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Influence of the Technical Ecosystem of the Electric Power Plant (Vladivostok) on the Phytoplankton of the Japanese Sea

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The structure of phytoplankton of the Sea of Japan (Peter the Great Bay), located in the zone influenced by the technical ecosystem of Vladivostok thermal electric power station (VTES-2) (Vladivostok), has been studied throughout the year in the period 2014‒2015. Thermal pollution is two-stage: in the water intake trough, the water temperature rises by 2–3°C compared to background values; directly in the VTES-2 cooling system, by 10–12°C. In the first case, an increase compared to background (reference) areas in the abundance of algae and an extension of the summer–autumn vegetation season of phytoplankton by 1.5–2.0 months were noted. After passing through the cooling system of the power plant, the species composition of phytoplankton changes insignificantly (similarity coefficient value 0.82), but is enriching in benthic diatoms (22 species) from the biofouling of the intake trough. The difference in the values of indices of the total density and biomass of microalgae before and after passing through the cooling system of the power plant during the year did not exceed one order of magnitude. The study revealed that the VTES-2 technical ecosystem significantly affects the quantitative change in phytoplankton at the stage of long-term, but insignificant, thermal effect in the water intake trough, as well as during short-term passage through the cooling system.

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We are grateful to the staff of the Resource Collection of the Center of Collective Use “Marine Biobank” of the Far Eastern branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, that maintains the cultures of microalgae.

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Begun, A.A., Maslennikov, S.I. Influence of the Technical Ecosystem of the Electric Power Plant (Vladivostok) on the Phytoplankton of the Japanese Sea. Water Resour 48, 404–412 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807821030052

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