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The authors discuss the indicator value of taxonomic structure, abundance, and biomass of phytoplankton and use of the indicators to characterize water quality by example of the Karasuk River, West Siberian Plain.
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Original Russian Text © T.A. Safonova, S.P. Shaulo, 2009, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 883–890.
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Safonova, T.A., Shaulo, S.P. Phytoplankton of the Karasuk River (West Siberia) as an indicator of water quality. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 2, 570–575 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425509060137
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