Results of diatom analysis of bottom sediment columns from the southern part of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch strait
Journal: Issues of modern algology (Вопросы современной альгологии)
Year: 2023

The features of the species composition of diatoms from the Ancient and New Azov deposits of the Sea of Azov were studied. For New Azov deposits, the dominance of several taxa was revealed: species and varieties of Actinocyclus octonarius, Actinoptychus senarius, resting spores of the genus Chaetoceros spp., Thalassiosira decipience. Actinocyclus octonarius var. tonsure and A. pseudopodolicus should be considered indicator taxa, which mark the Novoazovsk layers. The Ancient Azov layers are chara