Struk T. Rationale for the conservation and restoration of wetlands "Kartal Lake".

The object -"Kartal Lake" wetland; the aim - scientific justification of conservation and restoration of the "Kartal Lake" wetland; methods - system analysis, method of analogy, method of field studies, method of statistical analysis, methods of mathematical modelling; the results - adaptation and modification of the simulation model and a computer programme for the selection of the optimum option of operation of the hydrotechnical constructions regulating the flow of water from the Danube River, definition of the limit conditions for functioning of the "Kartal Lake" wetland ecosystem; the novelty - adaptation and modification of the simulation model and a computer programme for the selection of the optimum option of operation of the hydrotechnical constructions; justification of optimum level regime of operation and restoration of the "Kartal Lake" wetland; synthesis of uncoordinated data on abiotic, biotic and anthropogenic conditions of functioning of the wetland; level of implementation - implemented; the branch of implementation - design and water management organizations, environmental protection organizations.