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New data on the present-day state of planktonic and benthic communities in the Sea of Azov were obtained during an expedition organized in 1997 and 1998. The analysis of their species composition and quantitative indices of biomass and abundance revealed two obvious tendencies in the structural dynamics of biocenoses. The first is directly produced by disturbances of the environment under anthropogenic impact, and the second reflects the effect of global natural factors.
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Makarevich, P.R., Lyubin, P.A. & Larionov, V.V. Basic Tendencies in the Structural Dynamics of Phytoplanktonic and Benthic Communities in the Sea of Azov. Russian Journal of Ecology 31, 411–414 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026643926725
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