THE MACROPHYTOBENTHOS OF THE HIGH-BOREAL (COLD WATER - MODERATE) SEAS OF RUSSIA

As a result of the multi-year (1955 to 1995) collections in the high-boreal (Barents, White, Bering and Okhotsky) Seas, the structure and functioning of the macrophytobenthos, i.e., marine algae and grasses have been established. The seasonal and interannual variation of the flora and vegetation is discussed, it is indicated to the connection of the biorhythmy with the climatic cycles in Arctic. The information by the macrophytes productivity, the variation of the production characteristics have been given; the primary production of the leading species of the marine plants and the production of macrophytobenthos in te White and Okhotsky Seas have been designed. The work represents an exzensive summary of the modern state of the macrophytobenthos of the investigated seas, serves as its main primary background, establishes the possibilities of prognosing the sea vegetative bioresources and ecological state of the coastal zones. The new phenomenon - "flowering" of the weed thread algae as a result of the climate variation as well as of the anthropogenous effectAvailable from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio