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Distribution of Alien Species of Macrozoobenthos and the Species Cenotic Complexes in the Kama Reservoirs

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The results of studies on the distribution of alien species in macrozoobenthic communities in the reservoirs of the Kama River cascade are presented. In total, 25 alien species of Ponto-Caspian and Ponto-Azov origins and one species—a representative of the Lake Baikal fauna—were registered. Differences in the species composition and structural characteristics of macrozoobenthos invaders in the Kama and Volga reservoirs were revealed. It was noted that mollusks of genus Dreissena dominate in biomass in most of the studied biotopes. Three types of cenotic complexes of alien species were identified: psammopelophilic profundal, characteristic of the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir and the Volgo-Kamsky and Kamsky reaches of the Kuybyshev Reservoir; the psammopelophilic coastal in the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir; and the psammopelophilic coastal in Votkinsk and Kama reservoirs.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are sincerely grateful to staff members V.I. Lazareva and A.I. Tsvetkov, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, for organization and carrying out the expeditions to the Volga and Kama reservoirs and to D.P. Karabanov for assistance in sampling the materials.

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This study was performed within the framework of state assignment of the Severtsov Institute for Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 0109-2018-0076 (no. of State Registry АААА-А18-118042490059-5) (E.M. Kurina); the Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. АААА-А18-118012690106-7 (D.G. Seleznev); and the Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. AAAA-A17-117112040040-3 (E.M. Kurina and N.G. Sherysheva).

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    E. M. Kurina

  2. Samara Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, 445003, Togliatti, Russia

    E. M. Kurina & N. G. Sherysheva

  3. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742, Borok, Russia

    D. G. Seleznev

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Kurina, E.M., Seleznev, D.G. & Sherysheva, N.G. Distribution of Alien Species of Macrozoobenthos and the Species Cenotic Complexes in the Kama Reservoirs. Russ J Biol Invasions 13, 64–73 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111722010088

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