The characteristics of zooplankton of the Sheksna Reservoir are presented for years with different water abundance and weather
conditions. Zooplankton of Lake Beloe (Belozerskii Pool of the Sheksna Reservoir) is shown to retain the characteristics of
a limnetic community, which was typical of the lake before the onset of Sheksna runoff regulation, with a predominance of
crustacean biomass.
Original Russian Text © I.K. Riv’er, A.S. Litvinov, 2006, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2006, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 615–629.