Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Studies on Biodiversity in the Plankton, Benthos, and Fish Communities, and the Ecosystems of Fresh Water Bodies Differing in Productivity

  • Published:
Biology Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The species diversity of phyto- and zooplankton, benthic animals, and ichthyofauna was studied in continental water bodies that differ in type, geographic location, size, and productivity. The results showed that the number of species in the communities of aquatic organisms and in ecosystems depends on the area and volume of the water body and the level of plankton primary production. Corresponding relationships can be approximated by the equations of exponential and polymodal functions. The species number and biomass per unit area or volume proved to decrease as the area or volume of the water body increased. The greatest number of heterotrophic species was observed in water bodies whose primary production approached 1400 kcal/m2 per year. It is proposed that the number of aquatic species in a body of water depends on the total area of the latter and the area of individual territories occupied by the representatives of certain species.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  • Alimov, A.F., Diversity in Animal Communities and Its Conservation, Usp. Sovrem. Biol., 1993, vol. 113, pp. 652-658.

    Google Scholar 

  • Antropogennoe evtrofirovanie Ladozhskogo ozera(Anthropogenic Eutrophication of Lake Ladoga), Leningrad: Nauka, 1982.

  • Antropogennoe vliyanie na krupnye ozera severo-zapada SSSR(Anthropogenic Effects on Large Lakes of the Northwestern Soviet Union), Leningrad: Nauka, 1981, part 2.

  • Barbour, C. andBrown, J.H., Fish Species Diversity in Lakes, Am. Nat., 1974, vol. 108, pp. 473-489.

    Google Scholar 

  • Biologicheskaya ‘Produktivnost’ pelagiali Baikala i ee izmenchivost' (Biological Productivity of the Pelagic Zone of Lake Baikal and Its Variability), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1977.

  • Biologicheskaya ‘Produktivnost’ severnykh ozer (Biological Productivity of Northern Lakes), Leningrad: Nauka, 1975.

  • Biologicheskie resursy Ladozhskogo ozera (zoologiya)(Biological Resources of Lake Ladoga: Zoology), Leningrad: Nauka, 1968.

  • Bioticheskie vzaimootnosheniya v ekosistemakh ozer-pitomnikov(Biotic Relationships in Lakes Used as Fish Nurseries), St. Petersburg: Gidrometeoizdat, 1993.

  • Brönmark, Ch., Freshwater Snail Diversity: Effect of Pond Area, Habitat Heterogeneity, and Isolation, Oecologia(Berlin), 1985, vol. 67, pp. 127-131.

    Google Scholar 

  • Carney, H.J., Food Web Approaches to Biodiversity Studies and Conservation, Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol., 1998, vol. 26, pp. 2409-2412.

    Google Scholar 

  • Connor, E.F. andMcCoy, E.D., The Statistics and Biology of the Species-Area Relationship, Am. Nat., 1979, vol. 113, pp. 791-833.

    Google Scholar 

  • Connor, E.F.,McCoy, E.D., andCosby, B.L., Model Discrimination and Expected Slope Values in Species-Area Studies, Am. Nat., 1983, vol. 122, pp. 789-796.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dodson, S., Species Richness of Crustacean Zooplankton in European Lakes of Different Sizes, Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol., 1991, vol. 24, pp. 1223-1229.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dodson, S., Predicting Crustacean Zooplankton Species Richness, Limnol. Oceanogr., 1992, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 848-856.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ecology of Eutrophic, Subarctic Lake Myvath and River Laxa, Oikos, 1979, vol. 32.

  • Ecology of Oligotrophic, Subarctic Lake Thingvallavath, Iceland, Oikos, 1992, vol. 64.

  • Ecosystems of the World. Lakes and Reservoirs, Amsterdam, 1984, vol. 25.

  • Ekologisheskaya sistema Narochanskikh ozer(The Ecological System of Narochanskie Lakes), Minsk: Universitetskoe, 1985.

  • Ekosistema Onezhskogo ozera i tendentsii ee izmeneniya(The Ecosystem of Lake Ladoga and Trends in Its Dynamics), Leningrad: Nauka, 1990.

  • Gidrobiologiya ozer Vozhe i Lacha v svyazi s prognozom kachestva vod, perebrasyvaemykh na yug(Hydrobiology of Lakes Vozhe and Lacha in Relation to Prognosis of the Quality of Waters Transferred to the South), Leningrad: Nauka, 1978.

  • Gidrobiologiya vodoemov-okhladitelei teplovykh i atomnykh elektrostantsii Ukrainy(Hydrobiology of Cooling Reservoirs of Ukrainian Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants), Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1991.

