Changes in the main hydrophysical properties of the lower Dnieper section water masses due to the destruction of the Kakhovka HEPS

Abstract

Violation of the hydrological regime of the lower Dnieper section has already caused significant negative environmental consequences for the research region. The absence of the usual daily fluctuations in the water level, which were previously formed due to the discharge of water through the Kakhovka HEPS dam, is, of course, a negative factor for the existence of the region's floral and faunal complexes, which directly threatens the disappearance of their unique biological diversity in the coming years