Fauna of ciliates of inside water bodies of Samarskaya Luka

Results of ciliates' fauna investigations of different type freshwater reservoirs on the territory Samarskay Luka have been submitted for the first time. The list of 258 species of ciliates have been given from which 81 have not occured in Saratov' reservoir and 64 are new for Volga basin. Sizes of ciliates and individual weights of species and some environmental characteristics have been given. The received data allow to consider that inside freshwater water bodies of Samarskaya Luka are unique and original.