Irrigational Agriculture and Conservation of Biodiversity in Dzhankoi District

Kostyushin V. A., Bagrikova N. A., Kostin S. Yu., Karpenko S. A., Maslov I. I., Tovpinets N. N., Demchenko V. A., Mitiaj I. S., Antonovsky A. G., Zagorodniaia Yu. A., Cherevko S. P., Kotenko T. I.,Kotenko A. G., Chernichko R. N., Chernichko I. I., Andriushchenko Yu. A., Popenko V. M., Grinchenko A. B., Khomenko S. V., Fesenko H. V. Irrigational agriculture and conservation of biodiversity in Dzhankoi District of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Monograph. — Kyiv : Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 2005. — 106 p.
This publication is a result of implementing a part of Ukrainian-Dutch project ‘Towards improved water Management in Ukraine’ (Watermuk), which was aimed at revealing current state and perspectives of irrigational farming in Ukraine on the example of Dzhankoi District of the Crimean Autonomous Republic. The monograph is dedicated to the biodiversity of this area. It provides information on the main taxonomic groups of animals and plants; discusses changes in species composition and abundance under the influence of irrigation; identifies the most valuable for conservation of biota areas and measures to be taken in order to protect them. Taking into account that environmental conditions and state of habitats important for species with high conservation status are inseparably linked to the condition of the Sivash as a whole, a lot of attention is given to the problems of sustainable management of this unique waterbody.