The Taxon of Molluscs in Epyphiton Marine Grass Zostera Sp. in the Kazachya Bay (the Black Sea)

M. V. Makarov

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

Abstract

The modern state of the one of main components of macrophyts epyphiton and all macrozoobenthos – molluscs in the epyphiton of Zostera in the Kazachiya Bay (the Black Sea) was estimated and compared with the similar data at 1970 – 1971. The reduce of abundance and biomass of Mollusca on Zostera sp. and change of dominated species was shown. In addition, microdistribution of molluscs at depths, it trophic structure, seasonal dynamics of species composition, abundance and biomass Gastropoda were studied.

Keywords

Epyphiton zostera, taxon molluscs, seasonal dynamics, many years change, distribution, structure

DOI

10.22449/2413-5577-2018-3-92-97

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