  • Hobbie, J.E., Arctic Limnology: A Review, Alaskan Arctic Tundra. Arct. Inst. N. Am. Tech. Pap., 1973, vol. 25, pp. 127-168.

    Google Scholar 

  • Issledovanie vzaimosvyazi kormovoi bazy i ryboproduktivnosti na primere ozer Zabaikal'ya (Analysis of the Relationship between Food Supply and Fish Productivity: An Example of Transbaikalian Lakes), Leningrad: Nauka, 1986.

  • Izmenenie struktury ekosistem ozer v usloviyakh vozrastayushchei biogennoi nagruzki(Structural Changes in Lake Ecosystems under Conditions of Increasing Biogenic Load), Leningrad: Nauka, 1988.

  • Kakhovs'ke vodoimishche, gidrobiologichnii naris (The Kakhovskoe Reservoir: A Hydrobiological Essay), Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1964.

  • Khailov, K.M.,Prazukin, A.V.,Minkina, N.I., andPavlova, E.V., The Concentration and Functional Activity of Living Matter in Condensation of Different Organization Levels, Usp. Sovrem. Biol., 1999, vol. 119, pp. 3-14.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kuibyshevskoe vodokhranilishche(The Kuibyshevskoe Reservoir), Leningrad: Nauka, 1983.

  • Lake Baikal and Its Life, Monographiae Biological, Kozlov, M., Ed., The Hague: Dr. W. Junk, 1984, vol. 11.

    Google Scholar 

  • Martin, Th.E., Species-Area Slopes and Coefficients: A Caution on Their Interpretation, Am. Nat., 1981, vol. 118, pp. 823-837.

    Google Scholar 

  • Minns, Ch.K., Allometry of Home Range Size in Lake and River Fish, Can. J. Aquat. Sci., 1995, vol. 52, pp. 1499-1508.

    Google Scholar 

  • Moskalenko, B.K. andVotintsev, K.K., Biological Productivity and Balance of Organic Substance and Energy in Lake Baikal, Proc. IBR-UNESCO Symp. on Productivity Problem of Fresh Waters, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, May 6-12, 1970, Warszawa, 1972, pp. 207-226.

  • Ozera Karel'kogo peresheika (Lakes of the Karelian Isthmus), Leningrad: Nauka, 1971.

  • Ozera Khakasii i ikh rybokhozyaistvennoe znachenie(Lakes of the Khakass Autonomous Region and Their Significance for Fishery), Krasnoyarsk, 1976.

  • ‘Produktivnost’ ozer vostochnoi chasti Bol'hezemel'koi tundry (Lake Productivity in the Eastern Bol'hezemel'kaya Tundra), Leningrad: Nauka, 1976.

  • Putoranskaya ozernaya provintsiya(The Putoran Lake Province), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1975.

  • Reaktsiya ekosistem ozer na khozyaistvennye preobrazovaniya ikh vodosborov(Response of Lake Ecosystems to Industrial Development in Their Catchment Areas), Leningrad: Nauka, 1983.

  • Reaktsiya ozernykh ekosistem na izmeneniya bioticheskikh i abioticheskikh uslovii(Response of Lake Ecosystems to Changes in Biotic and Abiotic Conditions), St. Petersburg: Nauka, 1997.

  • Sostoyanie myagkovodnykh ozer Estonii(The State of Soft-Water Lakes in Estonia), Tartu, 1991.

  • Stella, F. andMargaritoria, F., A Contribution to the Study of Lago Monterosi (Roma, Italy): A Present Biological Condition of the Lake, Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol., 1966, vol. 16, pp. 83-88.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sugihara, G., S =CAZ, Z = 1/4: Reply to Connor and McCoy, Am. Nat., 1981, vol. 118, pp. 790-793.

    Google Scholar 

  • Trifonova, I.S., Ekologiya i suktsessii ozernogo fitoplanktona(Ecology and Successions in Lake Phytoplankton), Leningrad: Nauka, 1990.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vodokhranilishcha Moskvoretskoi vodnoi sistemy(Reservoirs of the Moscow River System), Moscow: Mosk. Gos. Univ., 1985.

  • Welch, Y.E. andKalff, J., Benthic Photosynthesis and Respiration in Char Lake, J. Fish. Res. Board Can., 1974, vol. 31, pp. 609-620.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. F. Alimov

Authors
  1. A. F. Alimov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Alimov, A.F. Studies on Biodiversity in the Plankton, Benthos, and Fish Communities, and the Ecosystems of Fresh Water Bodies Differing in Productivity. Biology Bulletin 28, 75–83 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026614906253

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026614906253

Keywords

Search

Navigation