%0 Journal Article %A Zorina-Sakharova, K. Ye. %A Lyashenko, A. V. %D 2020 %I Begell House %K species-invaders, faunistic complexes, the Kiliya delta of the Danube River %N 3 %P 46-61 %R 10.1615/HydrobJ.v56.i3.40 %T Macroinvertebrates-Invaders in the Kiliya Delta of the Danube River %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,0dcb042f6f5f95d0,47b0f3c53d537ec0.html %V 56 %X On the whole, 17 species of macroinvertebrates of alien faunistic complexes subdivided into the denizen (11) and occasional (6) species-invaders were found in the Kiliya delta of the Danube River during 100 years of investigations. It has been found that in recent decades the number of species-invaders increased by a factor of 2.4 primarily at the expense of the development of representatives of the Sino-Indian faunistic complex, which can be considered as the consequence of climatic changes in the region. The first species-invaders were registered in the front part of the delta - in the zone with a high dynamics of hydrochemical, hydrological, and hydromorphological processes resulting in the formation of free ecological niches. %8 2020-05-26