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Invertebrates in the trophic webs of the white sea near-shore ecosystem (using the example of Gryaznaya Inlet)

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In the food clods of the mass species of macrobenthos of the Gryaznaya Inlet, nonstructured matter plays a great role. We identify this matter as derivates from plant tissues, which are the products of their external metabolism and degradation, with associated microorganisms. This way, the near-shore community considered is supported by a detrital trophic web. This feature distinguishes it from the similar community of the near-Atlantic waters that is based on a pasture web, at least as far as the bivalve mass species are concerned. The groups of the near-shore species of Gryaznaya Inlet separated by a cluster analysis are identified as consortia, combined by the biogeochemical conditions (edifice factor), which can hardly be analyzed at present.

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    T. A. Bek, I. V. Burkovsky, A. P. Stolyarov & M. Yu. Kolobov

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Original Russian Text © T.A. Bek, I.V. Burkovsky, A.P. Stolyarov, M.Yu. Kolobov, 2006, published in Okeanologiya, 2006, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 69–77.

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Bek, T.A., Burkovsky, I.V., Stolyarov, A.P. et al. Invertebrates in the trophic webs of the white sea near-shore ecosystem (using the example of Gryaznaya Inlet). Oceanology 46, 63–70 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437006010085

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