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Scientific Review. Biological science
ISSN 2500-3399
ПИ №ФС77-57454

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MORPHOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF CILIATA (CILIOPHORA), INDICATORS OF QUALITY WATER RESERVOIRS

Likhaschev S.F. 1 Glazirin D.O. 1 Linnik A.A. 2
1 Chelyabinsk State University
2 Omsk State Pedagogical University
The analysis of the literature and our own data on the relationship of morphophysiological features and ecological features of the free-living ciliates (Ciliata, Ciliophora) was made. The obtained data allow us to use them as a universal indicator species of water quality (saprobity) in natural waters and industrial and domestic wastewater. Morphophysiological features and properties of Ciliata are adaptations to changing habitat conditions. The intensity of the movement and power, rate of reproduction can be modified during the allochthonous water pollution and waste organic substancis. These morphophysiological Ciliata signs determine largely their ecological features: occurrence and distribution in different types of water basins; seasonal dynamics of the species richness of communities; seasonal dynamics of the population and the number of individual species. These morphophysiological and ecological features of Ciliata and determine their indicator value for determining the quality of water and saprobity areas.