Vshivkova T.S., Nikulina T.V., Klyshevskaya S.V., Drozdov K.A., Zharikova E.A.
V.Ya.Levanidov memorial lectures 2021; (9): 43-59
The problems of degradation of the Pacific Coast of Russia urban streams are of concern and require immediate solutions. However, to date, the influence of anthropogenic factors on changes in riverbed processes and the aquatic biota of affected watercourses located in the monsoon climate zone is still insufficiently studied. Methods and criteria for assessing water quality by chemical, microbiological and hydrobiological parameters are not sufficiently developed, that leads to contradictory results in complex studies. In order to eliminate these contradictions and understand the processes occurring in streams under environmental pressure, a project was initiated to comprehensively study changes of abiotic and biotic parameters along the urban watercourse and identify the trend of these changes, that is important for the development of strategies for restoring streams in urbanized areas. The small river Vtoraya Rechka, located in the center of the Vladivostok agglomeration and flows through zones with different anthropogenic impact, was chosen as a model watercourse.
