Coralline algal rhodoliths form extensive benthic communities in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Pacific Panama
Published in Coral Reefs
Effect of climatic changes on the zoobenthos of the Barents Sea (on the example of several abundant species)
Published in Doklady Biological Sciences
Using a Sediment Quality Triad Approach to Evaluate Benthic Toxicity in the Lower Hackensack River, New Jersey
Published in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
A Sediment Quality Triad (SQT) study consisting of chemical characterization in sediment, sediment toxicity and bioaccumulation testing, and benthic community assessments was performed in the Lower Hackensack River, New Jersey. Chemistry data in sediment and porewater were evaluated based on the equilibrium partitioning approach and other published...
Benthic community response to petroleum-associated components in Arctic versus temperate marine sediments
Published in Marine Biology
We assessed the effects of crude oil and drill cuttings on sediment oxygen demand (SOD) of marine benthic communities from Arctic (Barents Sea) and temperate (Oslofjord) areas of the Norwegian continental shelf. Field-collected cores in both areas were subjected to three different treatments: two concentrations of hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments...
Multidecadal stability of benthic community structure in a high-Arctic glacial fjord (van Mijenfjord, Spitsbergen)
Published in Polar Biology
Long-term change in benthic community structure may have significant impact on ecosystem functions. Accelerating climate change and increased human activity in the Arctic suggest that benthic communities in this region may be expected to exhibit change over time scales coinciding with these potential stressors. In 2000 and 2001, we resampled the so...
Features of the soft-bottom subtidal macrobenthos in Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam, South China Sea)
Published in Oceanology
General characteristics of macrobenthos of the muddy sediments of the subtidal (19–24 m) zone in Nha Trang Bay (South Vietnam) were described based on the survey performed in April–May 2002. The mean abundance of organisms was 637 ind/m2 and the mean biomass was 2.3 g/m2. Sixty-seven macrobenthic species were found during the study. The main struct...
Medium-term impacts of hydraulic clam dredgers on a macrobenthic community of the Adriatic Sea (Italy)
Published in Marine Biology
Hydraulic dredging targeting the bivalve Chamelea gallina in the northern and central Adriatic Sea has been taking place for over 30 years. In the period 2000–2001, 73 commercial dredgers harvested the resource within the sandy coastal area of the Ancona Maritime District (central Adriatic Sea). Despite this, no study aimed at investigating the imp...
Marine benthic cyanobacteria overgrow coral reef organisms
Published in Coral Reefs
Macrofaunal shallow benthic communities along a discontinuous annual cycle at Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarct...
Published in Polar Biology
Temporal variations in composition and density of the benthic macrofauna at two stations (12 and 25 m depth) were studied in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. Samples where carried out using an van Veen sampler between March and December 1999 (winter) and December 2000 and March 2001 (summer), comprising a discontinuous annual cycle. S...
Consortia in Aquatic Ecosystems of the Transbaikalia
Published in Biology Bulletin
A survey in the basin of the Khilok River (a right tributary of the Selenga River) in 1999–2002 allowed us to reveal and describe the consortia of cyanobacteria Stratonostoc linckia f. linckia and Stratonostoc verrucosum, green alga Cladophora aegagropila, stonewort Nitella opaca, water moss Fontinalis sp., and duckweed Lemna trisulca. The relation...
