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The hydrophysical characteristics and indices of zooplankton are given for the confluence zones of small and medium tributaries and channels of the Don and Khoper rivers within the territory of Voronezh oblast. Three types of confluence areas of tributaries and recipient rivers are described. In these areas the water masses mix and habitats differing in physical parameters of water and structures of aquatic animal communities are formed.
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Original Russian Text © S.E. Bolotov, A.I. Tsvetkov, A.V. Krylov, 2012, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, No. 2, 2012, pp. 29–36.
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Bolotov, S.E., Tsvetkov, A.I. & Krylov, A.V. Zooplankton in the zones of confluence of unregulated rivers. Inland Water Biol 5, 184–191 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082912020034
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