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Assessment of Changes in the Distance of Spawning Migrations of Semianadromous Burbot (Lota lota L., 1758) Spawners Based on Long-term Records of the Abundance of Downstream Migrating Larvae

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The distance of spawning migrations of semianadromous burbot spawners is reconstructed based on long-term (2000–2017) records characterizing the contribution of the Ural spawning tributaries of the Ob River (the Severnaya Sosva, Synya, Voikar, and Sob) to the generations of this species. It is shown that the Voikar River has played the dominant role in contributing to the total number of burbot generations over the observation period and that the migratory activity of spawners depends on the duration of flooding of the low floodplain. The dynamics of contributions from the northern and southern tributaries are evaluated in the context of possible climate change. It is concluded that burbot spawners have to skip the spawning season during long-distance migrations (over 1000 km) from wintering grounds to spawning grounds.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to O.A. Gos’kova, Ya.A. Kizhevatov, and A.L. Gavrilov for their data on the abundance of burbot larvae in the Synya and Sob rivers.

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This study was performed under the state assignment of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, topic “State and Dynamics of the Fauna Diversity in the Ural Region and Development of Scientific Bases of Its Monitoring and Protection,” no. AAAA A-19-119031890085-3.

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Koporikov, A.R., Bogdanov, V.D. Assessment of Changes in the Distance of Spawning Migrations of Semianadromous Burbot (Lota lota L., 1758) Spawners Based on Long-term Records of the Abundance of Downstream Migrating Larvae. Russ J Ecol 51, 541–549 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106741362006003X

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