CURRENT STATE OF THE MEIOFAUNA AND MACROFAUNA OF THE PERIPHYTON OF COASTAL PROTECTION HYDROSTRUCTURES ON THE ODESSA COAST OF THE BLACK SEA
Journal: Marine Ecological Journal
Year: 2024

The article provides a comparative description of ecological indicators of meio- and macrofauna groups according to data from 1991 and 2023 on coastal protection structures (traverses and breakwaters) in the Odesa Bay of the Black Sea. According to observations in 2023, representatives of 10 groups were noted in the meiofauna of coastal protection structures: Nematoda, Harpacticoida, Ostracoda, Turbellaria, Halacaridae, Gastrotricha, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, and juveniles of Bivalvia and Balanus