RESEARCH AREAS

• Study of the structural and functional organization of aquatic ecosystems.
• Inventory of aquatic fauna, taxonomy and phylogeny of aquatic invertebrates.
• The study of the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on aquatic ecosystems, such as climate change, eutrophication, pollution with toxic substances, the invasion of alien species, aquatic engineering.
• Development of methods for assessing the ecological state of aquatic ecosystems, protection and conservation of their biological diversity and rational use of their biological resources.
• Ecological and physiological studies of the rates of food consumption, growth, metabolism, excretion of nutrients, life cycles and biotic interactions of aquatic organisms.

The Laboratory staff investigated the ecosystems of numerous lakes and rivers located in the Leningrad, Pskov and Arkhangelsk oblasts, the Republics of Karelia and Buryatia, lakes of the Crimea, the Arctic, the Pamirs and Mongolia, as well as the ecosystems of the Neva Estuary, the Volga Delta, lakes Baikal and Sevan. A large array of data on the structure and productivity of plankton and benthos in aquatic ecosystems of various climatic zones has been accumulated. Collections of aquatic invertebrates include samples from almost all regions of the Russian Federation, neighboring countries and many other regions of the world.

№ 122031100274-7. “SYSTEMATIZATION AND STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONING OF ECOSYSTEMS OF CONTINENTAL RESERVOIRS UNDER CONDITIONS OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT AND CLIMATE CHANGE”.

Project Manager: Head of department, PhD, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey M. Golubkov.