Information on the species composition and quantitative indices of macrozoobenthos communities in the Gorikhuvatka ponds (the Golosiyivsky National Nature Park, Kyiv city) is presented. Species diversity (Shannon's index) and species composition similarity (Sorensen's index) of benthic fauna in different ponds and sections of the Gorikhuvatka River connecting them were established. Ecological characteristics, including saprobity and trophic level, and also the classes and categories of water quality, were calculated in the studied ponds in terms of macrozoobenthos indices. Cluster and comparative analyses of macrozoobenthos abundance, biomass, species number, and its species composition were performed. The signs of discreteness and continuity of different ponds and the pond system as a whole were revealed in terms of benthic fauna indices.
Yavorsky et al. (Thu,) studied this question.