THE SEA OF AZOV 



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E. Yablonskaya has forecast the changes in the distribution of the benthos 

 of the Sea of Azov that might be brought about by a loss of 1 5 to 40 per cent 



SPRING 1934-1935 



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Fig. 242. Distribution of bottom biocoenoses in the Sea of Azov (Stark) : 1 Cardium ; 

 2 Mytilaster; 3 Balanus; 4 Hydrobia; 5 Nereis; 6 Syndesmya; 7 Corbulomya; 

 8 Monodacna; 9 Actinia; 10 Ampelisca; 11 Oligochaeta; 12 Ostracoda; 13 Neph- 



thys. 



of its river inflow on the basis of all earlier relevant research (Fig. 245). ТЫз 

 mainly consists of a strong development of the Cardium, Balanus and Myti- 

 laster biocoenoses and a reduction of the Hydrobia and Nereis biocoenoses, 

 and, in part, a considerable development of the last named in the Gulf of 

 Taganrog. 



