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Phyto- and zooplankton communities developing in the open overgrown shallows of the Rybinsk Reservoir under the influence of a bird colony are shown to lose specific traits of quantitative characteristics and structure fluctuation in response to the elevated water level in contrast to previous findings. Possible reasons, such as the decomposition of sunken coastal vegetation playing the main role, accompanied by the development of semiaquatic macrophytes and trophic relations between algae and invertebrates, are discussed. It is found that increased atmospheric precipitation leads to an increased abundance of Copepoda in the zooplankton. Presumably, this effect correlates with more rapid and intensive inflow of avian vitality products rich in nitrogen into the water, resulting in a change in the stoichiometric ratio of nitrogen and phosphorus in zooplankton food objects to values favorable for copepods.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Krylov, E.G. Sakharova, R.Z. Sabitova, A.I. Tsvetkov, D.D. Pavlov, E.A. Movergos, S.A. Poddubny, 2018, published in Biologiya Vnutrennykh Vod, 2018, No. 3.
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Krylov, A.V., Sakharova, E.G., Sabitova, R.Z. et al. Phyto- and Zooplankton of Open Overgrown Shallows of the Rybinsk Reservoir Adjacent to a Mixed Grey Heron–Great Egret (Ardea cinerea L. and A. alba L.) Colony at a High Water Level. Inland Water Biol 11, 310–316 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082918020116
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