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The Cyanobacteria of the Intertidal Zone of the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea: Species Composition and Ecology

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This article presents the results of studies of the cyanobacteria from foulings of natural and anthropogenic substrates of the intertidal zone of the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea for the period from 2010 to 2019. Ninety-five cyanobacterial species from 46 genera, 20 families, and 6 orders were found; 22 species are given for the first time for the Barents Sea. A majority of cyanobacterial taxa belong to benthic species (70%), which live mainly on natural substrates. The species abundance decreases from the lower intertidal zone to the supralittoral. The proportion of planktonic and bento-planktonic species was 12% and 18%, respectively. Freshwater (44%), marine (37%), brackish-water (3%), and euryhaline (16%) species have been found in the intertidal zone of the bay. The study has revealed 27 indicator species; most of them were oligo- and oligo-betamezosaprobionts. The cyanobacteria of the Kola Bay were predominantly boreal-tropical-notal (26%), cosmopolitan (23%), and boreal (18%) species. Peaks of the number of species were recorded in the early spring (March) and autumn (October). Areas with increased anthropogenic pressure from seaport cities showed the lowest index of species similarity.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I express my gratitude to my teacher, Ph.D. M.I. Moskvina (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow), Dr. Biol. Sci, L.I. Ryabushko and colleagues (Federal Research Center Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, RAS, Sevastopol) and employees of the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of the Murmansk State Technical University for their help and valuable advice.

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The work was carried out within the framework of the State assignment assignment of the Federal Research Center Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of Southern Seas RAS (no. 121030300149-0) within the theme Research of the Mechanisms for Controlling Production Processes in Biotechnological Complexes in Order to Develop Scientific Foundations for Obtaining Biologically Active Substances and Technical Products of Marine Genesis.

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Miroshnichenko, E.S. The Cyanobacteria of the Intertidal Zone of the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea: Species Composition and Ecology. Russ J Mar Biol 47, 274–282 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074021040118

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