Section

Ecology

Title

QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS OF MACROPHYTOBENTHOS AS CRITERIA FOR VALIDATION OF WATER AREAS NATURE CONSERVATION VALUE (THE SEVASTOPOL REGION)

Сontributors

T. V. Pankeeva, Ph. D. (Geography), researcher at Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research, the Russian Academy of Sciences;

N. V. Mironova, Ph. D. (Biology), Senior Researcher at Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research, the Russian Academy of Sciences;

S.A. Kovardakov, Ph. D. (Biology), Senior Researcher at Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research, the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The criteria have been developed to justify nature conservation value of water areas, based on quantitative indicators of macrophytobenthos and its self-purification potential. Rating scales for five criteria (in the five-point system) have been established. The expert evaluation in grades for the stock of macrophytes biomass, the key species of algae and specific rates of nitrogen and phosphorus assimilation from water by macrophytobenthos have been conducted for the pro-tected areas of the Sevastopol Region. It was found that the areas' nature protection value does not correspond to their current conservation status. The obtained results can be used for the optimization of the ecological network of the coastal zone in the Sevastopol Region.

Keywords

the Black Sea, seaweeds phytomasses stock, self-purification potential of seaweeds, marine protected areas.

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