Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Long-Term Dynamics of the Structure of the Community of Phyllospadix iwatensis Makino, 1931 (Alismatales: Zosteraceae) in the Intertidal Zone of the Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island, Kurile Islands)

  • ORIGINAL PAPERS
  • Published:
Russian Journal of Marine Biology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Long-term variations in the structure of the Phyllospadix iwatensis community in the intertidal zone of Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island, Kuril Islands) under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors were described based on the materials of the research expeditions of 1987, 1997, and 2013 with additions of literature data for 1949, 1955, and 1963. Throughout the entire period of study, the following associated macrobenthos species were recorded always in the Ph. iwatensis community: the sponge Halichondria panicea, the sipunculid Phascolosoma agassizii, the isopod Idotea ochotensis, the hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii, and the gastropods Buccinum percrassum, Nucella heyseana, and Littorina sitkana. It was shown that the organic pollution of the bay induced an increase in the species richness and population density of associated species with a simultaneous reduction in the share of dominant species biomass. After an earthquake and the tectonic subsidence of the island, the species richness of the community was found to be reduced, while the biomass of the dominant species increased. The total biomass of the community increased throughout the study period. The degree of change in the ecological state of the Phyllospadix community in the intertidal zone of Krabovaya Bay was estimated by comparison of cumulative abundance/biomass curves.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Alimov, A.F., Vvedeniye v produktsionnuyu gidrobiologiyu (Introduction to Production Hydrobiology), Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat, 1989.

  2. Belogurova, L.S. and Zvyagintsev, A.Yu., Dynamic aspects of meio- and macrofauna of foulings under conditions of chronic anthropogenic pollution (Golden Horn Bay, Sea of Japan), Izv. Tikhookean. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2006, vol. 144, pp. 331–350.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Gulbin, V.V., Ivanova, M.B., and Kepel, A.A., Belt-forming groups of the island littoral of the Far Eastern State Marine Reserve, in Issledovaniya litorali Dal’nevostochnogo Gosudarstvennogo Morskogo zapovednika i sopredel’nyikh rayonov (Research of the Intertidal Zone of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve and Adjacent Areas), Vladivostok: Dal’nevost. Otd., Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1987, pp. 83–111.

  4. Gulbin, V.V., Arzamastsev, I.S., and Shulkin, V.M., Ecological monitoring of the water area of Port Vostochnyi (Wrangel Bay) in the Sea of Japan (1995–2002), Russ. J. Mar. Biol., 2003, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 284–295.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Ivanova, M.B. and Tsurpalo, A.P., Composition and distribution of macrobenthic communities in the intertidal zone of Putyatin Island (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan), Izv. Tikhookean. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2013, vol. 172, pp. 149–160.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Ivanova, M.B. and Tsurpalo, A.P., Phyllospadix iwatensis community in the intertidal zone of the Far Eastern seas of Russia, Izv. Tikhookean. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2017, vol. 188, no. 1, pp. 173–180.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Ivashchenko, A.I., Gusyakov, V.K., Dzhumagaliev, V.A., et al., The Shikotan tsunami of October 5, 1994, Dokl. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1996, vol. 348, no. 4, pp. 532–538.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Kusakin, O.G., Intertidal zone of the Southern Kuril Islands and its fauna and flora, Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Biol.) Dissertation, Leningrad State Univ., Leningrad, 1958.

  9. Kusakin, O.G., Seasonal changes in the intertidal zone of the southern Kuril Islands, Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Ser. Biol., 1958, vol. 3, pp. 116–130.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Kusakin, O.G., Some patterns of distribution of fauna and flora in the intertidal zone of the southern Kuril Islands, Issled. Dal’nevost. morey SSSR (Studies of the Far Eastern Seas of the USSR), 1961, vol. 7, pp. 312–343.

  11. Kusakin, O.G., Some features of the population of the intertidal zone of the Kuril Islands, Ref. Sci. Pap., Institute of Marine Biology, Dal’nevost. Nauchn. Filial Sib. Otd., Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1969, no. 1, pp. 101–104.

  12. Kusakin, O.G., Bionomy and phenology of intertidal zone in Krabovaya Bay, Shikotan Island, the Kuril Islands, in Zhivotniy i rastitel’niy mir shel’fovyikh zon Kuril’skikh ostrovov (Animals and Plants of Shelf Zones of the Kuril Islands), Moscow: Nauka, 1978, pp. 5–46.

