The problem of quality assessment of surface waters as exemplified by rivers Tywa and Rurzyca

• Autorzy: Raczynska M. , Zurawska J. , Chojnacki J.C.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper describes and compares various (chemical and biological) methods used in Poland for lotic water quality assessment; included are methods which have not been formally approved yet. Based on ecological surveys made in 1996-1998, a quality assessment of water of rivers Tywa and Rurzyca is presented. The assessment allows to conclude that application of a single method leads to a serious misrepresentation of the lotic biota. In both rivers there were sections the water of which, when assessed with physico-chemical methods, appeared much different than when assessed with biological methods in both seasons of studies.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

water quality; physicochemical assessment; river water; Rurzyca River; biotic index; Tywa River

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities. Series Fisheries
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: 03
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/series/volume3/issue2/fisheries/art-03.html

Twórcy

autor

Raczynska M.

• Agricultural University of Szczecin, Kazimierza Krolewicza 4H, 71-550 Szczecin, Poland

autor

Zurawska J.

autor

Chojnacki J.C.

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