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<p>The article is focused on the current state of biodiversity in the aquatic environment of the Utrish Nature Reserve. Implementation of the multi-level monitoring program for fish and crustacean fauna, conducted in the waters of the Utrish Nature Reserve during the period 2016-2018, using classical methods of biological analysis, as well as visual underwater fish counting, allowed us to assess the overall state of biodiversity in this area as sufficiently stable. The population status of the model indicator species, the European black scorpionfish <italic>Scorpaena porcus</italic>, was also stable during this period, confirming the effectiveness of protective measures in this area. Due to the continued increase in anthropogenic pressure on coastal marine biocenoses, monitoring studies require further continuation.</p>
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The article is focused on the current state of biodiversity in the aquatic environment of the Utrish Nature Reserve. Implementation of the multi-level monitoring program for fish and crustacean fauna, conducted in the waters of the Utrish Nature Reserve during the period 2016-2018, using classical methods of biological analysis, as well as visual underwater fish counting, allowed us to assess the overall state of biodiversity in this area as sufficiently stable. The population status of the model indicator species, the European black scorpionfish Scorpaena porcus, was also stable during this period, confirming the effectiveness of protective measures in this area. Due to the continued increase in anthropogenic pressure on coastal marine biocenoses, monitoring studies require further continuation.

Diversity and Current State of Fish Communities of the Reserve “Utrish” (Caucasian Coast of the Black Sea, Abrau Peninsula)

A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The article is focused on the current state of biodiversity in the aquatic environment of the Utrish Nature Reserve. Implementation of the multi-level...

Diversity and Current State of Fish Communities of the Reserve “Utrish” (Caucasian Coast of the Black Sea, Abrau Peninsula)

Published Online: Mar 23, 2024

Page range: 61 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2023-0021

Keywords
species richness, diversity, dominance, European black scorpionfish

© 2023 Evgenija Karpova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diversity and Current State of Fish Communities of the Reserve “Utrish” (Caucasian Coast of the Black Sea, Abrau Peninsula)

Published Online: Mar 23, 2024

Page range: 61 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2023-0021

Keywordsspecies richness, diversity, dominance, European black scorpionfish

© 2023 Evgenija Karpova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
species richness, diversity, dominance, European black scorpionfish