Genetic monitoring of progeny derived from natural spawning of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 and Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 as well as their hybrids in the Lower Volga river during the period 2017 to 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 768-771
Author(s):  
Alexey A. Sergeev ◽  
Anna E. Barmintseva ◽  
Stanislav A. Vlasenko ◽  
Sergey S. Fomin ◽  
Maria E. Tolochkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Monitoring ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Acipenser Ruthenus ◽  
Lower Volga ◽  
Natural Spawning ◽  
Acipenser Stellatus

Reed (Phragmites australis agg.) dominated plant communities in the Lower Volga Valley

2015 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
V. B. Golub ◽  
V. V. Bondareva ◽  
A. N. Sorokin ◽  
L. F. Nikolaychuk
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Original Structure ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Lower Volga

Plant communities with reed domination (Phragmites australis agg.) occupy the large areas in the Lower Volga Valley and especially in the river delta. We have set the task to reveal the diversity of these communities in the Lower Volga Valley. For this purpose, we applied the database that is registered in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD) under the EU-RU–002 index (http://www.givd.info/) and includes 14871 relevés made during the period from 1924 to 2013. Communities with the dominance of reed were defined as such, if the coverage of this plant was more than 50 %. We have found 375 such relevés in the database. At first, one basal community, 3 associations and 3 subassociations with domination of Phragmites australis agg. were distinguished in the Lower Volga Valley. All processing and analysis of relevés were performed using the software package JUICE 7.0. (Tichý, 2002). The «Cocktail» method was applied to establish the sociological groups that indicate environmental conditions (Bruelheide, 2000). The expert system for selection from the database of relevés by means of these groups was created. It is allowed us to ascribe relevés to earlier distinguished associations, subassociations and basal community. 171 relevés have been identified by the expert system and they were assigned to association, subassociation or the basal community. 204 relevés were not referred to any association, subassociation or the basal community. We wanted to answer the question: are there among these 204 relevés, which could be interpreted as the new syntaxa, giving them the proper ecological characteristics? For this purpose, the cluster analysis of 204 relevés has been carried out. The optimal level of clustering was determined by calculating the index of “crispness of classification” (Botta-Dukát et al., 2005). The greatest “crispness of classification” was reached at allocation of 13 clusters. Consideration of the floristic composition of allocated groups had shown that 11 of them were the transitional plant communities among the earlier established syntaxa. Only two clusters were differed in rather original structure that we could explain by the influence of environment factors. We have identified them as new associations Rubio tataricae-Phragmitetum australis and Cynancho acuti-Phragmitetum australis. All associations with the dominance of Phragmites australis agg. distinguished in the Lower Volga Valley were included in the alliance Phragmition communis Koch 1926, order Phragmitetalia communis Koch 1926. In literary sources from the ecological point of view these syntaxa are defined as the wetland communities, which are closely linked to water bodies (Šumberová et al., 2011; Ermakov, 2012). However, in many cases this definition does not correspond to the ecology of plant communities with the dominance of reed in the lower reaches of the Volga River. Ecotops of these communities are flooded for up to 2–3 months in a year and then they dry out. In the autumn, the ground water level can drop to a depth of one meter (Golub et al., 2011). The plant satellites of the reed here are often mesophytic plants such as Rubus caesius, Calamagrostis epigeios, Phalaris arundinacea, Rubia tatarica, Althaea officinalis, and Rumex stenophyllus. Therefore, the inclusion of phytocoenosises with domination of the reed in the lower reaches of the Volga River in the alliance Phragmition communis is rather relative. A correct placement of these plant communities in the system of vegetation syntaxa of the arid areas can be made only if it is based on original data obtained from much bigger territory than the Lower Volga Valley. In future geobotanical studies, it is desirable to divide the aggregation of Phragmites australis agg. into smaller species taxa.

