2021 Ecosystem Transformation 4 (2), 48-56
The European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis (L., 1758) (Petromyzontidae) as a component of the Neva Bay bottom coenoses
N. V. Polyakova , Aleksandr V. Kucheryavyy , Ekaterina A. Movchan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-201216Volume: 4
Number: 2
Pages: 48-56
Received: 16.12.2020
Accepted: 10.03.2021
Available online: 22.04.2021
Published: 15.06.2021
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
The presence of larvae of the European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis was reported for the first time from in macrobenthic communities of the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland (St. Petersburg, Russia). It has been shown that ammocoetes inhabit several areas, at depths to 12 meters. Apart from ammocoetes, the communities with lamprey larvae contain abundant oligochaetes, bivalves, and less commonly chironomid larvae. At some sites, the number of larvae was up to 80 specimens/m2, while their biomass was over 90% of the total of the community. The abundance of macrozoobenthos in these sites is generally low (average abundance 190 specimens/m2, biomass – 70 g/m2), which is usual in autumn. Intestines of the ammocoetes constantly contained large quantities of diatoms representing common phytoplankton of the Gulf of Finland.
N. V. Polyakova
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninskiy prospekt 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia
researcher
nvpnataly@yandex.ru
Aleksandr V. Kucheryavyy
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leninskiy prospekt 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia
Ekaterina A. Movchan
Saint Petersburg State University
Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, Saint-Petersburg, 199034 Russia
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Keywords: ammocoetes, Gulf of Finland, macrozoobenthos, habitat structure, diatoms, phytoplankton, specimens abundance.
For citation: Polyakova, N.V. et al., 2021. The European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis (L., 1758) (Petromyzontidae) as a component of the Neva Bay bottom coenoses. Ecosystem Transformation 4 (2), 48–56. https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-201216