BATHYMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF СOMMON MOLLUSC SPECIES DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTIES OF SOFT SUBSTRATES NEAR THE COAST OF THE WESTERN CRIMEA
Journal: Водные биоресурсы и среда обитания
Year: 2022

Up to the present day, the bathymetric distribution of zoobenthos under hydrodynamic load and subordinate changes in grain size composition and density of bottom substrate have not been fully investigated. The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to evaluate the density of bottom sediments at different depths off the coast of the Western Crimea; 2) to calculate the pressure force exerted on substrate by the common species of bivalve molluscs (Veneridae); 3) to reveal the reasons for the c