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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea</journal-title>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20230109</article-id>
      
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Taxonomic Composition of Polychaete Worms in the Mussel-Oyster Farm Area (the Black Sea, Sevastopol)</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Lisitskaya</surname>
            <given-names>E. V.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>e.lisitskaya@gmail.com</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Boltachova</surname>
            <given-names>N. A.</given-names>
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          <email>nboltacheva@mail.ru</email>
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      <aff id="aff1">
        <institution>A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS</institution>
        <addr-line>Sevastopol</addr-line>
        <country country="RU">Russia</country>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-03-24" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>24</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2023</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>113</fpage>
      <lpage>123</lpage>

      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-07-28">
          <day>28</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2022</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd" iso-8601-date="2023-02-01">
          <day>01</day>
          <month>02</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-12-02">
          <day>02</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2023, E. V. Lisitskaya, N. A. Boltachova</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>E. V. Lisitskaya, N. A. Boltachova</copyright-holder>
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      <abstract>
        <p>Studies were conducted in 2015-2019 in the mussel and oyster farm area. Data were obtained on the species composition of polychaete worms in bottom sediments under the farm, in fouling of farm constructions, and in plankton at the larval stages of development. A total of 48 polychaete species belonging to 25 families were identified. At the same time 23 species were found on the bottom under the farm, 24 species were found in the fouling of mussel collectors and oyster cages, and larvae of 25 species of polychaete worms were found in plankton. In the benthos, Micronephthys longicornis dominated in terms of occurrence and abundance, while in mussel collectors and oyster cages, species of the family Nereididae (Nereis zonata, Platynereis dummelili, Alitta succinea) prevailed. The species composition of polychaete taxacone inhabiting the bottom under the farm and that in the fouling of the farm constructions differed significantly (the Czekanowski-Sorensen index was 0.26). In the benthos under the farm, 66 % of the species were deposit feeders by diet type, carnivores and omnivores were much fewer, whereas filter feeders were represented by only one species. Omnivores species dominated in the fouling (44 %), deposit feeders species were four times fewer, and filter feeders species were three times more than in the benthos. Hydroides dianthus (25 %) and Polydora websteri (67 %) found on and in mussel and oyster shells were highly abundant.</p>
      </abstract>

      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>Annelida</kwd>
        <kwd>macrozoobentos</kwd>
        <kwd>larvae</kwd>
        <kwd>Polychaete</kwd>
        <kwd>the Black Sea</kwd>
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      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>The work was performed under state assignment of the Federal Research Center of the IBSS on topic "Regularities of formation and anthropogenic transformation of biodiversity and bioresources of the Azov-Black Sea basin and other regions of the World Ocean" (registration no. 121030100028-0) and "Research of control mechanisms of production processes in biotechnological complexes for the purpose of development of scientific bases of obtaining biologically active substances and technical products of marine genesis" (registration no. 121030300149-0).</funding-statement>
      </funding-group>

      <author-notes>
        <p><bold>About the authors:</bold></p>
        <p><bold>Elena V. Lisitskaya</bold>, Senior Research Associate, A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS (2 Nakhimov Av., Sevastopol, 299011, Russian Federation), Ph.D. (Biol.), <bold>ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8219-4616</bold>, <bold>Scopus Author ID: 6504112143</bold>, <bold>ResearcherID: T-1970-2017</bold>, <email>e.lisitskaya@gmail.com</email></p>
        <p><bold>Natalya A. Boltachova</bold>, Leading Research Associate, A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS (2 Nakhimov Av., Sevastopol, 299011, Russian Federation), Ph.D. (Biol.), <bold>ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0618-1992</bold>, <bold>Scopus Author ID: 36149089700</bold>, <email>nboltacheva@mail.ru</email></p>
        <p><bold>Contribution of the authors:</bold></p>
        <p><bold>Elena V. Lisitskaya</bold> – statement of the research problem, analysis of the composition and abundance of polychaete worms in the fouling and plankton, formation of the article</p>
        <p><bold>Natalya A. Boltachova</bold> – analysis of the composition and abundance of polychaete worms in the bentos, preparation of graphic materials, editing of the manuscript</p>
        <p><italic>All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.</italic></p>
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