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Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) and K. longispina (Kellicott, 1879) (Rotifera: Brachionidae): Features of Occurrence and Distribution in the Lakes of the Upper and Middle Volga Region

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Various water bodies of the Upper Volga River (Yaroslavl oblast, Russia) and the lower course of the Sura River (Middle Volga) are found to be inhabited by closely related rotifer species: native for both studied regions K. longispina and alien K. bostoniensis. Both species occur all year round; however their highest abundance is detected in spring or autumn. Alien rotifer K. bostoniensis has been found not only simultaneously with indigenous rotifer species but also separately, in more shallow water bodies. Alien species is more tolerant to bathymetry, basin form, transparency, and the trophic state of the water body. Probably, these features facilitate wider distribution of K. bostoniensis in the Sura basin water bodies compared to indigenous species. Alien K. bostoniensis spread relatively quickly in the Sura basin without affecting closely related indigenous species, to which it is not a competitor.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to E.V. Osmelkin, L.V. Egorov, E.M. Kuzmin, and A.N. Aleksandrov (Prisursky State Nature Reserve, Cheboksary) for their assistance in collecting materials in the lakes of the Sura River region and to S.I. Sidelev (Yaroslavl State University) for his assistance in collecting materials in the water bodies of the Upper Volga and providing data on hydrochemistry and chlorophyll content, as well as to D.V. Ivanov and I.I. Ziganshin (Institute for Problems of Ecology and Mineral Wealth, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan) for providing data on hydrochemistry and N.G. Tarasova (Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tolyatti) for providing information on phytoplankton.

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This study was carried out within the framework of the State Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation for 2022 (subject no. 122072100053-1), as well as with partial financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Chuvash Republic (grant no. 16-44-210356p_a) and the All-Russian public organization Russian Geographical Society (grants 29/2018-R and 32/2019-R).

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    V. N. Podshivalina

  2. Chuvash State University, 428015, Cheboksary, Russia

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  3. Atlantic Branch, Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, 236022, Kaliningrad, Russia

    A. S. Semenova

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

    A. S. Semenova

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Podshivalina, V.N., Semenova, A.S. Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) and K. longispina (Kellicott, 1879) (Rotifera: Brachionidae): Features of Occurrence and Distribution in the Lakes of the Upper and Middle Volga Region. Russ J Biol Invasions 14, 376–388 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111723030141

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