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Dreissenid species (Mollusca, Dreissenidae) in the Upper Volga reservoirs

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The results of our long-term studies of populations of two dreissenid species (Dreisena polymorpha Pallas, 1771 and D. bugensis Andrusov, 1897) in Rybinsk and Gorkii reservoirs have been analyzed. New habitats of D. bugensis have been found in Rybinsk Reservoir.

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Original Russian Text © E.G. Pryanichnikova, 2015, published in Povolzhskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2015, No. 1, pp. 64–71.

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Pryanichnikova, E.G. Dreissenid species (Mollusca, Dreissenidae) in the Upper Volga reservoirs. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 43, 1322–1326 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359016100149

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