PARASITOCENOSES OF FISH IN RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS OF THE RYAZAN REGION
The wide distribution of trematodes and other helminths with a complex biological cycle in the reservoirs of the Ryazan Region indicates an increase in the level of their eutrophication. We performed a complete helminthological study of the ide (25 copies), roach (21 copies), and perch (29 copies) according to K.I. Skryabin. Taking into account complex hydrological indicators (species composition of higher plants, microphytes, fauna of hydrobionts and their parasites), the Pra River is a dystrophic water body, the Pronya River is an eutrophic water body, and the Novomichurinsk Reservoir is a hypertrophic water body. Parasites of Pra River were represented by nine species, the Pronya River by four species, and the Novomichurinsky Reservoir by six species. Trematodes dominate in all reservoirs of the Ryazan Region. We found an endemic focus of opisthorchiasis in the Pra River where the infection of the ide with metacercarias Opisthorchis felineus reaches 38–50% with an invasion intensity of up to 70 specimens. A number of species of trematodes (Ichthyocotylurus spp., Paracoenogonimus ovatus, Diplostomum spp., Posthodiplostomum spp., Tylodelphys clavata) and cestodes (Ligula intestinalis) should be considered as indicators for assessing an increase in concentration of dissolved biogenic substances in the water bodies. There is a direct correlation between the infection of fish with the above species of trematodes and cestodes (tapeworms) being indicators of the invasion intensity and the degree of eutrophication of the reservoirs.