Konstantin A. Lutaenko BIODIVERSITY RESEARCHES IN THE INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY FEB RAS.

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1 Konstantin A. Lutaenko BIODIVERSITY RESEARCHES IN THE INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY FEB RAS

2 Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in 1967 by Prof. Alexey V. Zhirmunsky as Marine Biology Department of the Far Eastern Division, Siberian Branch of the RAS. On January 1, 1970, the department was reorganized into the institute

3 THE MAJOR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTE the study of flora, fauna, ecology, and production of biota in the shelf zones of the seas; research on conservation, reproduction, and management of biological resources; the study of adaptation, ontogenesis and evolution of marine organisms

4 LIST OF LABORATORIES Chorology Ecology of Shelf Communities Planktonology Production Biology Embryology Invertebrate Ecology Benthos Ecology Genetics Fish Population Biology Ichthyology Physiology Pharmacology Cytophysiology Comparative Cytology Comparative Biochemistry Cell Biophysics Aquatic Plant Physiology

5 Major animal groups under taxonomic and faunal study in the IMB: Foraminifera, Anthozoa, Cephalorhyncha, Nematoda, Nemertini, Polychaeta, Sipunculida, Mollusca (Gastropoda and Bivalvia), Isopoda, Ostracoda, Cumacea, fishes, and Reptilia (Serpentes)

6 Biota of the Russian Waters of the Sea of Japan Vol. 1: Crustacea (Cladocera, Leptostraca, Mysidacea, Euphausiacea) and Pycnogonida Vol. 2: Prokaryota Vol. 3: Brachiopoda and Phoronida Vol. 4: Amphipoda – Caprellidea Vol. 5: Crustacea (Thoracica and Facetotecta)

7 6500 4800 950 2000 2700 2900 Species richness of marine invertebrates

8 Peter the Great Bay

9 A wide variety of environments

10 Peter the Great Bay 52 phyla; 104 classes; 840 families; 1855 genera; 3800 species Cyanophyles – 130 Rodophyles – 147 Dinophyles – 183 Phaeophyles – 72 Diatomophyles – 331 Chlorophyles – 76 Ciliophora – 157 Fungi – 68 Cnidaria – 96 Plathelminthes – 222 Nemathelminthes – 178 Annelida – 277 Mollusca – 330 Crustacea – 620 Echinodermata – 74 Chordata - 332 IMB Vostok Bay Marine Reserve

11 M a r i n e l I f e o f P e t e r t h e G r e a t B a y

12 M a r I n e l i f e o f P e t e r t h e G r e a t B a y

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14 Oyster community occupies a major part of bottom in semi-enclosed bays and lagoons Crassostrea gigas

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16 Annual and seasonal long-time VIDEO-MONITORING of underwater landscapes, their dynamics, and marine biodiversity along the constant underwater transects mounted in the protected (no-touch) water areas of Peter the Great Bay have been conducted since 2002 to assess and visualize any environmental and biotic changes (Drs. A. Adrianov and V. Tarasov research teams) Peter the Great Bay Vostok Bay Marine Reserve Institute of Marine Biology

17 Video-monitoring of marine landscapes along the constant underwater transects in Peter the Great Bay

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22 TREDA - "Tumen River Development Area" Integrated investigations of marine biological diversity, hydrological and hydro- chemical regimes have been conducted using dredges, multi-corers, box-corers, planktonic nets, diving, multi- functional probe and loggers. River mouth

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24 What is the APN? Inter-governmental network in the Asia Pacific Region with the priority goals of: Increasing developing country participation in global change research through networking and capacity building Fostering global change through regional cooperation and partnerships Strengthening interactions between the natural and social sciences in global change with the policy- and decision-making community

25 The Global Change Community Scientific Community Inter- Governmental Networks START IGBP IHDP WCRP DIVERSITAS IAI Programmes APN EU

26 Climate Variability and Human Activities in Relation to Northeast Asian Land-Ocean Interactions and their Implications for Coastal Zone Management APN Project 2004-18-NMY APN/START Project 2005-05-CMY Participating countries: China, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation

27 Vladivostok APN/START 2002 Symposium

28 W O R K S H O P, Nanjing, China, December 4-8, 2004 CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO NORTHEAST ASIAN AND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT

29 Vladivostok 2003 APN Workshop and field excursion to Razdolnaya River mouth

30 Ecological Studies and State of the Ecosystem of Amursky Bay and Estuarine Zone of the Razdolnaya River (Sea of Japan). Vol. 1 EDITORS: Konstantin A. Lutaenko and Marina A. Vashchenko O.N. Pavlyuk, Yu.A. Trebukhova The Razdolnaya River impact on the composition of meiobenthos in the northern part of Amursky Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) T.S. Tarasova Long-term changes in composition and distribution of the Recent benthic Foraminifera in the eastern part of Amursky Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) M.B. Ivanova, L.S. Belogurova, A.P. Tsurpalo Composition and distribution of the intertidal communities in the estuarine zone of the inner part of Amursky Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) I.R. Levenets, A.V.Skriptsova Benthic flora of the innermost part of Amursky Bay A.V. Chernyshev Fauna of nemerteans of Amursky Bay and the adjacent areas L.A. Tsareva, A.A. Kepel Cumacea of the inner part of Amursky Bay (Sea of Japan) M.A. Zenina, E.I. Schornikov Ostracod assemblages of the freshened part of Amursky Bay and lower reaches of Razdolnaya River (Sea of Japan)

