Abstract
The Khudosey River is the only tributary of the middle reach of the Taz River (Western Siberia) suitable for breeding and wintering whitefish in the conditions of natural suffocation, which continues annually from November to April. The reproduction of whitefish in the Khudosey River was investigated for the first time. They were carried out in 2002, 2003, and 2017–2022. The main spawning grounds of whitefish are described. It has been established that the downstream migration of larvae on the lower border of spawning grounds begins with the first rise of water and ends immediately before the floating of ice. A special natural factor was noted – frostbite from freezing of riffles in spawning grounds, causing the complete death of incubated eggs. There is a high potential for the Khudosey River in the reproduction of whitefish, comparable to the potential of the Ural spawning tributaries of the lower Ob. It was revealed that the increase in the level of reproduction of whitefish of the Taz River can occur due to the migration of fish from the Ob River.
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The authors are grateful to the administration of YaNAO and Krasnoselkupsky district, GKU Yamalspas of Krasnoselkupsky PSO, and the National Upper Tazovsky nature reserve.
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The study was performed by funding from the Federal State Budgetary Institution of the Science Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (No. AAAA-A19-119031890085-3)
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Kizhevatov, Y.A., Bogdanov, V.D. Assessment of the State of Whitefish Reproduction in the Khudosey River (Western Siberia). Russ J Ecol 53, 507–514 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413622060066
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