retracted: An Analytical Review of the Fishery Significance of Water Bodies in the Southern Regions of the Urals Federal District

This work presents a review of hydrobiological and fishery characteristics of a number of water bodies in three southern regions of the Urals Federal District (UFD) – Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan Oblasts. The ichthyofauna of this region is quite diverse, however, due to the huge number of small water bodies, it is rather difficult to carry out a comprehensive analysis. Up to now, numerous publications of large scientific groups have been devoted to the study of large water bodies of the region, such as the Tavda, Tura, Iset, Tobol and Miass, while information on small water bodies in open sources is very rare. This paper provides a comprehensive review of information on fish productivity of characteristic water bodies of the three southern regions of the UFD with an assessment of their hydrographic and hydrobiological characteristics, as well as a description of the biodiversity of the ichthyofauna of the region as a whole. Such large and small water bodies as rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs and ponds are briefly considered. Based on the analysis of literature data, general hydrographic and ichthyofauna characteristics of 122 water bodies by regions are given. General values of fish productivity of characteristic water bodies are presented.