Stream macrozoobenthic communities of the Eastern Balkans

Macrozoobenthic communities are described and classified on the original data (166 stations) for the small rivers and streams of the mountains of Bulgaria (Balkan and Rhodope mountains) and European Turkey (Istranca range). Seventeen types of communities are described—their habitats, the total abund...

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Published inInland water biology Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 286 - 295
Main Authors Chertoprud, M. V., Palatov, D. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.07.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Abundance
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Communities
Dominant species
Fauna
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Geoecology/Natural Processes
Landscape
Life Sciences
Mountains
Rivers
Streams
Zoobenthos
Zooperiphyton
Zooplankton
macrobenthos
Turkey
Bulgaria
classification
Balkans
communities
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Summary:Macrozoobenthic communities are described and classified on the original data (166 stations) for the small rivers and streams of the mountains of Bulgaria (Balkan and Rhodope mountains) and European Turkey (Istranca range). Seventeen types of communities are described—their habitats, the total abundance of macrozoobenthos, gradation saprobity and complexes of the dominant species. A brief taxonomic review of the macrozoobenthos of the region is provided. Reasons for the variability of rheophilic macrozoobenthos communities and regional characteristics of the communities associated with the local landscape and fauna are discussed.
ISSN:1995-0829
1995-0837
DOI:10.1134/S1995082917030051