The Volga River

Mineeva, Natalya; Лазарева, В. И.; Litvinov, A. S.; Stepanova, I. E.; Chuiko, Grigory; Папченков, В. Г.; Korneva, Lyudmila Genrihovna; Shcherbina, Grigory; Pryanichnikova, E. G.; Перова, С. Н.; Gerasimov, Yu.N.; Karabanov, D. P.; Левин, Б. А.; Боровикова, Е. А.; Voroshilova, I. S.; Tsvetkov, A. I.; Охапкин, А. Г.; Шурганова, Г. В.; Двинских, Светлана Александровна; Noskov, Victor; Kitaev, Alexander B.; Alexevnina, Margarita S.; Istomina, Anna; Преснова, Е В; Seletkova, Elena B.; Baklanov, Mikhail A.; Euvgeny,; Zinov'ev,; Schletterer, Martin

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-102612-0.00002-x

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“…But at the beginning of the 21st century, rapid density growth of the non-indigenous species started, firstly affecting the brackish Ponto-Caspian taxa and some exotic forms [6]. Also, species from the Azov-Black Sea system, as well as from the northern water systems, have expanded their distribution areas the towards north and south [7,8]. Few species were directly introduced, occasionally or deliberately, by humans as a result of aquaculture development [9,10].…”

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A Dataset of Non-Indigenous and Native Fish of the Volga and Kama Rivers (European Russia)

Karabanov,

Pavlov,

Dgebuadze

et al. 2023

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Fish in the Volga-Kama River System (the largest river system in Europe) are important as a crucial food source for local populations; fish have the highest trophic level among hydrobionts. The purpose of this research is to describe the diversity of non-indigenous and native fish in the Volga and Kama Rivers, in the European part of Russia. This dataset encompasses data from June 2001 to September 2021 and comprises 1888 records (36,376 individual observations) for littoral and pelagic habitats from 143 sampling sites, representing 52 species from 42 genera in 22 families. The dataset has a Darwin Core standard format and has been fully released in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) under CC-BY 4.0 International license. The data are validated with several international databases such as FishBase, Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, the Barcode of Life Data System, and the SAS.Planet geoinformations system. Newly established populations have been found for several species belonging to the following Actinopteri families: Alosidae, Anguillidae, Cichlidae, Ehiravidae, Gobiidae, Odontobutidae, Syngnathidae, and Xenocyprididae. Therefore, this dataset can be used in the particular taxon species distribution analysis, which are especially important for non-indigenous species.

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“…The catchment of the study area was on the Russian plain [8]. The Volga area included the following reservoirs: Ivankovo, Uglich, Rybinsk, Gorky, Cheboksary, Kuybyshev, Saratov, Volgograd and the unregulated part, and the northernmost Sheksna reservoir on the Sheksna River.…”

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A Dataset of Non-Indigenous and Native Fish of the Volga and Kama Rivers (European Russia)

Karabanov,

Pavlov,

Dgebuadze

et al. 2023

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“…Below the mouth of the Oka River, the right bank is high and steep (up to 100 m high) and the left bank is low. The largest tributary of the Reservoir is the Oka River ( Mineeva et al 2021 ). The Reservoir is located in the most densely populated industrial regions of European Russia and experiences a serious anthropogenic load ( Mineeva 2004 , Sigareva et al 2005 ).…”

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Biodiversity of zooplankton (Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda) in the tributaries of Cheboksary Reservoir (Middle Volga, Russia)

Gavrilko,

Zhikharev,

Zolotareva

et al. 2024

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Freshwater zooplankton is an important component of the ecological communities of inland water bodies. It acts as an important part of the food web and participates in the self-purification processes of aquatic ecosystems. To study the abundance and distribution of species, a sampling event dataset was compiled and then published through GBIF. The aim of the work was to describe the current zooplankton fauna (Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda) and its abundance, based on a recently published dataset. The research was conducted from 2015 to 2022. Zooplankton samples were collected by vertical towing a plankton net (70 μm mesh) from the bottom to the water surface or by filtering through a net, the water being collected with a measuring bucket. The samples were concentrated to 100 ml and fixed with a final concentration of 4% formalin solution. For each sampling event, the coordinates of the location, number of individuals and date were recorded. The dataset contains information on 259 taxа, including 257 species and subspecies of zooplankton from 36 families found in the tributaries of the Cheboksary Reservoir. The families Chydoridae (35 species), Brachionidae (31) and Cyclopidae (27) were the most species-rich. Four invasive species were found: Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908), Acanthocyclops americanus (Marsh, 1893), Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882 and Thermocyclops taihokuensis Harada, 1931.

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“…The source of the Volga is a limnokrene located near the village of Volgoverkhovye in the Valdai hills (Tver Region) at the margin of a small mire at an altitude of 228 m above sea level [24,25]. At the village of Kokovkino, the river enters the Upper Volga lakes, i.e., Sterzh, Vselug, Peno, and Volgo (the latter is often divided into Upper and Lower, or Small and Large Volgo).…”

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“…The Upper Volga Reservoir was formed in 1843 during the construction of a dam (Beishlot) ~2 km downstream of the place where the Volga flows out of the lake Volgo. The section of the Volga between the Upper Volga Beishlot and Tver is unregulated and represents the least disturbed free-flowing section in the headwaters of the Volga [18,25]. The catchment area at Tver (including the Tvertsa River basin) amounts to 31,300 km 2 [26].…”

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Water Quality Monitoring in the Volga Headwaters

Kuzovlev,

Grigoryeva,

Chekmareva

et al. 2024

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The Volga River is the largest river in Europe in terms of basin area (1.36 mio. km2), length (3531 km), and water content (annual flow 254 km3). We conduct long-term water quality studies in the Volga headwaters: in the Upper Volga Lakes, the free-flowing section, as well as in the Ivankovskoye and Uglich Reservoirs. At the source of the river, the water is very soft, slightly mineralized, characterized by high color indicators (up to 400 degrees Pt-Co scale) and permanganate oxidation (60.3–72 mgO/L). In the Upper Volga Lakes, water mineralization increases to 110 mg/L, and the color of the water decreases significantly. In the Ivankovo Reservoir, higher concentrations of manganese and BOD5 are noted than in the Volga above Tver. Based on total phosphorus concentrations, the Upper Volga Reservoir (Lake Volgo) and the free-flowing section of the Upper Volga (from Selizharovo to Tver) belong to the “mesotrophic” class, and the Ivankovskoye Reservoir belongs to the “eutrophic” class. We characterize the Volga headwaters based on physico-chemical parameters “balanced” and discuss the relevance of “natural pollution”. Especially the free-flowing section comprises an important reference section for lowland rivers; thus, long-term monitoring of abiotic and biotic aspects is an important issue.

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The Volga River

Cited by 23 publications

References 49 publications

A Dataset of Non-Indigenous and Native Fish of the Volga and Kama Rivers (European Russia)

A Dataset of Non-Indigenous and Native Fish of the Volga and Kama Rivers (European Russia)

Biodiversity of zooplankton (Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda) in the tributaries of Cheboksary Reservoir (Middle Volga, Russia)

Water Quality Monitoring in the Volga Headwaters

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