Yaroslavl oblast) was estimated according to population
and structural-taxonomic criteria obtained in long-term investigations of zooperiphyton in different water bod-
ies. Several levels and types of pollution were distinguished. Changes in pollution and its relation to some cli-
matic factors were also shown.


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