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The specific surface area has been determined for the first time for four abundant species in waterbodies of the southern trans-Ural region. The leaf area index (LAI) and plant area index (PAI) have been determined; their values are 1.05–2.9 and 1.95–5 m2/m2, respectively. The relationships that PAI has with biomass and with the abundance of zoophytos organisms living on the studied plants have been determined. A highly statistically significant correlation (P = 0.0002) has been determined between the total surface area index for macrophytes on the one hand and the abundance and biomass of zoophytos on the other.
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Original Russian Text © K.A. Korlyakov, D.Yu Nokhrin, 2011, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, No. 3, 2011, pp. 30–34.
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Korlyakov, K.A., Nokhrin, D.Y. Specific surface area and biomass of zoophytos in different waterbodies of the southern trans-Ural region. Inland Water Biol 4, 327–331 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S199508291102009X
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