Water mites (Hydrachnidia) from the Neman River (Belarus), some of its tributaries and riverine reservoirs

Biesiadka, Eugeniusz; Cichocka, Maria; Moroz, Mikhail

doi:10.3161/00159301ff2004.47.2.143

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“…Owing to the above, the investigated aquatic environments create a faunistically integrated system. This phenomenon was also observed in studies investigating other groups of aquatic invertebrates, including Heteroptera, Trichoptera and Hydrachnida (Biesiadka & Kurzątkowska 2003;Biesiadka & Cichocka 2004;Czachorowski 2004). A similar observation was made in reference to the water beetle fauna of other river valleys, including Narew and Bug (Przewoźny et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…This problem deserves attention and goes beyond the regional issues. All the more that these issues are mentioned not only by entomologists (Biesiadka & Kurzątkowska 2003, Biesiadka & Cichocka 2004, Czachorowski 2004, Przewoźny et al 2006, but also by hydrobiologists, in relation to other groups of organisms (Castella et al 1984(Castella et al , 1991Castella & Amoros 1988;JurkiewiczKarnkowska 2006;Kajak 1959;Obolewski et al 2009;Reckendorfer et al 2006, Ward 1998, Ward et al 2002.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

Pakulnicka

Nowakowski

2012

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The middle course of the Neman River is the habitat of 120 water beetle species. Water beetles were most abundant in the Neman River, its major tributaries and oxbow lakes. They consisted of four synecological groups: rheobiontic and rheophilic organisms, type "a" and "b" stagnobionts. The diverse types of aquatic environments constitute faunal centers which, in addition to the specific and dominant Coleopteran populations, also feature migrational elements. The presence of close relations between the fauna of different environments indicates that they form a single, faunistically integrated hydrological system.

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The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

Pakulnicka

Nowakowski

2012

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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“…Similar data can be found also in relation to other water organisms, e.g. dragonflies, aquatic Heteroptera, Trichoptera and Hydrachnidiae (Czachorowski et al, 1993;Biesiadka and Kurzątkowska, 2003;Biesiadka et al, 2004;Czachorowski, 2004;Buczyński, 2007). The vast diversity of the hydrographic network that makes up an entire mosaic of various habitats obviously promotes species exchange, which, in turn, contributes to a more diverse and richer fauna (Stanley et al, 1997;Wissinger, 1999;Junk, 2000;Tockner et al, 2000;Robinson et al, 2002).…”

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“…Full species names are given in Table 3. 2006) and Niemen (Pakulnicka and Nowakowski, 2012). Oxbows are also considered to be of major significance to Hydrachnidae À as attested by Biesiadka and Cichocka (2004) À as well as to aquatic Heteroptera (Biesiadka and Kurzątkowska, 2003).…”

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“…That is why scientists have been showing a growing interest in relations between river-dwelling fauna and the fauna of other water bodies within the floodplains of rivers (Castella et al, 1984;Stanford et al, 1996;Van den Brink et al, 1996;Stanley et al, 1997;Ward et al, 1999;Robinson et al, 2002;Biesiadka and Pakulnicka, 2004a). Papers describing the faunistic and ecological features of hydrobiont groups are now available, and point to these being shaped by the system's lasting hydrological interconnection (Kajak, 1959;Castella et al, 1984Castella et al, , 1991Castella and Amoros, 1988;Ward et al, 2002;Biesiadka and Kurząt-kowska, 2003;Biesiadka et al, 2004;Biesiadka et al, 2004;Czachorowski, 2004;Jurkiewicz-Karnkowska, 2006;Reckendorfer et al, 2006;Obolewski et al, 2009;Stryjecki and Kowalczyk-Pecka, 2013;Zawal and Kowalik, 2013;Kowalik et al, 2014;Zawal et al, 2016d).…”

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Development of fauna of water beetles (Coleoptera) in waters bodies of a river valley – habitat factors, landscape and geomorphology

Pakulnicka

Buczyński

Dabkowski

et al. 2016

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-The goal of the study was to identify the beetle fauna of a small lowland river valley against its spatial arrangement and the directions of beetle migrations between habitats, as well as to determine which environmental factors affect the characteristics of water beetle populations in a river valley's lentic water bodies. The field studies were carried out in various types of water bodies. 112 species of beetles with various ecological characteristics were identified. It was demonstrated that the diversity of water bodies in the valley is conducive to high local species richness. At the same time, the observed high degree of faunistic individualism may be regarded as a sign of poor symmetry in the directions of fauna propagation, particularly that of stagnobionts. The authors argue that high individualism is the consequence of poor hydrological contact between the water bodies due to topography and rare instances of high tide in the river, which, in turn, is the reason for active overflights remaining the main mean of migration between those water bodies. The factors restricting migration of fauna between the water bodies include certain landscape characteristics of the catchment which form topographical obstacles, mainly numerous and dense forest areas. The character of fauna in the respective types of water bodies is affected also by internal environmental factors, particularly the degree to which they are overgrown with macrophytes, type of bottom, type of mineral and organic matter as well as physical parameters of water, such as saturation, pH, temperature and biological oxygen demand.Keywords: water beetles / river valley / migrations / hydrological system / ecological groups / landscape characteristics / environmental factors Résumé -Développement de la faune de coléoptères aquatiques (Coleoptera) dans les eaux d'une vallée -facteurs de l'habitat, paysage et géomorphologie. Le but de l'étude était d'identifier la faune de coléoptères d'une petite vallée d'une rivière de plaine en fonction de son paysage et des directions des migrations des coléoptères entre les habitats, ainsi que pour déterminer quels facteurs environnementaux influent sur les caractéristiques des populations de coléoptères aquatiques dans les plans d'eau d'une vallée. Les études sur le terrain ont été effectuées dans divers types de masses d'eau. 112 espèces de coléoptères avec diverses caractéristiques écologiques ont été identifiées. Il a été démontré que la diversité des masses d'eau dans la vallée est propice à la haute richesse des espèces locales. Dans le même temps, le degré élevé observé de l'hétérogénéité faunistique peut être considéré comme un signe de mauvaise symétrie dans les directions de propagation de la faune, en particulier celle des stagnobiontes. Les auteurs soutiennent que la forte hétérogénéité est la conséquence d'un mauvais contact hydrologique entre les masses d'eau en raison de la topographie et de rares inondations de la rivière, ce qui, à son tour, est la raison pour laquelle les survols

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Acari: Hydrachnidia

Davids¹,

Sabatino²,

Gerecke³

et al. 2006

Süßwasserfauna Von Mitteleuropa, Vol. 7/2-1 Chelicerata: Araneae/Acari I

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Water mites (Hydrachnidia) from the Neman River (Belarus), some of its tributaries and riverine reservoirs

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The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

Development of fauna of water beetles (Coleoptera) in waters bodies of a river valley – habitat factors, landscape and geomorphology

Acari: Hydrachnidia

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