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Distribution of the Mass Species of Benthic Crustaceans on the Nearshore Slope of Lake Ladoga

  • ZOOPLANKTON, ZOOBENTHOS, ZOOPERIPHYTON
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The species composition and distribution of crustaceans in the nearshore zone of Valaam Island (Ladoga Lake) have been investigated by a syringe sampler, a dredge, and video recording. Five species of crustaceans, Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758), Monoporeia affinis (Lindström, 1855), Pallaseopsis quadrispinosa (G.O. Sars, 1867), Mysis relicta Lovén, 1862 and Gmelinoides fasciatus (Stebbing, 1899); have been recorded at a depth of 1–25 m. The vertical distribution of naturalized Baikal amphipods G. fasciatus is described and features of their coexistence with native species are characterized. The distribution of the alien species depends significantly on wave intensity, types of sediments, and depth range. The distribution of the most numerous native species, P. quadrispinosa, is influenced by the depth range. The types of sediments do not affect the quantity of all native crustaceans in the nearshore zone. The local species successfully compete with G. fasciatus in all conditions. All these species inhabiting the littoral zone are more resistant to wave action when compared with alien species. Therefore, the open littoral zones serve as natural refugees that preserve the diversity of indigenous species. The data on the spatial distribution of crustaceans make it possible to characterize the benthic communities in the poorly studied parts of the littoral and sublittoral zones and, as a result, the food base of bentophagous fishes.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful to A.V. Korovin, head of the Laboratory of Marine and Underwater Studies, Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHMU), and divers R.Yu. Oskardov, N.V. Zuyeva, S.V. Goldin, A.E. Lapenkov, O.M. Vladimirova, N.N. Popov, A.P. Yasnov, D.S. Olenev, and A.V. Timoshina for participating in sampling, as well as N.V. Zuyeva and S.M. Rusyaev for valuable comments and suggestions that helped me improve the quality of the manuscript. I also thank A.E. Lapenkova for help in preparing the maps A.B. Stepanova, head of the educational and scientific station on Valaam Island, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, and E.Yu. Voyakina, A.V. Babin, and S.А. Nedoshivin† for assistance in organizing field studies.

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This study was partially supported by the Russian Geographical Society, grant no. 3/2015-Р “Ecosystems of the Valaam Archipelago (Lake Ladoga) at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries: Features of Uniqueness and Modern State,” and partially by a grant from the city of St. Petersburg in the field of science and technology in 2015, “Zoobenthos in the Nearshore Zone of the Northern Part of Lake Ladoga.”

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Zuyev, Y.A. Distribution of the Mass Species of Benthic Crustaceans on the Nearshore Slope of Lake Ladoga. Inland Water Biol 16, 279–291 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923020256

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