Dependence of the duration of the embryonic period of development of the sevryuga (Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771) and the thorn (Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828) on the temperature regime of wintering of producers

Fisheries ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Eduard Vladimirovich Bubunets ◽  
Alexander Vladislavovich Labenets ◽  
Alexey Vasilevich Zhigin
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Regime ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Embryonic Period ◽  
Temperature Conditions ◽  
Acipenser Nudiventris ◽  
Acipenser Stellatus

The temperature conditions and the results of wintering of producers, incubation of caviar of sevryuga and thorn in farms on waste warm waters are considered. The studied indicators are compared with similar data obtained when keeping producers from natural populations in the lower reaches of the Volga River. In the considered species, with a shortened and comfortable "warm" wintering (for sevryuga at 5-11, thorn – 3-15°C), an increase in the duration of incubation up to a day or more was recorded in comparison with individuals from natural populations. The temperature regulations of wintering for producers, incubation and maintenance of free embryos are proposed.

Hydrological Regime of the Lower Volga River under Modern Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 646-654
Author(s):  
O. V. Gorelits ◽  
G. S. Ermakova ◽  
P. N. Terskii
Keyword(s):  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Lower Volga

scholarly journals Genetic monitoring of natural sturgeon spawning in the lower Volga for the period 2017-2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey Sergeev ◽  
Anna Barmintseva ◽  
Natalia Chavychalova ◽  
Maria Tolochkova ◽  
Nikolai Mugue
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Monitoring ◽  
Lower Volga

scholarly journals Initial stages of two Neolithisation models in the Lower Volga basin

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 161-166
Author(s):  
Alexander Vybornov
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Volga Basin ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Production Economy ◽  
Volga River Basin ◽  
Lower Volga

In this paper, two groups of ancient sites located in the Lower Volga River basin are analysed. The first group is linked to the emergence of the oldest pottery in this region, which is one of the most ancient in Europe. The presence of this feature of the ‘Neolithic package’ can be dated to the middle of the 7th millenium BC. A production economy is a particular feature of the second group of sites, which can be dated to the end of the 6th millenium BC. This is one of the earliest pieces of evidence of the existence of domesticated species in Eastern Europe. These two groups of sites show the initial stages of two Neolithisation models in the Lower Volga basin.

Mapping the flood-plain vegetation of the Lower Volga River

2000 ◽  
pp. 62-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. Novikova ◽  
I. S. Iljina ◽  
I. N. Safronova
Keyword(s):  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Flood Plain ◽  
Salix Alba ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Lower Volga ◽  
Elytrigia Repens ◽  
Mapping Units

