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Hydrobiological Journal

ISSN Print: 0018-8166
ISSN Online: 1943-5991

Hydrobiological Journal

DOI: 10.1615/HydrobJ.v41.i1.10
pages 3-8

Species and Ecological Diversity of Polychaeta Taxocen in the Northwestern Part of the Black

G. V. Losovskaya
Odessa Branch of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

The number of species of Polychaeta and their diversity were studied in various biotopes of the northwestern part of the Black Sea. The highest value of the Simpson index of diversity was registered in the biotope of shell rock, whereas its lowest value was observed in the biotope of silt. In 1998 as compared to 1977 the indices of diversity remained almost unchanged, whereas the ecological diversity of Polychaeta (relationship between their vital forms) essentially changed.