Biomonitoring of surface water by synchronous culture of Chlorella vulgaris algae

A possible use of synchronous culture of Chlorella vulgaris algae has been examined as a shortterm bioassay for water quality control. Experiments were performed with algae cultivated in liquid media prepared with distilled water (control) and with water aliquots sampled from the Goczałkowice Reservoir. It has been demonstrated that changes in the absorbance (at 680 nm) of algae liquid synchronous culture and the rate of algae cellular division may be useful as criteria for water quality control. Changes in the algae metabolic activity are clearly a sign of the July flood and autumnal water quality changes.