  13. Kusakin, O.G., Biological diversity in marine coastal ecosystems of the Far East in the problem of their stability, Vestn. Dal’nevost. Otd. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1994, no. 1, pp. 85–94

  14. Kussakin, O.G., Ivanova, M.B., and Tsurpalo, A.P., Partial restoration of intertidal biota in Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island) in the course of self-cleaning, Russ. J. Mar. Biol., 1999, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 150–151.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Kusakin, O.G., Ivanova, M.B., and Tsurpalo, A.P., Restoration of communities in the rocky littoral after the lowering of the coast as a result of an earthquake, Dokl. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1999, vol. 366, no. 6, pp. 846–848.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Kusakin, O.G., Kudryashov, V.A., Tarakanova, T.F., and Shornikov, E.I., Belt-forming floral and faunal groupings of the intertidal zone of the Kuril Islands, in Rastitel’nyi i zhivotnyi mir litorali Kuril’skikh ostrovov (Plants and Animals of the Intertidal Zone in the Kuril Islands), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1974, pp. 5–75.

  17. Kussakin, O.G. and Tsurpalo, A.P., Long-term changes in intertidal macrobenthos of Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island) exposed to organic pollution of varying degree, Russ. J. Mar. Biol., 1999, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 242–248.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Latyshev, N.A., Kusakin, O.G., Svetashev, V.I., and Kiyashko, S.I., Determination of the nutritional spectrum of littorins under anthropogenic pollution with fats using lipid isotope markers, Dokl. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1999, vol. 366, no. 5, pp. 715–717.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Lotsiya Okhotskogo morya. Yuzhnaya chast' morya (Navigation of the Sea of Okhotsk, Southern Part of the Sea), Moscow: Gl. Upr. Navig. Okeanogr. Ministerst. Oborony SSSR, 1984, vol. 1.

  20. Malinovskaya, T.M., Monitoring of coastal waters in Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island) using a brown alga Fucus evanescens, Russ. J. Mar. Biol., 1999, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 154–155.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Moshchenko, A.V. and Belan, T.A., Method for the appraisal of anthropogenic disturbance of macrozoobenthic communities of soft substrata, Russ. J. Mar. Biol., 2008, vol. 34, no. 4, 235.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Oshurkov, V.V., Suktsessii i dinamika epibentosnykh soobshchestv verkhney sublitorali boreal’nykh vod (Successions and Dynamics of Epibenthic Communities in the Upper Sublittoral Zone of Boreal Waters), Vladivostok: Dal’nauka, 2000.

  23. Podkorytova, A.V., Morskiye vodorosli-makrofity i travy (Marine Macrophytic Algae and Grasses), Moscow: Vseross. Nauchno-Issled. Inst. Rybn. Khoz., 2005.

  24. Revkov, N.K., Gross, N.A., and Kolesnikova, E.A., On the reaction of the Black Sea macrozoobenthos to eutrophication, in Ekologicheskaya bezopasnost’ pribrezhnoy i shel’phovoy zon i kompleksnoye ispol’zovaniye resursov shel’fa (Ecological Safety of the Coastal and Shelf Zones and Integrated Use of Shelf Resources), Sevastopol: Mar. Hydrophys. Inst., Nats. Akad. Nauk Ukr., 1999, pp. 199–212.

  25. Ushakov, P.V., On the marine benthic fauna in the area of the southern Kuril Islands, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1951, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 125–128.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Tsurpalo, A.P., Macrobenthos of the littoral of Krabovoy Bay (Shikotan Island, Kuril Islands) and its long-term changes, Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Biol.) Dissertation, Vladivostok: Inst. Mar. Biol., Russ. Acad. Sci., 2009.

  27. Tsurpalo, A.P., Littoral communities of the inner part of Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island, Kuril Islands): Long-term aspect, Programma i materialy nauchn. konferentsii “Bioraznoobrazie i evolyutsiya”, posvyashchennoi pamayati akademika O.G. Kusakina (Proc. Sci. Conf. “Biodiversity and Evolution”, Dedicated to Memory of Academician O.G. Kussakin), Vladivostok: Natl. Sci. Cent. Mar. Biol., 2016, pp. 165–169.

  28. Ansari, Z.A., Ingole, B.S., and Abidi, A.H., Organic enrichment and benthic fauna–Some ecological consideration, Indian J. Geo-Mar. Sci., 2014, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 554–560.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Attrill, M.J. and Depledge, M.H., Community and populations indicators of ecosystem health: Targeting links between levels of biological organization, Aquat. Toxicol., 1997, vol. 38, nos. 1–3, pp. 183–197.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Beukema, J.J., An evaluation of the ABC-method (abundance/biomass comparison) as applied to macrozoobenthic communities living on tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea, Mar. Biol., 1988, vol. 99, pp. 425–433.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Blöcher, J.R., Ward, M.R., Matthaei, C.D., and Piggott, J.J., Multiple stressors and stream macroinvertebrate community dynamics: Interactions between fine sediment grain size and flow velocity, Sci. Total Environ., 2020, vol. 717, 137070.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Clarke, K.R., Comparisons of dominance curves, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 1990, vol. 138, nos. 1–2, pp. 143–157.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Clarke, K.R. and Gorley, R.N., PRIMER V6: User Manual/Tutorial, Plymouth: PRIMER-E, 2006.

