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Local Faunistic Associations of Water Fleas (Crustacea: Cladocera) in the Water Bodies of the Left Bank of the Lena River (Yakutia, Russia)

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The species composition of water fleas (Crustacea: Cladocera) in the water bodies of the left bank of the Lena River near the city of Yakutsk and its vicinities has been studied. Local faunistic associations ty-pical of the region have been identified using a statistical approach based on the binomial distribution function. As a result, 68 taxa have been identified and 8 very distinct groups of taxa constituting the cores of local faunistic associations of the branchiopod crustaceans in different water bodies and/or various biotopes within a single water body have been separated. We have demonstrated that the water bodies of the Lena River valley and the watershed differ both in species composition and in associations of the Cladocera. At least one species association of Cladocera is confined to ponds under a visible anthropogenic load. Thus, not only species that are typical for urban water bodies, but also local faunistic associations whose presence in the city indicates a significant anthropogenic pressure, have been identified. Moreover, the identified clusters can be interpreted in terms of our knowledge on the individual species preferences for water bodies of different types and different ecological zones of a certain water body.

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We thank A.I. Klimovsky and E.I. Bekker (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences) for help in collecting samples.

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    D. G. Seleznev, P. G. Garibian & A. A. Kotov

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Andreeva, L.V., Seleznev, D.G., Garibian, P.G. et al. Local Faunistic Associations of Water Fleas (Crustacea: Cladocera) in the Water Bodies of the Left Bank of the Lena River (Yakutia, Russia). Inland Water Biol 16, 793–804 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923050024

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