Contents

Biology Bulletin

Vol. 43, No. 10, 2016

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Biology Bulletin ISSN 1062-3590.

Genetic Markers in Studies on Dreissenides (Dreissenidae, Bivalvia)

I. S. Voroshilova p. 1301  abstract

Underyearlings of Dreissenid Mussels (Dreissenidae, Bivalvia) in the Phytophylic Communities in the Mouth Area of the Rybinsk Reservoir Tributary

N. N. Zhgareva p. 1308  abstract

Veliger Larvae of Dreissenids (Bivalvia, Dreissenidae) in the Plankton Foodweb of Rybinsk Reservoir

V. I. Lazareva, A. I. Kopylov, E. A. Sokolova and E. G. Pryanichnikova p. 1313  abstract

Dreissenid Species (Mollusca, Dreissenidae) in the Upper Volga Reservoirs

E. G. Pryanichnikova p. 1322  abstract

Perennial Dynamics of Dreissenid (Dressenidae, Bivalvia) Populations and Communities in the Benthos and Periphyton of the Cooling Pond of the Chernobyl NPP

A. A. Silayeva, A. A. Protasov and I. A. Morozovskaya p. 1327  abstract

Changes in the Population of Forest and Dendrophilous Birds of the Clay Semidesert in the Volga–Ural Interfluve over Sixty Years

A. V. Bykov and O. A. Bukhareva p. 1334  abstract

Gibel Carp Carassius auratus (Cyprinidae, Actinopterygii) in Flowing Water Bodies of the Don River Basin and the Lower Volga River Basin

D. A. Vekhov p. 1341  abstract

Ecologocenotical Characteristics of the Herbaceous Cover along the Highways of Nizhny Novgorod

D. B. Zhestkova and I. P. Uromova p. 1346  abstract

Structural and Functional Characteristics of the Bacterioplankton of Rivers Flowing through a Large City (Cherepovets, Upper Volga Region)

A. I. Kopylov, T. V. Ievleva, A. V. Romanenko and E. A. Zabotkina p. 1350  abstract

Nesting of the Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus Linnaeus, 1758) (Sylviidae, Aves) in Natural and Urban Habitats of Karelia

M. V. Matantseva, S. A. Simonov and N. V. Lapshin p. 1357  abstract

Peculiarities of the Zooperiphyton Succession in Beaver Ponds of a Small River

I. A. Skal’skaya p. 1365  abstract

Dynamics of Vegetation in the Volga–Akhtuba Floodplain (by the Example of a Transect near the Settlement of Bolkhuny)

V. V. Bondareva and V. B. Golub p. 1370  abstract

Structural Dynamics of the Breeding Population of Larks (Alaudidae, Aves) in the Semidesert of the Saratov Trans-Volga Region

M. L. Oparin, I. A. Kondratenkov, M. V. Konyushkova, O. S. Oparina, A. B. Mamaev, I. A. Trofimov and L. S. Trofimova p. 1377  abstract

Radionuclide Accumulation in Mushrooms over the Territory of Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park

A. N. Pelgunov and L. A. Pelgunova p. 1389  abstract

Climate Changes and Virgin Vegetation Dynamics in the Northern Caspian Lowland

M. K. Sapanov and M. L. Sizemskaya p. 1393  abstract

Importance of the Ratios of the Forms of Nutrients for Assessment of the Modern State of Rybinsk Reservoir

I. E. Stepanova and E. M. Bikbulatova p. 1401  abstract

The American Mink Neovison vison Schreber, 1777 (Carnivora, Mustelidae) in the Floodplain and Right-Shore Ecosystems of the Volgograd Water Reservoir: Seasonal Changes in Its Spatial Structure, Feeding, and Temporal Activity

A. O. Filip’echev, A. V. Belyachenko and A. A. Savonin p. 1407  abstract

The Specific Assemblage Structure of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in Floodplain Forests of the Western Part of Saratov Oblast

V. P. Gorshkova and A. N. Volodchenko p. 1416  abstract

Composition and Distribution of Sibling Species of Chironomus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Chironomidae) in Curonian Lagoon of the Baltic Sea

M. F. Markiyanova p. 1422  abstract

Abundance Dynamics of the Trans-Volga Great Bustard (Otididae, Aves) Population

O. S. Oparina, I. A. Kondratenkov, M. L. Oparin, A. B. Mamaev and L. S. Trofimova p. 1428  abstract

Transformation of Plant Cover on the Territory of the Tytkesken’-2 Settlement (Altai Mountains) from the Fourth Century BC to the Present Day according to Paleobotanical Data

M. Yu. Solomonova, M. M. Silant’eva and K. Yu. Kiryushin p. 1434  abstract

Brief Communications

Ecology of the Little-Known Ant Species Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Bogdinsko–Baskunchakskii State Nature Reserve

K. A. Grebennikov and V. V. Anikin p. 1440  abstract