Oleg N. Artaev

Papanin Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences

Spirlins of the genus Alburnoides are widespread fishes, which taxonomy has been rapidly developing in recent years. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) was used as DNA barcode marker to create a reference dataset of Caucasian Alburnoides and to test its barcoding efficiency. All four previously known Caucasian species of Alburnoides...

Exostoma oschanini, presently treated as a junior synonym of Glyptosternon reticulatum, is revalidated within Glyptosternon based on a phylogenetic analysis of the CO1 gene and morphological characters. Glyptosternon oschanini is known to occur in tributaries of the Syr Darya River in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and may also occur in the Amu Darya Ri...

Azerbaijani Spring Roach Pseudophoxinus atropatenus is critically endangered Caucasian endemic species with very narrow range. This species belong to the evolutionary lineage of pseudo-minnows that inhabits the freshwaters of the Mediterranean basin. The Azerbaijani Spring Roach, the only species inhabiting Transcaucasus, is considered to be a Mioc...

We investigated the distribution of mitochondrial lineages of two species-the common roach Rutilus rutilus and Ponto-Caspian roach R. lacustris-in the broadest zone of their secondary contact, the Volga basin. For the purpose of species identification, we applied the approach of multiplex PCR based on species-specific divergences in sequences of th...

В монографии обобщены литературные сведения и результаты собственных исследований по ихтиофауне Мокшанского бассейна, проведенные с 2001 по 2015 годы. Приведено физико-географические описание бассейна в целом, а также отдельных рек и водоемов. Сделано описание рыбного населения рек и водоемов, выполнен его анализ. Даны видовые очерки, суммирующие в...

Climate change can have a significant impact on the Earth’s ecosystems. Invasive species will respond to climate change, and their responses will have ecological and economic implications. Habitat suitability models (HSMs) are some of the most important tools currently available for assessing the potential impacts of climate change on species. The...

Protected areas are unique ecosystems that are minimally affected by anthropogenic activities. Therefore, in many cases, they are refugia and relevance of faunistic research is undeniable here. A simple method of catching insects, such as trapping with the help of fermental traps, was used in this area for the first time. The authors of the dataset...

(1) Background: The conservation of entomofauna in individual macroregions requires efforts to study the distribution and abundance of insects. For this purpose, databases are created that enumerate this information. Such databases, with the processing of significant factual material, make it possible to objectively assess the status of a species a...

(1) Background: Coleoptera is one of the most diverse insect lineages. The beetle species live in many ecosystems around the globe and their roles in ecosystems are very diverse; thus, it is important to know the local and regional fauna varieties, especially for protected areas, such as nature reserves and national parks. (2) Methods: The material...

Monitoring Coleoptera diversity in protected areas is part of the global ecological monitoring of the state of ecosystems. The purpose of this research is to describe the biodiversity of Coleoptera studied with the help of baits based on fermented substrate in the European part of Russia (Smolny National Park). The research was conducted April–Augu...

(1) Background: Coleoptera is one of the most diverse insect lineages. Coleoptera species live in many ecosystems around the globe and their role in ecosystems is very diverse. To study the number and distribution of species, lists of species were compiled and then added into the database generation platforms. The aim of the work was to describe th...

Dataset contains information on fish occurrences in the Kama River Basin (Russian Federation). The Kama River is the largest tributary (1805 km) of the Volga River and is geographically often considered the main river due to the larger volume of water at their confluence. Dataset is based on our own field studies conducted during 2008-2021. It incl...

(1) Background: Protected areas are “hotspots” of biodiversity in many countries. In such areas, ecological systems are preserved in their natural state, which allows them to protect animal populations. In several protected areas, the Coleoptera biodiversity is studied as an integral part of the ecological monitoring of the ecosystem state. This st...

Background This publication describes a dataset containing information on 1328 occurrences of fishes in the Kuban River Basin, the longest river of Northern Caucasus and representing its own freshwater ecoregion (428 Kuban Ecoregion). All observations have precise geo-referencing with the names of water bodies (rivers, lakes etc.). The dataset is b...

