title: [Zoobenthos communities and their seasonal dynamics in nonfreezing springs of Baikal region].
abstract: The faunal composition, structure of the zoobenthos communities, and seasonal changes in two springs in the south of Irkutsk area are investigated. Both springs have the water temperature 4-5 degrees C all year round. The fauna consists of widely distributed hydrobionts, crenobionts, stygobionts, and near-water organisms. Arctic relicts and elements of the Lake Baikal fauna are found. In macroinvertebrate communities, chironomid larvae dominate (by abundance and biomass), as do oligochaetes (by abundance). The lowest quantitative parameters are recorded in autumn-winter, and the highest parameters, in spring (March-April). Then they abruptly decline owing to emergence of amphibiotic insects. The structure of spring communities has regional specificity. By biomass of macrozoobenthos, the springs are comparable with mesotrophic and even eutrophic lakes.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Takhteev
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Galimzianova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ambrosomova
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kravtsova
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rozhkova
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Okuneva
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Semernoĭ
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Pomazkova
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Lopatovskaia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005618:Fresh Water; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012800:Siberia