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Diversity, volume 14, issue 1, pages 11

Past, Current and Future of Fish Diversity in the Alakol Lakes (Central Asia: Kazakhstan)

Nadir Mamilov 1
Sayat Sharakhmetov 1, 2
Fariza Amirbekova 3
Dinara Bekkozhayeva 4
Nazym Sapargaliyeva 1
Gulnar Kegenova 1
Ainur Tanybayeva 1
Kanatbek Abilkasimov 5
3
 
LLP Fisheries Research and Production Center (FRPC), Almaty 050016, Kazakhstan
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Laboratory of Signal and Image Processing, Institute of Complex Systems, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, CENAKVA, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zámek 136, 373 33 Nové Hrady, Czech Republic
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Alakol State Nature Reserve, Kabanbay Batyr Street 32, Usharal 040200, Kazakhstan
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-12-26
Journal: Diversity
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
Q2
Impact factor2.4
ISSN14242818, 14242818, 27749649, 27750035
Ecology
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Ecological Modeling
Abstract

The aboriginal ichthyofauna of the Balkhash basin consists mainly of endemic fish species. By the end of the last century, indigenous fish species were driven out of Lake Balkhash and the Alakol Lakes remain the largest refuges of aboriginal fish fauna. Knowledge of regularities of the modern distribution of the indigenous fishes is crucial for biodiversity conservation as well as restoring aquatic ecosystems. The modern diversity of fish species was investigated there in this study. Significant changes for the indigenous and some alien fish distributions were revealed in contrast with earlier known data. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to study the relationships between habitat characteristics and species abundance. Water mineralization and maximal observed water temperatures were estimated as the main environmental variables in fish distribution at the local scale. Habitat change leads to fish fauna homogenization as a result of rare species extinction and alien penetration. Growing human population and poor water management make the future of the indigenous fishes unpredictable.

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Mamilov N. et al. Past, Current and Future of Fish Diversity in the Alakol Lakes (Central Asia: Kazakhstan) // Diversity. 2021. Vol. 14. No. 1. p. 11.
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Mamilov N., Sharakhmetov S., Amirbekova F., Bekkozhayeva D., Sapargaliyeva N., Kegenova G., Tanybayeva A., Abilkasimov K. Past, Current and Future of Fish Diversity in the Alakol Lakes (Central Asia: Kazakhstan) // Diversity. 2021. Vol. 14. No. 1. p. 11.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3390/d14010011
UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010011
TI - Past, Current and Future of Fish Diversity in the Alakol Lakes (Central Asia: Kazakhstan)
T2 - Diversity
AU - Mamilov, Nadir
AU - Amirbekova, Fariza
AU - Sapargaliyeva, Nazym
AU - Kegenova, Gulnar
AU - Tanybayeva, Ainur
AU - Abilkasimov, Kanatbek
AU - Sharakhmetov, Sayat
AU - Bekkozhayeva, Dinara
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/12/26 00:00:00
PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
SP - 11
IS - 1
VL - 14
SN - 1424-2818
SN - 1424-2818
SN - 2774-9649
SN - 2775-0035
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@article{2021_Mamilov,
author = {Nadir Mamilov and Fariza Amirbekova and Nazym Sapargaliyeva and Gulnar Kegenova and Ainur Tanybayeva and Kanatbek Abilkasimov and Sayat Sharakhmetov and Dinara Bekkozhayeva},
title = {Past, Current and Future of Fish Diversity in the Alakol Lakes (Central Asia: Kazakhstan)},
journal = {Diversity},
year = {2021},
volume = {14},
publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)},
month = {dec},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010011},
number = {1},
pages = {11},
doi = {10.3390/d14010011}
}
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Mamilov, Nadir, et al. “Past, Current and Future of Fish Diversity in the Alakol Lakes (Central Asia: Kazakhstan).” Diversity, vol. 14, no. 1, Dec. 2021, p. 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010011.
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