Zooplankton of channels of cooling system of the Khmelnitsky NPP

Composition and quantitative characteristics of zooplankton of the inflow and outflow channels of the Khmelnitsky NPP cooling system were investigated. Changes of species number and abundance in the channels were connected with turbulence of the stream, income of waste waters from treatment facilities into the outflow channels, interrelation with water masses of the cooling pond and a season. Sometimes pass through the channels leads to decrease of zooplankton abundance, decrease of Illoricata numbers, and eggs abortion in cladocerans. In order to reveal impact (mechanical and thermal) of the NPP facilities on death of zooplankton it is needed to carry out investigations with application of methods, enabling to differentiate recently died specimens