Free-living marine nematodes of the coastal zone area near the Snake Island of the Ukrainian shelf of the Black Sea
Kulakova, I.I.; Vorobyova, L.V. (2019). Free-living marine nematodes of the coastal zone area near the Snake Island of the Ukrainian shelf of the Black Sea. Scientific Papers of TNPU. Series: Biology 75(1): 13-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.25128/2078-2357.19.1.2
In: Наукові записки ТНПУ Серія:Біологія = Scientific Papers Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University Series: Biology. Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. ISSN 2078-2357, more
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Nematoda [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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free-living marine nematodes, meiobenthos, Black Sea, Ukrainian shelf, Snake Island |
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- Kulakova, I.I.
- Vorobyova, L.V.
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| Abstract |
The species diversity, quantitative parameters and spatial distribution of the free-living marine nematodes in the meiobenthic community of the coastal zone area near the Snake Island, Black Sea, Ukraine shelf, have been studied for the first time. In total of 47 species from 5 orders, 14 families and 31 genera were registered. The representatives of orders Monhysterida and Enoplida were most abundant. The results of the comparative analysis of nematode assemblage in dependence of the substrate type are described. The percentage of nematodes in total meiobenthos in piers fouling consisted of 16% only, but on silt bottoms it reached 60.8%. The species diversity also increases on silt bottoms. Four nematode species are registered in piers fouling, but 36 on silts. The omnivores-carnivores consisted of 50% of the nematode assemblage in piers fouling. On silts, the percentage of non-selective deposit feeders reached 47%, but epistrate feeders decreased up to 14%. |
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