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Data on the species composition and abundance of the ichthyoplankton obtained in 2012, 2014, and 2015 in the waters of northeast Sakhalin are presented; these data were collected during the standard accounting surveys to estimate the egg concentration and breeders of Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma. The areas of the main concentrations of eggs and larvae of a number of commercial fish species have been determined, interannual variations in their abundance have been analyzed, and the distribution of ichthyoplankton with some parameters of the environment, such as depth, temperature, and main currents, has been linked. During the study period, 30 species representing 11 families were recorded in the ichthyoplankton. The average concentration of ichthyoplankton varies within the range of 113–201 ind./m2. The pollock eggs absolutely dominated by 78–89%; followed by the eggs of the Bering flounder Hippoglossoides robustus (5–8%). It was found that the number of eggs and larvae of flounders and of a number of the other fish species in the northern part of the study area increases during the years characterized by a large volume of runoff of Amur River.
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Original Russian Text © I.N. Mukhametov, O.N. Mukhametova, 2017, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 675–688.
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Mukhametov, I.N., Mukhametova, O.N. Species composition and distribution of ichthyoplankton in the waters of northeast Sakhalin. J. Ichthyol. 57, 846–859 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945217050137
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