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First Data on the Species Composition and Development of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in Mire Ecosystems (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)

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Original data on Cladocera fauna in water bodies and watercourses of mire ecosystems have been obtained for the first time in Kaliningrad oblast during the study conducted in large raised bogs (Zehlau and Bolshoye) and drainage canals of six peatlands affected by peat extraction. In the studied wetland ecosystems, 41 species of Cladocera are recorded in total, including a number of rare and vulnerable taxa (Flavalona rustica, Scapholeberis microcephala, Streblocerus serricaudatus, and Holopedium gibberum). The four species of Cladocera are new for Kaliningrad oblast. Cladocera plays a key role in the studied bog pools and waterlogged habitats in peatlands as a key group of organisms that forms here a significant part of the zooplankton biomass due to the abundance and intensive production in the water bodies. The secondary filter feeders and predators are the most abundant in bog ecosystems. The cladoceran fauna in the intact bog ecosystems, especially the Zehlau raised bog, is the most diverse and unique. Nevertheless, the cladoceran assemblages in the disturbed ecosystems of drainage canals retain certain features of the natural water bodies. The latter fact is important in the applied respect, making it possible to consider these canals refugia that have potentials for the natural restoration of the cladoceran fauna during the peatland rewetting program on the Carbon Supersite in the Kaliningrad region.

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peatland

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank N.P. Dyushkov, I.L. Malfanov, and Yu.V. Pristavko, employees of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Atlantic Branch, for assistance in sampling the material in the hard-to-reach bog ecosystems of Kaliningrad oblast.

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This study was performed as part of state assignments of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (no. 076-00004-23-00), Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences (no. 121051100109-1), and Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (no. FZWM-2021-0013).

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  3. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia

    M. G. Napreenko

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Semenova, A.S., Napreenko, M.G. First Data on the Species Composition and Development of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in Mire Ecosystems (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). Inland Water Biol 16, 805–820 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923050115

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