Specific Features of the Macrozoobenthic Communities of Small Arctic Lakes in Eurasia

The taxonomic structure, typology, species richness, and total abundance of bentic and littoral macroinvertebrate communities from small lakes of the Arctic and Subarctic zones are considered on the basis of original data from three northern Palearctic regions (the foot of the Putorana Plateau, Kolg...

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Published inInland water biology Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 401 - 414
Main Authors Chertoprud, M. V., Krylenko, S. V., Lukinych, A. I., Glazov, P. M., Dubovskaya, O. P., Chertoprud, E. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.07.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Benthos
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Comparative analysis
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Geoecology/Natural Processes
Lakes
Life Sciences
Littoral environments
Macroinvertebrates
Polar environments
Regions
Species richness
Taiga
Tundra
Typology
Zoobenthos
Zooperiphyton
Zooplankton
Arctic region
Putorana Plateau
macrozoobenthos
small lakes
community structure
Kolguev Island
subarctic
Svalbard
Arctic
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Summary:The taxonomic structure, typology, species richness, and total abundance of bentic and littoral macroinvertebrate communities from small lakes of the Arctic and Subarctic zones are considered on the basis of original data from three northern Palearctic regions (the foot of the Putorana Plateau, Kolguev Island, and Western Svalbard Island). A comparative analysis of the communities of these regions has been carried out. The features of High Arctic insular, Low Arctic, subarctic, and boreal lake communities are discussed using a large volume of literature data. The complex pattern of changes in the total benthos biomass of small lakes has been revealed: it decreases in the subarctic taiga, increases in the hypoarctic tundra, and decreases again in the High Arctic.
ISSN:1995-0829
1995-0837
DOI:10.1134/S1995082921030056