Long-term dynamics of the state of the fouling community in the Odessa Bay (Black Sea)
Journal: Biosystems Diversity
Year: 2017

This article examines the long-term dynamics of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the coastal fouling community of OdessaBay(Black Sea) for the last 40 years. It compares the data on this community obtained by different researchers in 1976, 1994 and 2016 . The number of species included in the fouling community decreased from 103 (1976) to 43 (1994) and then rose to 62 by 2016. As a possible reason for this reduction in the species composition of the community the influence of