TY - GEN

T1 - Сoncept of hierarchical structure of large marine ecosystems zoning in Arctic shelf seas of Russia

AU - Petrov, K.M.

AU - Bobkov, A.A.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Principles of biogeographical regionalization of World Ocean are widely discussed in the literature. In works of Spalding et al (2007) for lower unit of regionalization adopted ecoregions - large marine ecosystems. These are very large water areas, as a rule, the whole sea basins, and analogs of physiographic countries on the land. In our view, large marine ecosystems comprise a hierarchical system of smaller units’ regionalization, which corresponds to a natural distribution of hydrobionts communities. In the continuing process of regionalization of large marine ecosystems is proposed to use the bionomic approach that takes into consideration the link of communities of marine organisms with habitats that allows a meaningful comparison of areas at different levels of hierarchy. System of biogeographical regionalization should be based on natural, historical and bionomic features of water areas (Petrov, 2004). Originality of bionomic area, in view of authors, is determined by its position in system of units of

AB - Principles of biogeographical regionalization of World Ocean are widely discussed in the literature. In works of Spalding et al (2007) for lower unit of regionalization adopted ecoregions - large marine ecosystems. These are very large water areas, as a rule, the whole sea basins, and analogs of physiographic countries on the land. In our view, large marine ecosystems comprise a hierarchical system of smaller units’ regionalization, which corresponds to a natural distribution of hydrobionts communities. In the continuing process of regionalization of large marine ecosystems is proposed to use the bionomic approach that takes into consideration the link of communities of marine organisms with habitats that allows a meaningful comparison of areas at different levels of hierarchy. System of biogeographical regionalization should be based on natural, historical and bionomic features of water areas (Petrov, 2004). Originality of bionomic area, in view of authors, is determined by its position in system of units of

M3 - Conference contribution

SP - 116

BT - Abstract Book, UArctic Congress 2016, September 12-16, St.Petersburg, Russia

ER -