Distribution of Gammarus lacustris Sars (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) in Lake Shira (Khakasia, Siberia) and laboratory study of its growth characteristics
Yemelyanova, A.Y.; Temerova, T.A.; Degermendzhy, A.G. (2002). Distribution of Gammarus lacustris Sars (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) in Lake Shira (Khakasia, Siberia) and laboratory study of its growth characteristics. Aquat. Ecol. 36(2): 345-256
In: Aquatic Ecology. Springer: Dordrecht; London; Boston. ISSN 1386-2588; e-ISSN 1573-5125, more
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Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish > Freshwater organisms > Freshwater crustaceans
Feeding
Numbers
Numbers
Population characteristics > Biomass
Population characteristics > Population number
Population functions > Growth
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1863 [WoRMS]
PNE, Russia, Siberia
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- Yemelyanova, A.Y.
- Temerova, T.A.
- Degermendzhy, A.G.
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Spatial distribution of Gammarus lacustris in Lake Shira and growth of young specimens that feed on lake biota were studied. The amphipods have been shown to inhabit the littoral, sublittoral and the upper aphytal zones of the lake on stony-sandy soil and silted sand. The young and adult individuals stay apart. The young live in submerged or semi-submerged vegetation in the littoral, the adults in the sublittoral and upper aphytal zones. Maximum density of amphipods was encountered in the areas influenced by human activity. The feeding experiments revealed that the lake plankton is a more important food source for G. lacustris than any other food species. The specific growth rate measured was 0.039 d-1, with a length increment 0.095 mm d-1. |
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