Open AccessSpecies composition and quantitative distribution of seaweeds in the sublittoral zone and on the continental slope in the northwestern Japan Sea
Author(s) -
Кулепанов Владимир Николаевич,
Дробязин Евгений Николевич
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
izvestiâ tinro/izvestiâ tihookeanskogo naučno-issledovatelʹskogo rybohozâjstvennogo centra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5510
pISSN - 1606-9919
DOI - 10.26428/1606-9919-2018-195-151-160
Subject(s) - continental shelf , biomass (ecology) , chlorophyta , oceanography , algae , composition (language) , environmental science , geography , ecology , geology , biology , linguistics , philosophy
Species composition and quantitative distribution of seaweeds on the shelf and continental slope of Primorye in the northwestern Japan Sea (depth 20–750 m) are considered on the data of trawl surveys conducted in 2015–2016. In total, 26 seaweed species were found: 16 Rhodophyta, 7 Phaeophyta, 1 Chlorophyta, and 2 species of sea grass. Most of the species were found on the depth 700 m. There is supposed that the lowest limit of the phytal zone in the northwestern Japan Sea is located at the depth 50–100 m.