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Composition and Structure of Benthal Algocenoses of a Large Eutrophic River: I. Taxonomic Characteristics and Dominant Species of Communities (Oka River, Russia)

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The species composition and taxonomic structure of the benthal algocenosis of the mouth of a large eutrophic–hypertrophic river in the period after the recession of a flood are characterized. In a comparative aspect, the features of these indicators in the communities of microphytobenthos of soft soils and the periphyton of stony substrates and aquatic macrophytes are determined. The dominant complexes of cenosis are identified and their spatial and substrate heterogeneity is determined. Relationships between floristic parameters (specific species richness and number of dominant community species) and some environmental factors (transparency, electrical conductivity, water temperature, and pH) are established.

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This study was carried out as part of research of the Institute of Biology and Biomedicine of Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod (Study of the Structure and Dynamics of the Vegetation Cover of the Nizhny Novgorod Volga Region under the Conditions of Anthropogenic Transformation of the Territory and Climate Change, 34.29.35, 2019–2023).

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  1. Lobachevsky University, Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, Department of Botany and Zoology, 603098, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    T. Khedairia & A. G. Okhapkin

  2. Lobachevsky University, Institute of Chemistry, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    D. G. Fukina

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Abbreviations: IT, intraspecific taxon; Elect., electrical conductivity; S, number of species in the sample; Sd, number of dominant community species; Temp, water temperature.

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Khedairia, T., Okhapkin, A.G. & Fukina, D.G. Composition and Structure of Benthal Algocenoses of a Large Eutrophic River: I. Taxonomic Characteristics and Dominant Species of Communities (Oka River, Russia). Inland Water Biol 15, 555–565 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082922050121

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