Phytomass and photosynthetically active radiation distribution in the Zostera noltii Hornemann canopy in shallow water (the Black Sea)

Author(s):  
Alexandr V. Prazukin ◽  
Alexandr A. Latushkin ◽  
Yury K. Firsov ◽  
Anna A. Chepyzhenko
Author(s):  
Александр Васильевич Празукин ◽  
Юрий Константинович Фирсов ◽  
Александр Александрович Латушкин ◽  
Анна Алексеевна Чепыженко

Морские травы экологически важны, но чрезвычайно уязвимы перед антропогенными изменениями в прибрежных зонах, которые влияют на доступность света в этих экосистемах. При разной высоте Солнца над горизонтом в зондирующем режиме проводилось одновременное измерение значений температуры воды и интенсивности фотосинтетически активной радиации (IPAR) по профилю полога Zostera noltii Hornemann (высота полога 32 см.) в мелководной части Казачьей бухты (г. Севастополь, Черное море, 44°57′26″ с.ш., 33°40′33″ в.д.). Для полога Z. noltii характерен одномодальный тип вертикального распределения биомассы с максимумом (65,7 г (сухой массы) / м2) в его нижней части. Рассматривается изменение температурной стратификации и распределения IPAR по профилю растительного полога Z. noltii в течение светового дня. Seagrass is environmentally significant but extremely vulnerable in coastal areas to anthropogenic changes, which affect light availability. Simultaneous measurements of water temperature and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) intensity in the sounding mode were taken at different solar elevation angles for the Zostera noltii Hornemann canopy (canopy height 32 cm) in shallow waters of the Cossack Bay (Sevastopol, the Black Sea, 44°57′26″ с.ш., 33°40′33″ в.д.). Z. noltii canopy is characterized by a unimodal type of biomass vertical distribution with its maximum (65,7 g (dry matter)/m2) in the lower part. Temperature stratification and IPAR distribution changes within the Z. noltii vegetation canopy profile during daylight hours are considered.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4329 (3) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
VICTOR SURUGIU ◽  
GUILLERMO SAN MARTÍN

During a study of fauna associated with a shallow-water Zostera (Zosterella) noltei bed from the southern part of the Romanian Black Sea coast, among the identified material collected in 2015, a syllid polychaete belonging to the subfamily Exogoninae, Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981, represents a new record for the Black Sea. Re-examination of available specimens previously identified as Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914 revealed that they belong to an unknown species, described herein as Sphaerosyllis pontica sp. nov. The new species is characterized by the median antenna inserted more posteriorly than the lateral antennae, dorsal cirri with bulbous bases and very short tips, shorter than the parapodial lobes, dorsal cirri absent on chaetiger 2, parapodial glands with fibrillar material from chaetiger 4 onwards, compound chaetae with short blades and smooth shafts, anterior parapodia with two aciculae each, one straight and one with bent tip. Descriptions of both species are provided together with a key to all Sphaerosyllis species known from the Black Sea.  


Author(s):  
J. Guillou ◽  
P. G. Sauriau

INTRODUCTIONVenus striatula (da Costa) (= Venus gallina L.) occurs in high densities in shallow water on a bottom of clean fine sand in the Bay of Douarnenez. The environmental conditions are characterized by an obvious sediment instability due to a high exposure to westerly swells (Guillou & Le Moal, 1978). This species is preferentially distributed in the fine sands (Petersen, 1913; Thorson, 1957), but is relatively tolerant towards certain ecological factors and so is sometimes found in very muddy sediments. It also shows an extended latitudinal range, since it is recorded from the Lofoten Islands to the Canaries, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Tebble, 1966).


Author(s):  
DENIS COPILAȘ-CIOCIANU ◽  
GAVRIL MARIUS BERCHI ◽  
LEVAN MUMLADZE

We present findings from the first survey of shallow-water amphipods conducted along the Black Sea coast in Georgia. Eight species from five families have been identified, all but one being new for the Georgian fauna. Although most are usual inhabitants of the Black and Mediterranean seas, we report the first record of the invader Melita nitida in this region. This North American species was previously known in Europe only from the Atlantic and Baltic coasts. Its finding in the Black Sea implies either jump dispersal, or a more widespread, but cryptic distribution. Given that the total number of species reported in Georgia is lower than in the other countries neighbouring the Black Sea, we anticipate the discovery of new taxa in future surveys. Our study highlights the importance of faunistic exploration in previously overlooked regions for detecting potentially cryptic invasions and corroborating biogeographical patterns.


2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
A. KORTCHEVA ◽  
G. KORTCHEV ◽  
J. M. LEFEVRE

In this paper the discrete spectral shallow water wave model named VAGBUHL1 is presented. This model is used for real-time Black Sea state forecasting. The model was verified against satellite ERS-2 altimeter wave height data.


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