Bentofauna of the Vyatka river and its tributaries in the zone of protective activities of the complex of objects of storage and destruction of chemical weapons "Maradykovsky"
Studies of zoobenthos were performed in the period of construction of facility for destruction of chemical weapons "Maradykovsky" and pre-commissioning (2005-2006). Material for the study were the 26 quantitative and 15 qualitative samples of macrozoobenthos, taken at seven stations of the systematic observation networks. It is established that the fauna of the studied streams has 100 species from 80 genera, 57 families, 24 species, nine classes and five types. According to the results of bioindication assessment of the observed rivers are classified as clean or moderately polluted waters. Identified the degradation of benthic communities in the estuary Pogiblitza and located on the lower section of the river Vyatka