Oligochaete (Annelida, Clitellata) сommunities in lakes of the Ural Mountains (Russia)

The oligochaete fauna of 25 lakes located in the Polar and Subpolar regions of the Ural Mountains in Russia was studied. In total, 46 oligochaete taxa were collected, 32 of them identified to species level. Naididae had the highest number of taxa (19); the other taxa belonged to Pristinidae (2), Enc...

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Published in:Zoosymposia
Main Authors: BATURINA, MARIA, TIMM, TARMO, LOSKUTOVA, OLGA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Zoosymposia 2014
Subjects:
oligochaetes
fauna
distribution
mountain water bodies
Ural Mountains
Komi Republic
Russia
ural mountains
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zs/article/view/zoosymposia.9.1.13
https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.9.1.13
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Summary:The oligochaete fauna of 25 lakes located in the Polar and Subpolar regions of the Ural Mountains in Russia was studied. In total, 46 oligochaete taxa were collected, 32 of them identified to species level. Naididae had the highest number of taxa (19); the other taxa belonged to Pristinidae (2), Enchytraeidae (6), Tubificidae (10), Lumbriculidae (8) and Lumbricidae (1). Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to characterize the relationship between abundance of oligochaete species, abundance and biomass of all oligochaetes, abundance of separate families and environmental factors. Latitude, elevation, silt, detritus, moss and algal periphyton and depth were found to be factors influencing the distribution of oligochaetes.

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