In the paper the legend for 8 vegetation maps of key polygons s. 1 : 200 000, compiled by unified method, is given. The maps characterize the state of vegetation cover in different parts of the Lower Volga River (Volga-Akhtuba flood-plain and delta) in the late 90th. The Volga-Akhtuba flood-plain is well-divided into 2 morphogenetic types: the river-side flood-plain and the inner (central) one. Delta consists of numerous islands separated by channels and is subdivided into 3 parts: upper, middle and lower ones. At the mapping of flood-plain vegetation it is important to reveal the spatial variations in vegetation cover connected with regime of inundation, topography elevation, structure of surface, ground water table. The generalized legend to all maps is constructed according to ecological-dynamic principle reflecting the composition and structure of vegetation cover. Large divisions correspond to differentiation of vegetation at the level of main topographic types of territory: A. Vegetation of flood-plain, Б. Vegetation of delta. The divisions of the next rank are: I. Vegetation of river-side flood-plain and II. Vegetation of the inner flood- plain. Within the delta the following division are distinguished: 1. Forest-shrub- meadow and riparian-aquatic vegetation; 2. Desert vegetation. Mapping units proper (marked by numerical indices) characterize the phytocoenotical and floristic composition of vegetation as well as different patterns of its spatial structure and dynamics among the different elevation levels and forms of relief. Construction of Data Bases (DB) at mapping process has its specific features. Map organizes and differentiates the process of collecting information itself. The main instrument in this process is the map legend and the contents of mapping units. The botanical-cartographical DB suggests storing already synthesized and classified information, presented in form of mapping types of geobotanical polygons along with indices of environmental factors. The flood-plain vegetation of the Lower Volga River is represented by forests, shrub thickets, meadows, and aquatic-riparian Herbaceous communities. The forests are restricted mainly to the inner gentle ridges flood-plain. Oak forests (Quercus robur) are characteristic of only northern part of the Lower Volga River occuring between city of Volgograd and Kapustin Yar settlement. Willow forests (Salix alba) are spread throughout the all Lower Volga River (from Volgograd down to the Caspian Sea). They predominate in delta. In the middle part of delta the groves of Elaeagnus angustifolia appear. The channel-side natural levers of the lower seaward part of delta are occupied by forests of Salix alba. Shrubs thickets are less characteristic of these habitats; Tamarix ramosissima should be mentioned which appears south of 48°N in Volga- Akhtuba flood-plain in the limits of the Northern desert subzone. Forests of Populus nigra are wide-spread in the Volga-Akhtuba flood-plain from city of Volgograd southward up to Selitrennoye village. However they occupy habitats of middle topographical level. The same level in the river-side flood-plain and delta shrub thickets occupy. They are formed mainly by willows — Salix triandra, S. viminalis, S. acutifolia. Meadow vegetation predominate in the Lower Volga valley. Vegetation of high topographic level is formed by meadows of Calamagrostis epigeios, Bromopsis inermis, Elytrigia repens. Meadows of the middle topographic level are represented by grass-sedge communities. Meadows of the low topographic level are formed by communities of Carex acuta, Eleocharis spp., Elytrigia repens, Phragmites australis, Butomus umbellatus. The riparian-aquatic vegetation is formed by the communities of Phragmites australis, Typha spp., Scirpus lacustris, Phalaroiodes arundinacea, Butomus umbellatus, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Sparganium ramosum along the shores of water bodies and on the bottoms of depressions. Communities-indicators of soils with high salt content are characteristic of delta vegetation. On the overmoistened islands, free of water for a short time, with the surface salinification, the communities of Aeluropus spp., Crypsis aculeata, Bolboshoenus maritimus, Suaeda confusa, Salicornia europaea, Cynodon dactylon are spread.

Sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Lower Volga Region: problems and solutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Л.В. Боронина
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Drinking Water Supply ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Lower Volga Region ◽  
Lower Volga

Волга почти на всем протяжении от Твери до Астрахани является истощенным водоемом по качественному составу. По Нижневолжскому бассейну ресурс экологически чистой воды составляет не более 3% общих ресурсов поверхностных вод Астраханской области. В связи с этим в Астраханской области проблемы качества питьевой воды обусловлены загрязнением природной воды, неудовлетворительной очисткой ее на водопроводных станциях, вторичным загрязнением в разводящих сетях. Проведен анализ экологического состояния Нижней Волги, а также оценка его влияния на качество питьевого водоснабжения. Применяемые в Астраханской области технологии очистки воды для водоснабжения запроектированы и построены в 1960–70-е годы и не рассчитаны на грязевую нагрузку по качеству и количеству, значительно отличающуюся от современной ситуации. Проведен анализ работы водозаборных и водопроводных очистных сооружений, который показал, что они находятся в крайне неудовлетворительном техническом состоянии и морально устарели. Предложены пути решения вопросов по улучшению качества питьевого водоснабжения с учетом сложившейся кризисной экологической обстановки на Нижней Волге и мирового опыта. Almost along the entire length from Tver to Astrakhan, the Volga River has been a depleted water reservoir in terms of its qualitative composition. In the Lower Volga basin the resource of ecologically clean water is less than 3% of the total surface water resources of the Astrakhan Region. In this regard, drinking water quality problems in the Astrakhan Region have been caused by natural water pollution, poor water treatment at the waterworks, secondary pollution in the distribution networks. The ecological state of the Lower Volga has been analyzed, and its impact on the quality of drinking water supply has been estimated. The technologies of water purification used in the Astrakhan Region for water supply were designed and implemented in the 1960s–70s; they were not designed for the pollution load in terms of the quality and quantity significantly different from the current situation. An analysis of the operation of water intake and water treatment facilities was carried out that showed their extremely unsatisfactory technical condition and obsolescence. The ways of solving the problems of improving the quality of drinking water supply with account of the current critical ecological situation in the Lower Volga Region and world experience, are proposed.

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