Protected areas are organised in different climatic zones, which usually include typical ecosystems characteristic of certain climatic zones. In most cases, protected areas are biodiversity hotspots. These areas are benchmarks in terms of nature conservation and to determine their biological diversity is becoming an important task. It is important...

Background: Faunistic research in protected areas is of greatest interest since these are the most unique places in the region. Many of these are islands of minimal anthropogenic impact, such as the Mordovia State Nature Reserve (Russian Federation), founded in 1936. The purpose of the publication of the basis of faunistic research - occurrences o...

Knowledge about the distribution of living organisms on Earth is very important for many areas of biological science and understanding of the surrounding world. However, much of the existing distributional data are scattered throughout a multitude of sources, such as taxonomic publications, checklists and natural history collections and often, brin...

In ichthyological publications from both Russia as a whole, and from the study region, lack of data indicating the actual results of observations in a specific place all result in publication of a generalised analysis. Although our publications contain such data, they are, however, not convenient for users performing global analysis. The main purpo...

The thermoadaptive characteristics of the lake minnow Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1814) have been obtained for the first time in experimental conditions. The final preferred temperature in adult fish previously acclimated to a water temperature of 15°С is ~23°С. The sublethal temperature, as determined by a critical thermal maximum at a water...

Alburnoides holciki was described from the Hari River basin, which was the only basin it was known from. Populations from the Amu Darya basin were previously recognized as A. eichwaldii or Alburnoides sp. Our study recognized specimens of Alburnoides from the Amu Darya basin as A. holciki based on morphological data and the COI barcode gene. The po...

In 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014–2016, fauna of Ground beetles have been investigated in Saransk (Republic of Mordovia, Russia). According to our data and literature, it is presented by 154 species from ten subfamilies. Of them, two species (Bembidion minimum (Fabricius, 1792) и Acupalpus elegans (Dejean, 1829)) are new for the Republic of Mordovia....

The results of an 11-year study of the ichthyofauna in the Moksha River (central part of European Russia) are described here. Thirty-seven species were recorded, including 34 present in rivers and 26 in lake systems. Relative abundance and the occurrence of fish species from different types of water bodies are provided and the diversity of the icht...

In this paper we analyze the prevalence of the carps in various types of waters and their number during the catches. The fish species composition was also analyzed. It was shown that C. gibelio more often occurs in all types of water basins except turfy ponds in which the fish occurs as frequent as C. carassius. During the catches C. gibelio is pre...

This article presents the specific structure and distribution of the bats made in the territory of the Republic of Mordovia (center of European part of Russia) from the first half of the 20th century to the present. Occurence, relative abundance and patterns of distribution are briefly assessed for rare species. On this base, recommendations for in...

The data on a finding of the topmouth gudgeon in an irrigation canal of the Kodori River in the Republic of Abkhazia in August of 2015 are presented.

Five species of the family Scoliidae are currently observed in the Middle Volga region: Colpa quinquecincta (Fabricius, 1793), Scolia hirta (Schrank, 1781), S. galbula (Pallas, 1771), S. sexmaculata (O.F. Muller, 1766), and Megascolia maculata (Drury, 1773). The largest number of findings has been made since the 2000s, suggesting that the scoliid w...

As a result of inventory of flora, fauna, Protected Areas Network of the Republic of Mordovia and of maintenance of the regional Red Book (2004-2015), the most preserved natural areas of Mordovia had been revealed. Main result of this is the list of botanical, zoological, hydrological, geological and complex natural objects recommended for inclusio...

Results of the long-term analysis of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) and its settlements in the Pushta River basin and Moksha River floodplain lakes in the southeastern part of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve during the period of 1940–2013 are described. The numbers of beaver settlements and animals living there 73 years after they were reintr...

Paper presents materials of comprehensive research (physical-geographical characteristics, plant cover, ichtyofauna) of Kryachek (Kryazh) Lake and of three worked-out bogs (Stanovoe, Lebyazhye and unnamed in 2 km to east of the Lyakhovka village) located near this lake. At present, all investigated water bodies are lakes with a more or less develop...

This is printed table which presents dynamics of new waypoints adding to the Database of distribution of plants and fungi.

