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Role of higher aquatic vegetation in improving water quality and increasing biological productivity of reservoirs

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Macrophytes in the case of their controlled development are an effective means of improving water quality.

The participation of hydrobiologists and geobotanists both in the design and construction of reservoirs will help to establish the effectiveness of self-purification being accomplished by components of the biota and especially by macrophytes.

When designing reservoirs and their engineering it is necessary to take into account natural conservation measures aimed at improving water quality, including a bank water-protection zone, beaches, bioplateaus with macrophytes, means for harvesting the plant biomass, and conditions of its transporting, processing, and utilization in the economy.

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  1. A. B. Avakyan
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  2. L. O. Éinor
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 9, pp. 57–61, September, 1984.

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Avakyan, A.B., Éinor, L.O. Role of higher aquatic vegetation in improving water quality and increasing biological productivity of reservoirs. Hydrotechnical Construction 18, 454–459 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01433671

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