Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Features of the Interannual and Seasonal Dynamics of the Ecological State of Salt Lakes under the Arid Climate of Crimea

  • AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF ARID TERRITORIES
  • Published:
Arid Ecosystems Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Unique lakes of various genesis are found on the Crimean Peninsula, which have a high recreational and balneological potential. They are under a significant anthropogenic load, which, along with the arid climate, leads to negative consequences for the ecosystems and even to the loss of biological and hydro-mineral resources. More than this, the closely located water bodies can differ significantly due to differences in human activities. Lake Moinaki on the western outskirts of Yevpatoria is divided by a sand barrier into two reservoirs, Moinaki-1 (larger) and Moinaki-2 (smaller). The aim of this work was to study some physicochemical parameters of water (temperature, pH, oxygen content, salinity, and redox potential, Еh) and Artemia population (Artemia salina (L, 1758)) in these water bodies in 2018–2020. The seasonal dynamics of the studied parameters has been characterized by an increase in salinity and Eh in summer resulted from an increase in air and water temperature and its intense evaporation. Simultaneously, a decrease in oxygen content and as well as in pH levels has been observed. The identified features were more pronounced in Moinaki-2 than in Moinaki-1. Artemia cysts were found in both reservoirs, while nauplii and adults were found only in Moinaki-2 in 2020, after drying and subsequent restoration of the hydrological regime of the water body.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 5.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Akhmedenov, K.M., Tourist and recreational potential of the salt lakes of Western Kazakhstan, GeoJ. Tourism Geosites, 2020, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 782–787.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Aladin, N.V. and Plotnikov, I.S., The concept of relativity and multiplicity of salinity zones and forms of existence of the hydrosphere, Tr. Zool. Inst. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2013, no. 3, pp. 7–21.

  3. Glavaš, N., Šmuc, N.R., Dolenec, M., and Kovač, N., The seasonal heavy metal signature and variations in the microbial mat (Petola) of the Sečovlje Salina (Northern Adriatic), J. Soils Sediments, 2015, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 2359–2368

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Golan, R., Gavrieli, I., Ganor, J., and Lazarc, B., Controls on the pH of hyper-saline lakes – A lesson from the Dead Sea, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 2016, vol. 434, pp. 289–297.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Goryachkin, Yu.N., Changes in the Yevpatoria coastal zone in the last 100 years, Ekol. Bezop. Pribrezhn. Shel’fovoi Zon Morya, 2020, vol. 1, pp. 1–22.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Guesdon, G., Santiago-Martin, A., Raymond, S., Messaoud, H., Michaux, A., Roy, S., and Galvez, R., Impacts of salinity on Saint-Augustin Lake, Canada: remediation measures of watershed scale, Water (Switzerland), 2016, vol. 8, no. 7, art. ID 285.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Gulov, O.A., Ecocide of the Crimean salt lakes, in Teoriya i praktika vosstanovleniya vnutrennikh vodoemov (Theory and Practice of Inland Water Restoration), St. Petersburg: Lema, 2007, pp. 60–78.

  8. Litvinenko, L.I., Litvinenko, A.I., Boiko, E.G., Kutsanov, K.V., Gerasimov, A.G., and Razova, L.F., Effect of climate change on the artemia cysts stock in western Siberia lakes, Rybn. Khoz., 2018, no. 6, pp. 52–59.

  9. Markova, N.V., Belokopytov, V.N., Dymova, O.A., and Miklashevskaya, N.A., Assessment of the Black Sea temperature and salinity climatic fields for the recent climatological period (1991–2020), Phys. Oceanogr., 2021, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 392–403.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Di Meglio, L., Santos, F., Gomariz, M., Almansa, C., López, C., Antón, J., and Nercessian, D., Seasonal dynamics of extremely halophilic microbial communities in three Argentinian salterns, FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 2016, vol. 92, no. 12, art. ID fiw184.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Moiseenko, T.I. and Gashkina, N.A., Formirovanie khimicheskogo sostava vod ozer v usloviyakh izmeneniya okruzhayushchei sredy (Formation of the Chemical Composition of Lake Waters under Conditions of Environmental Change), Moscow: Nauka, 2010.

  12. Li, L., Song, W., Deng, C., Zhang, D., Al-Misned, F.A., Mortuza, M.G., Gadd, G.M., and Pan, X., Effects of pH and salinity on adsorption of hypersaline photosynthetic microbial mat exopolymers to goethite: A study using a quartz crystal microbalance and fluorescence spectroscopy, Geomicrobiol. J., 2016, vol. 33, nos. 3–4, pp. 332–337.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Rudneva, I.I., Shaida, V.G., Scherba, A.V., and Zav’yalov, A.V., Influence of climatic factors on anterannual and seasonal dynamics of the environmental state of the salt lake Adzhi-Baichi (Crimea), Arid Ecosyst., 2021, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 436–442.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Sánchez, M.I., Paredes, I., Lebouvier, M., and Green, A.J., Functional role of native and invasive filter-feeders, and the effect of parasites: learning from hypersaline ecosystems, PLoS One, 2016, vol. 11, no. 8, art. ID e0161478.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Sirota, I., Arnon, A., and Lensky, N.G., Seasonal variations of halite saturation in the Dead Sea, Water Resour. Res., 2016, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 7151–7162.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Tussupova, K., Hjorth, A.P., and Morave, M., Drying lakes: a review on the applied restoration strategies and health conditions in contiguous areas, Water, 2020, vol. 12, no. 749, pp. 1–23.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Wooldridge, T.H., Adams, J.B., and Fernandes, M., Biotic responses to extreme hypersalinity in an arid zone estuary, South Africa, J. Bot., 2016, vol. 107, pp. 160–169.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

The work was carried out on the theme of the State Task of the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 0555-2021-0004, Fundamental Research of Oceanological Processes that Determine the State and Evolution of the Marine Environments under the Influence of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors, Based on Observation and Modeling Methods (code Oceanological processes).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 229011, Sevastopol, Russia

    I. I. Rudneva

  2. LLC Ecoservice-A, 107140, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Shaida

  3. LLC Sevstar, 299011, Sevastopol, Russia

    A. V. Shcherba

Authors
  1. I. I. Rudneva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. G. Shaida
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. A. V. Shcherba
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to I. I. Rudneva.

Additional information

Translated by T. Kuznetsova

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Rudneva, I.I., Shaida, V.G. & Shcherba, A.V. Features of the Interannual and Seasonal Dynamics of the Ecological State of Salt Lakes under the Arid Climate of Crimea. Arid Ecosyst 12, 336–343 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096122030118

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096122030118

Keywords:

Search

Navigation