Comprehensive characteristics of the Kola Bay Abram-Mys littoral

Kola Bay is the most important link in the Barents Sea ecosystem; it is the most intensively exploited section of the Murmansk coast. Anthropogenic factors have a negative impact on the species diversity in the bay ecosystem. The paper presents results of studying the species diversity in regard to the invertebrates and algae found in a small area of the Kola Bay western coast littoral around the Abram-Mys area. It shows their distribution depending on the soil type, and presents results of assessing ecological state of the aquatic environment obtained using the Ecology digital laboratory. Based on results obtained in the research, the following atlases-identifiers were prepared: “Atlas-identifier. Algae of the Kola Bay Abram-Mys littoral” and “Atlas-identifier. Invertebrate species of the Kola Bay Abram-Mys littoral”.

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