TROPHIC STATUS AS AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF WATER ECOSYSTEMS

Abstract

Trophic status is one of the key characteristics of aquatic ecosystems, which most adequately reflects the level of eutrophication of natural waters. We have shown the possibility of using the Carlson trophic state index (TSI) for assessment of the trophicity of surface waters in Belarus on the example of the lakes of the Naroch region.