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Amphibiotic insects of mountain lakes and small watercourses in the Urals

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A total of 127 species of stoneflies, dayflies, caddisflies, and chironomids were found in the lakes and small watercourses of the Northern and Pre-Polar Urals. The highest species diversity (78 species) and number were the characteristics of chironomids. Along with widely distributed species, Siberian and Arctic species were revealed in the fauna. The Arctic stonefly Capnia zaicevi Klap and 24 chironomid species were found for the first time on the territory of Komi Republic. Lists of registered insect species and data on their occurrence, abundance, and biomass are given.

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  1. Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kommunisticheskaya 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia

    O. A. Loskutova

  2. Papanin Institute for the Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavskaya oblast, Nekouzskii raion, 152742, Russia

    N. I. Zelentsov & G. Kh. Scherbina

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Loskutova, N.I. Zelentsov, G.Kh. Scherbina, 2010, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, No. 1, 2010, pp. 13–22.

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Loskutova, O.A., Zelentsov, N.I. & Scherbina, G.K. Amphibiotic insects of mountain lakes and small watercourses in the Urals. Inland Water Biol 3, 11–20 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082910010025

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