Afanasyev D.F., Abdullin Sh.R.
В журнале Russian Journal of Marine Biology
Год: 2025 Том: 51 Номер: 3 Страницы: 107–117
Winter supra- and pseudolittoral macroalgal communities in the northeastern part of the Russian Black Sea coast have been described for the first time using the floristic classification method. A total of three associations, two unranked communities, one alliance, one order, and one class have been identified. The associations and communities have been described for the first time. Diagnostic species for them are provided. The identified phytocoenoses are compared with those previously described from the Black Sea based on the dominant classification method. These are also compared with similar communities in the Mediterranean Sea and other European seas. It is shown that the winter vegetation on hard substrates in the supra-and pseudolittoral zones of the northeastern Black Sea consists mainly of simple mono- or oligospecific phytocoenoses, which are predominantly comprised of cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan species, along with a few species of Atlantic and Arctic/Boreal origin.
