Abstract

We analyzed the distribution of biological and environmental variables in the waters ofthe Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP) in summer of 2014. The statistical methods were used for the correlation, multiple regression analysis, canonical correspondence analysis, comparative floristic, and ecological mapping with the Statistica 12.0 Program. It was found that the hot water flow is divides pool body into three different parts. The pool community was correspondingly formed three species cores with centers in the station of hot water, standing water, and major body pool water. Statistical approach show that not only water temperature plays the role in aquatic community regulation but also water flow and concentration of nutrients. Only three stations 9, 29, and 54 were selected and proposed for monitoring in which the community is expressed its reaction on the environment heterogeneity.

Keywords

Nuclear Power Plant, Cooling pool, Statistics, Ecological mapping, KhNPP reservoir, Ukraine, Water bodies, Wetlands, Estuaries, Reservoirs, Technological cycle, Ecosystem, Biological, Hydro-chemical, Abiotic variables, Cooling pond