Forming of Hydrobiota of the River Systems in the Territory of Ukraine in View of History of Hydrographic Net
Journal: Hydrobiological Journal
Year: 2015

Paper deals with development of the river net of Ukraine in different geological periods. It was shown that there were historical preconditions for forming of the local combinations of the aquatic species, which arose in Pleistocene − Holocene due to belonging of the river systems to different ancient basins. Namely: Prypiat'−Dnieper combinations, peculiar for the Dnieper and Prypiat' Rivers and for the lower section of the Desna River; Ponto-Caspian−Dnieper combinations, peculiar for the middle