Taxonomic structure of phytoplankton in the residual lakes of the Chornobyl NPP cooling pond under current conditions

• Date: 2026
• Author Affiliations: V.I. Shcherbak — Institute of Hydrobiology of the NAS of Ukraine, 12 Prosp. Volodymyra Ivasiuka, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine; D.I. Gudkov — Institute of Hydrobiology of the NAS of Ukraine, 12 Prosp. Volodymyra Ivasiuka, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine; O.V. Mykhailiuk — Institute of Hydrobiology of the NAS of Ukraine, 12 Prosp. Volodymyra Ivasiuka, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine; V.V. Belyaev — Institute of Hydrobiology of the NAS of Ukraine, 12 Prosp. Volodymyra Ivasiuka, Kyiv 04210, Ukraine
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• Main Authors: Shcherbak, V.I., Gudkov, D.I., Mykhailiuk, O.V., Belyaev, V.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine 2026
• Online Access: https://algologia.co.ua/journal/article/view/36.2.118
• Journal Title: Algologia

The taxonomic composition of phytoplankton in the residual lakes of the former cooling pond of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP cooling pond) comprised 365 species (379 infraspecific taxa, ist) of algae belonging to 162 genera, 79 families, 42 orders, 17 classes, and 8 divisions. The basis o...