31 M.A. Zenina, E.I. Schornikov Ostracod assemblages of the freshened part of Amursky Bay and lower reaches of Razdolnaya River (Sea of Japan)

32 A.V. Chernyshev Fauna of nemerteans of Amursky Bay and the adjacent areas

33 APN Project (2007-2008) ARCP2007-12NMY MARINE BIODIVERSITY OF THE COASTAL ZONES IN THE NW PACIFIC: STATUS, REGIONAL THREATS, EXPECTED CHANGES AND CONSERVATION to collect information about overall species diversity and to compile species lists of biota as a basis for monitoring of expected changes to develop the method of videomonitoring of marine biota along the long-term fixed transects to inspect and study the species composition and ecological characteristics of the biofouling communities and ballast waters of ships to summarize data on biodiversity loss and modifications on tidal flats in three involved countries

34 Meiobenthic studies in the IMB involve both taxonomic and ecological aspects

35 A.V. Adrianov, V.V. Malakhov Cephalorhyncha of the World Ocean Treatise on morphology and taxonomy of Priapulida, Loricifera, Kinorhyncha and Nematomorpha

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38 Marine fish fauna of the Primorye region is estimated about 306 species, 103 of them being south migrants entering our waters in warm years 13 species of tropical and subtropical fishes, new for Russian waters, entered the bay within the last 10 years. 9 tropical species have been caught within the last 5 years (2000-2004) because of the warming of surface waters 1. Coryphaena equisetis (dorado) 2. Brama japonica (Japanese bream) 3. Micracanthus striatus (striated micracanth) 4. Girella punctata (spotted girella) 5. Pictiblennius yatabei (Yatabe blenniform fish) 6. Chirolophis saitone (Saito blenniform fish) 7. Hyperogliphe japonica (Japanese gyperogliph) 8. Hexagrammos otakii (Japanese greenling) 9. Liparis punctulatus (striped sea-snail) 10. Histrio histrio (frogfish) 11. Sphaeroides pachygaster (ball fish) 12. Seriola dumerili (greater amberfish) 13. Parupeneus spilurus (Japanese goat-fish) Annual and seasonal long-time monitoring of fish fauna in the Peter the Great Bay (Dr. A. Sokolovsky’s research team) All these species are at the first stages of acclimatization; still there are no stable populations naturalized into local communities. Some warm-water species – garfish, half-beaks, thread herring, Japanese anchovy, mullet – extend their area of distribution and have been involved into fishery process in the Peter the Great Bay At the same time, some cold-water species valuable for fishery – walleye pollock, Pacific herring, saffron cod, plaices – often migrate from the Peter the Great Bay to north for reproduction

39 Histrio histrio Sphoeroides pachygaster Trigla kumu

40 Annual and seasonal long-time monitoring of fouling marine organisms introduced to the Peter the Great Bay with warm water currents, ships, and ballast waters. (Dr. A. Zvyagintsev’s research team) 16 species of tropical and subtropical sessile invertebrates (hydrozoans, cirripedes, amphipods, polychaetes, bryozoans, tunicates) introduced in our waters are found being in the process of acclimatization in the local communities of the Peter the Great Bay within the last few years. All of them are found as component of fouling on hydrotechnic constructions (HTC)of the ports and harbors in Peter the Great Bay Crustacean Balanus amphitrite, worm Hydroides elegans, and ascidian Molgula manhattensis cause significant changes in benthic communities and are close to so-called “ecological explosion” Solitary ascidian (Tunicata), Molgula manhattensis,introduced in 1999, became dominant in the fouling community after 4 months of immersion of the test plates in the Golden Horn Inlet (Vladivostok port)

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42 Yu.Ya. Latypov, T.N. Dautova CORALS – SCLERACTINIANS OF VIETNAM 5 volumes published 356 species described and illustrated

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44 Studies of the intertidal biota and communities Prof., Academician Oleg G. Kussakin

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46 O.G. Kussakin Marine and Brackish- Water Isopods of the Cold and Temperate Waters of the Northern Hemisphere 5 volumes (1979-2003)

47 Annual seasonal monitoring of phytoplankton including toxic microalgae 25 potentially toxic species were found in Peter the Great Bay

48 Alexandrium insuetum Dinophysis rotundata

49 Institute of Marine Biology is headquarters of the RUSSIAN FAR EAST MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY (established in 1994 by Prof. A.I. Kafanov) ------------------------------------- About 40 members including foreign (China, Korea, Japan, USA) ------------------------------------- A medium published – the Bulletin of the RFEMS (10 volumes since 1996) and distributed to more than 100 libraries, museums and institutions around the world ------------------------------------- 2 meeting held including one international in 2004

50 BIOLOGIYA MORYA and its simultaneous translation into English – RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY – are official journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences published since 1975 (founder – Prof. Alexey V. Zhirmunsky)

51 T H A N K Y O U ! © International Cooperation Department, IMB FEB RAS, 2007