В результате промеров глубин эхолотом с GPS навигатором, созданы модели котловин озёр, расположенных в окрестностях пос. Мухтолово Ардатовского района Нижегородской области (Большое, Нуксенское, Чарское, Комсомольское и Черное). Определены морфометрические параметры озёр, построены батиграфические и объёмные кривые. Все изученные озёра имеют карсто...

The analysis of frequency and distribution and, in certain cases, numbers of fishes including in the Red Data Book of Mordovia (2005) for nine-year period after their edition is given. Recommendations on change of status, exception and inclusion of new species in the Book are given.

The manual contains modern techniques of field zoological researches of various groups of animals – from hydrobionts to land vertebrate animals. The specialists zoologists studying this or that group of animals and approving these methods in field conditions took part in writing of a grant. Besides the traditional methods described in many sources,...

New faunistic records, habitat preferences and abundance of Argiope bruennichi (Scopo-li, 1772) in Mordovia and adjacent territories of Russia are provided.

Paper presents data of results of 5-years work of maintenance database of distribution of plants and fungi. At the end of 2012 year, total number of waypoints and species within database were 2024 and 426 respectively.

Paper contains description of unique cave-in lake in East of Ryazan region (Central Russia). Data on species composition of ichthyofauna and flora of vascular plants are presented.

It is shown that at the present time 39 species of fish inhabit the middle and lower reaches of the river Sura. After the construction of cascade of HPS on the Volga River and the river pollution a num-ber of species disappeared from the fauna of the river. These include the Caspian lamprey Caspiomyzon wagneri, black backed shad Alosa kessleri, Rus...

Two species of minnows (Gobio gobio, Romanogobio albipinnatus) consume about some objects. The diet is dominated by chironomid larvae, which in the common minnow more unlike other species. Different types of active search for food, which in G. gobio have mostly to the morning hours, while R. albipinnatus - one peak of activity shifted to the daytim...

Two similar species of minnows (Romanogobio albipinnatus, Gobio gobio) in rivers live together. But the first species is found only in large rivers, and the second occurs in the rivers of all sizes. When cohabitation at one time the number of one species is much higher than the number of another, but during a long time their number have a little di...

Literary and original data on the distribution of Ukrainian lamprey ( Eudontomyzon mariae) in the north-eastern part of the species range from 104 localities are reported. Hypotheses of the species spread to the Volga Basin are discussed.

The degree of dominance of bleak and dace in different types of water systems of Moksha Basin is considered. Bleak and dace inhabit the rivers of different sizes. As the enlargement of the river the degree of dominance of the two species increases, but the rate of increase of this index in bleak much higher than that of dace. Among the various type...

Before the beginning of XX century in the Sura-river basin 36 fish species (including 4 continuous) were reliably encountered. From 1900 to 1960 species diversity increased up to 39 species. At the same time began the invasion of species the first of which was Carassius auratus. After the cascade of hydropower stations on the Volga River had been b...

Data on records of rare and endangered plant species in Moksha river basin are presented. There are species included in Red Data Books of Penza Region, Ryazan Region, Tambov Region and Republic of Mordovia.

The article presents data on the rivers of the Moksha river basin. Main characteristics of watercourses, the dominant vegetation are given for each of the river.

Paper describes Torfyanoe Lake. It is the lake atypical for the Republic of Mordovia. This lake is a rare and unique object relatively to its geology and geomorphology.

Species composition of fishes was studied in rivers (capture sites) inhabited by the riffle minnow. In some localities, this species proved to occupy a leading position in the ichthyofauna, being obviously dominant. In small rivers, 16 species were caught together with it, including seven species regularly occurring in catches. The relative abundan...

According to published data (Naseka, 2001a, 2001b), the area of the whitefin gudgeon (Romanogo-bio albipinnatus) comprises basins of the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. However the data on its occurrence in particular water bodies and/or regions were highly fragmentary. Only recently, due to purposeful ichthyological investigations...

On the basis of analysis of our own and published data on the distribution of the riffle minnow Alburnoides bipunctatus rossicus in rivers of the Volga Basin, the eastern boundary of the range of this subspecies included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation is specified. It is shown that A. bipunctatus is widely distributed in the entire...