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Distribution of plankton and fish in Lake Sevan (Armenia) during the process of mass growth of cladocerans

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This study presents data on the quantitative parameters of bacterioplankton, zooplankton, and fish at the current stage of development of Lake Sevan. This stage is characterized by an increase in water level, a significant reduction in fish stock, and the maximum biomass of zooplankton (due to the massive development of cladocerans) observed during the entire period of lake investigations.

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  1. Papanin Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nekouzskii raion, Borok, Yaroslavl oblast, 152742, Russia

    A. V. Krylov, A. V. Romanenko & Yu. V. Gerasimov

  2. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    E. S. Borisenko

  3. Institute of Hydroecology and Ichthyology, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, ul. Paruira Sevaka 7, Yerevan, 0014, Republic of Armenia

    A. O. Hayrapetyan, A. A. Ovsepyan & B. K. Gabrielyan

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Krylov, A.V. Romanenko, Yu.V. Gerasimov, E.S. Borisenko, A.O. Hayrapetyan, A.A. Ovsepyan, B.K. Gabrielyan, 2015, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, 2015, No. 1, pp. 60–70.

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Krylov, A.V., Romanenko, A.V., Gerasimov, Y.V. et al. Distribution of plankton and fish in Lake Sevan (Armenia) during the process of mass growth of cladocerans. Inland Water Biol 8, 54–64 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082915010125

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