INFLUENCE OF A TEMPERATURE INCREASE ON THE CONDITION OF THE RELIC CRUSTACEAN LIMNOCALANUS MACRURUS SARS POPULATION IN A MESOTROPHIC LAKE
Abstract
The data on the influence of a high summer temperature on the condition of the population of a rare and protected species – a relic calanoid copepod Limnocalanus macrurus are presented for the first time. It is shown that an increase in surface temperature leads to a decrease in oxygen concentration in the hypolimnion in medium-deep lakes of Belarus and catastrophically reduces the density of the relict, which can lead to its complete extinction.
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V. V. Vezhnavets
Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Ph. D. (Biology), Assistant Professor, Leading researcher
Belarus
Ph. D. (Biology), Assistant Professor, Leading researcher
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