Aquatic Invertebrate Fauna in a Pulp and Paper Industry Impacted River

M. A. Baturina from the Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre compiled this dataset on aquatic invertebrates in the Vychegda River. It includes 8,720 occurrence records for zooplankton and zoobenthos taxa, covering 23 taxonomic groups of zoobenthos and 152 lower-rank taxa for model groups like Oligochaeta and Mollusca. The data focuses on the river zone impacted by pulp and paper industry wastewaters.

Use Cases

• Assessing industrial impact on freshwater biodiversity based on invertebrate occurrence data.
• Modeling taxonomic richness and community structure in a polluted river environment.
• Conducting comparative bioassessment studies using zooplankton and zoobenthos as indicators.
• Analyzing the distribution of specific model groups like Oligochaeta or Ephemeroptera in relation to pollution.

Strengths

• Contains 8,720 specific occurrence records, providing a substantial observational base.
• Documents 23 taxonomic groups of zoobenthos and 152 lower-rank taxa for key model groups.
• Includes 120 taxa (species, subspecies) of zooplankton, offering detailed taxonomic resolution for that component.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre

Collection Method

Field collection of aquatic invertebrates (zooplankton and zoobenthos) from the Vychegda River.

Geography

Vychegda River in the Northern Dvina basin, Komi Republic, Russia.