Trip to Lake Seliger
12 August 2024

Trip to Lake Seliger

From July 29 to August 2, as part of the State assignment, employees of the Upper Volga Department of the Freshwater Fisheries Branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) conducted ichthyological, hydrobiological, hydrochemical, toxicological and bacteriological surveys on Lake Seliger in the Tver Region as part of a trip.
 
During the survey, 8 hydrochemical samples, toxicological samples, zooplankton samples, zoobenthos samples and 2 samples for bacteriological studies were collected. Water temperature, dissolved oxygen content, depth and water transparency were measured.
 
Oxygen conditions at the surface were 7.32-8.78 mg/dm3 of dissolved oxygen. The water temperature on the surface is 22.3 - 23.0 ° C, at the bottom 9.1 - 22.8 ° C, transparency 0.9 - 2.1 m.
 
As a result of the surveys, the branch specialists established that the conditions in July-August at Lake Seliger are completely favorable.
 
Press service of VNIRO