CILIATE OF FISH PONDS OF KYIV REGION. III. BENTHOS

In 1988 and the first half of 1989 the free-living benthic ciliates (Ciliophora) of fish waters (the Dnieper basin, Kyiv Province) were investigated. Two fish ponds and one reservoir of complex assignment were studied. In these waters 160 species and varieties of ciliates were found, two of them were new for Ukraine. Seasonal dynamic of quantity and biomass, as well as production and destruction of organic substances by ciliates were studied. The average data of biomass of ciliates and their functional activity in Kiev RMS fish pond differ statistically reliable ? they are higher. As well mean seasonal values are statistically significant higher in the summer time.