caa a22 4500 477096824 CHVBK 20180405111529.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01995384 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01995384 Filippov A. Department of Brackishwater Biology, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya naber. 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation aut Macrozoobenthos in the inshore zone of the Northern Aral Sea [Elektronische Daten] [A. Filippov] The macrozoobenthos was investigated at eight sites in the Aral Sea inshore zone and in the lower reaches of the Syrdaria river. In the sea, the benthos comprised bivalve molluscsSyndosmya segmentum Recluz andCerastoderma isthmicum Issel, gastropods fromCaspiohydrobia Starob., the polychaeteNereis diversicolor O.F. Müller and the crabRhithropanopeus harrisii tridentatus (Maitland). In the Syrdaria, MysidaeParamysis lacustris (Czern.) and GammaridaeDikerogammarus aralensis (Uljanin) were found. These taxa have not been recorded from the Sea since the 1970s. The total zoobenthos biomass and density varied between the investigated Sea areas from 92 to 582 g/m2 and from 1,600 to 39,000 ind./m2, respectively. Spatial and temporal salinity changes within the range 20-41 g/L did not affect macrozoobenthos composition and structure. The conclusion is that the benthic ecosystem of the Aral Sea was in a state of comparative stability from the middle of the 1980s to the middle of the 1990s. Analysis of the zoobenthos in the inshore zone is proposed as a convenient and accessible method for monitoring the status of the zoobenthos of the entire Aral Sea. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997 Aral Sea nationallicence salinization nationallicence zoobenthos nationallicence International Journal of Salt Lake Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/4(1996-12-01), 315-327 1037-0544 5:4<315 1996 5 10770 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01995384 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01995384 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Filippov A. Department of Brackishwater Biology, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya naber. 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Salt Lake Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/4(1996-12-01), 315-327 1037-0544 5:4<315 1996 5 10770 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer