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Communities of small mammals on the left bank of the Middle Ob

Authors: Starikov V. P., Bernikov K. A., Borodin A. V., Nakonechny N. V., Sarapultseva E. S., Petukhov V. A.

The purposeful studies of communities of small mammals (insectivores and rodents) on the left bank of the middle Ob within the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Ugra (Khanty-Mansiysk, Nefteyugansk, Surgut and Nizhnevartovsk districts) were carried out for the fi rst time from 2011 to 2020. Animal counts were carried out both in transformed and specially protected natural areas.

Macrozoobenthos Communities from Floodplain Lakes of the Volga River Valley (Saratov Region)

Authors: Djomina I. V., Ermokhin M. V., Polukonova N. V.

Macrozoobenthos from lakes of the Volga River valley were consists 99 species of hydrobionts (including 80 species of heterotopic insects). The greatest number of communities were determined in the lake Sazanka (in spring – 8, in summer – 5, in autumn – winter period – 9). Community Glyptotendipes glaucus, Polypedilum nubeculosum and Oligochaeta were prevailed during the year. Benthos other lakes include the least quantity of communities: Holodnoe lake – 3; Lenivoe lake – 1; Sadok lake – 1.