Biodiversity of a boreal mire, including its hydrographic network (Shichengskoe mire, north-western Russia)

• Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Main Authors: Dmitriy Philippov, Sergey Ermilov, Vera Zaytseva, Sergey Pestov, Eugeniy Kuzmin, Julia Shabalina, Alexey Sazhnev, Ksenya Ivicheva, Irina Sterlyagova, Mikhail Leonov, Margarita Boychuk, Andrey Czhobadze, Kristina Prokina, Mikhail Dulin, Omid Joharchi, Aleksey Shabunov, Olga Shiryaeva, Andrey Levashov, Aleksandra Komarova, Victoria Yurchenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021
• Subjects: Russia; Eastern Europe; Vologda Region; dataset; m; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; North-Western Russia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e77615; https://doaj.org/article/2a8cefa7c65e412a9d3971a308165284

The paper is based on the dataset whose purpose was to deliver, in the form of GBIF-mediated data, diverse materials on the biodiversity of a large mire, Shichengskoe mire (Vologda Region, north-western Russia), including its various mire sites and intra-mire water bodies. The dataset was based on our materials collected for two decades (from 2000 to 2021) in different parts and biotopes of the Shichengskoe mire and complemented by scarce data obtained previously by other researchers. The data contain materials on the diversity of Animalia (2886 occurrences), Bacteria (22), Chromista (256), Fungi (111), Plantae (2463) and Protozoa (131). Within the study period, the most detailed and long-term biodiversity studies were carried out for higher plants and invertebrates. On the other hand, the data on the composition of lichens, protozoa, algae, basidiomycetes, some groups of invertebrates and, to a lesser extent, lichens and vertebrates are far less comprehensive and require further substantial research efforts. The list includes occurrences from both the peatland (mire sites and mire margins different in typology) and the objects of the mire hydrographic network. In a standardised form, this article summarises both already published (mainly in Russian) and unpublished materials.The paper summarises the results of long-term research on the biodiversity of a boreal mire, including its hydrographic network. A total of 5869 occurrences were included in the dataset published in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, gbif.org) for the first time. According to the GBIF taxonomic backbone, the dataset covers 1358 taxa, including 1250 lower-rank taxa (species, subspecies, varieties, forms) and 108 taxa identified to the genus level. Several species found in the Shichengskoe mire, mainly belonging to Bacteria, Chromista and Protozoa, have never been listed in GBIF for the territory of Russia before. The overwhelming majority of occurrences and identified species came from the territory of Shichengskiy Landscape ...