VARIABILITY OF THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF MUSSEL SETTLEMENTS FROM NORTH-WESTERN SHELF OF BLACK SEA
Journal: Odesa National University Herald Geography and Geology
Year: 2015

Temporal variation of age structure of mussel settlements from north-western shelf of the Black Sea for period of 1984–2006 is analyzed. At the study of morphological structure of mussels from this region before exposed 3 morphological types: galloprovincialis-, trossulus-, and edulis-like, which are different in structural and functional organization. Influence of hypoxia and introduction of related species on the settlements of Black Sea mussels is examined in conceptual model.