Perennial dynamics of dreissenid (Dressenidae, Bivalvia) populations and communities in the benthos and periphyton of the cooling pond of the Chernobyl NPP

Abstract

This article presents results of long-term studies of the communities of Zebra mussel and Quagga mussel in the cooling pond of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Ukraine). The peculiarities of the sequential invasion of these two species and the formation of consortium-type communities by them are considered.