    Google Scholar 

  34. Dauer, D.M., Luckenbach, M.W., and Rodi, Jr., Abundance biomass comparison (ABC method): Effects of an estuarine gradient, anoxic/hypoxic events and contaminated sediments, Mar. Biol., 1993, vol. 116, pp. 507–518.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Den Hartog, C. and Kuo, J., Taxonomy and biogeography of seagrasses, in Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation, Amsterdam: Springer, 2006, pp. 1–23.

    Google Scholar 

  36. Duan, X.H., Wang, Z.Y., and Cheng, D.S., Benthic macroinvertebrates communities and biodiversity in various stream substrata, Acta Ecol. Sin., 2007, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1664–1672.

    Google Scholar 

  37. Duan, X.H., Wang, Z., and Tian, S., Field experiment on the effect of streambed substrate on macroinvertebrate diversity, J. Tsinghua Univ., 2007, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1553–1556.

    Google Scholar 

  38. Ivanova, М.В., Belogurova, L.S., and Tsurpalo, А.Р., Composition and distribution of benthos in the intertidal zonе of Russky Island (Рeter the Great Вау, Sea of Japan), in Ecological Studies and State of the Ecosystem of Аmursky Вау апd Estuarine Zone of Razdolnaya River (Sea of Jараn), Vladivostok: Dal’nauka, 2009, vol. 2, pp. 87–146.

    Google Scholar 

  39. Kostina, E.E. and Tsurpalo, A.P., Species composition and distribution of macrobenthos in the intertidal zone of Kunashir Island (South Kurile Islands), Russia, Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., 2016, vol. 44, pp. 53–133.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  40. López Gappa, J.J., Tablado, A., and Magaldi, N.H., Influence of sewage pollution on a rocky intertidal community dominated by the mytilid Brachidontes rodriguezi, Mar. Ecol.: Prog. Ser., 1990, vol. 63, nos. 2–3, pp. 163–175.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  41. McGary, C.L., A long term comparison of rocky intertidal communities in Redwood National and State Parks, MSc Thesis (Biol.), Arcata: Humboldt State Univ., 2005.

  42. Meena, D.K., Lianthuamluaia, L., Mishal, P., et al., Assemblage patterns and community structure of macro-zoobenthos and temporal dynamics of eco-physiological indices of two wetlands, in lower gangetic plains under varying ecological regimes: A tool for wetland management, Ecol. Eng., 2019, vol. 130, pp. 1–10.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. Reference Methods for Marine Pollution Studies, no. 64: Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Marine Community Data, United Nations Environment Program, 1995.

  44. Warwick, R.M., A new method for detecting pollution effects on marine macrobenthic communities, Mar. Biol., 1986, vol. 92, pp. 557–562.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. Warwick, R.M. and Clarke, K.R., Relearning the ABC: Taxonomic changes and abundance/biomass relationships in disturbed benthic communities, Mar. Biol., 1994, vol. 118, pp. 739–744.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  46. Wijeyaratne, W.M.D. and Bellanthudawa, B.K.A., Abundance-Biomass Comparison approach to assess the environmental stressors in Diyawannawa wetland in monsoonal and non-monsoonal seasons, Sri Lanka J. Aquat. Sci., 2018, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 135–149.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. Zhao, G., Pan, B., Li Y., et al., Phytoplankton in the heavy sediment-laden Weihe River and its tributaries from the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains: Community structure and environmental drivers, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 2020, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 8359–8370.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  48. Zhang, Q., Yang, T., Wan X., et al., Community characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrates and identification of environmental driving factors in rivers in semi-arid areas – A case study of Wei River Basin, China, Ecol. Indic., 2021, vol. 121, 107153.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors express their gratitude to Ph.D. A.V. Skriptsova and Ph.D. I.V. Stonik Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences for help with statistical processing of the material and their valuable comments.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia

    A. P. Tsurpalo, L. I. Sabitova & M. B. Ivanova

Authors
  1. A. P. Tsurpalo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. L. I. Sabitova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. B. Ivanova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. P. Tsurpalo.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest.

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Statement on the welfare of animals.

This article does not contain any studies involving animals performed by any of the authors.

Additional information

Translated by I. Barsegova

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Tsurpalo, A.P., Sabitova, L.I. & Ivanova, M.B. The Long-Term Dynamics of the Structure of the Community of Phyllospadix iwatensis Makino, 1931 (Alismatales: Zosteraceae) in the Intertidal Zone of the Krabovaya Bay (Shikotan Island, Kurile Islands). Russ J Mar Biol 48, 175–184 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074022030099

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074022030099

Keywords:

Search

Navigation