Factors of macrozoobenthos formation in low-mountain lakes of the Russian Altai

O.N. Vdovina and D.M. Bezmaternykh

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2024, 328(2): 268–284 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2024.328.2.268

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Abstract

The current state of macrozoobenthos of six low-mountain lakes of the Russian Altai was studied in different hydrological seasons (May, July, September) 2022: Aya (Aiskoe), Beloe, Kireevo, Kolyvanskoe, Koksha, and Svetloe. The aim of the article is to study the factors of formation of benthic invertebrate communities of foothill lakes of the Russian Altai. In total 156 species from 9 classes of invertebrates were identified in the zoobenthos of the studied lakes, the highest percentage of occurrence was recorded for chironomids and oligochaetes. According to the taxonomic composition of macrozoobenthos, most of the studied lakes of the Russian Altai (Aya, Beloe, Kireevo and Kolyvanskoe) were close to flatland lakes. Two lakes (Koksha and Svetloe) combined characteristics of both flatland and highland lakes. The abundance and biomass of zoobenthos in lakes Aya and Kireevo corresponded to the oligotrophic level, in lakes Beloe and Kolyvanskoe to the mesotrophic level, and in lakes Koksha and Svetloye to the eutrophic level. The structural characteristics of macroinvertebrates are indicators of the state of lake ecosystems. Therefore, in order to maintain the health of lake ecosystems, it is important to determine the limiting factors for macroinvertebrate community composition and structure. The influence of environmental factors on the composition and structure of macrozoobenthos of foothill lakes of the Russian Altai was studied. The relationship of 10 main indicators of zoobenthos structure with 30 hydro physical and hydrochemical indicators was analyzed. Using principal component analysis, multiple regression method, correlation and canonical analyses, it was revealed that the greatest influence on the development of benthic invertebrate communities in the studied lakes of the Russian Altai was exerted by nutrients, permanganate oxidability and soil character and water temperature.

Key words

mountain lakes, benthic invertebrates, environmental factors

Submitted March 4, 2023 · Accepted April 3, 2024 · Published June 24, 2024

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