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Trophic Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities from Lakes with Various Water-Salinity Levels

  • ZOOPLANKTON, ZOOBENTHOS, AND ZOOPERIPHYTON
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The trophic structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in lakes varying in salinity levels (from oligohaline to hyperhaline) in the southern Ob–Irtysh interfluve has been investigated. Four trophic groups of macroinvertebrates have been identified in 48 lakes: (1) predators, (2) grinders, (3) scrapers, and (4) collectors–detritophages and facultative filter feeders. It is found that the proportion of different trophic groups in taxonomic composition and biomass of macroinvertebrate communities changes with increasing water salinity in lakes.

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We sincerely thank staff members at the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Center of Aquatic Expedition Research of the Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Russia, for assistance in sampling and processing materials.

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This study was carried out as part of State Task (registration no. АААА-A17-117041210244-5).

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Bezmaternykh, D.M., Vdovina, O.N. Trophic Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities from Lakes with Various Water-Salinity Levels. Inland Water Biol 13, 62–68 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082920010034

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