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The Orava dam reservoir – an important site of aquatic molluscs in north-western Slovakia
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Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Regional Office Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area Administration, Mělník, Czech Republic
Submission date: 2021-03-03
Final revision date: 2021-04-09
Acceptance date: 2021-04-11
Online publication date: 2021-05-25
Publication date: 2021-06-04
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Luboš Beran
Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, Regional Office Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area Administration, Česká 149, CZ–276 01, Mělník, Czech Republic
Folia Malacol. 2021;29(2):111-116
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Mollusc assemblages of the Orava reservoir, the biggest dam reservoir in Slovakia, were studied in 2020. The reservoir, built in 1941–1953, is situated in north-western Slovakia. Sixteen aquatic mollusc species (13 gastropods, 3 bivalves) were recorded. Valvata piscinalis (O. F. Müller), Radix auricularia (Linnaeus) and Gyraulus parvus (Say) were the most frequent; they were recorded in more than ten sites each. Rich mollusc assemblages, composed mainly of gastropods, were found in sites with rich littoral vegetation of macrophytes. The bivalve diversity and abundance were very small, especially compared to the other studied dam reservoirs. The current results were compared with the previous surveys. The occurrence of Radix lagotis (Schrank) is its first reliable record in Slovakia. Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat), Aplexa hypnorum (Linnaeus), Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus), non-native Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray) and Physa acuta (Draparnaud) were recorded in this area for the first time and their sites are outside their known range in Slovakia.
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