Because of permanent matter and energy accumulation in the sea marginal biotopes, communities of organisms adapted to these specific conditions are developed. Terms contour biotopes and contourobiont＇s communities we...Because of permanent matter and energy accumulation in the sea marginal biotopes, communities of organisms adapted to these specific conditions are developed. Terms contour biotopes and contourobiont＇s communities were proposed. These habitats are populated by a great variety of organisms with numerical superiority of early stages of development of hydrobionts. Therefore, contour biotopes are responsible for the reproduction of many species of plants and animals, including commercialiy ~rnportant species of invertebrate and fish. But as a result of natural physical and chemical processes, the same habitats accumulate many substances that are harmful to living organisms, especially for early ontogenetic stages. So here formed main hotspots, critical ecological zones in seas and oceans, which need to be monitored in the first place. Understanding of the key role of contour biotopes and communities in marine ecological processes development is an ecological imperative. Making of ecological diagnoses, prediction of possible departures from the ecological norm and prevention of serious negative events in the marine environment needs special consideration of contour biotopes and their inhabitants, which are underestimated in traditional marine biological and ecological investigations.展开更多
文摘Because of permanent matter and energy accumulation in the sea marginal biotopes, communities of organisms adapted to these specific conditions are developed. Terms contour biotopes and contourobiont＇s communities were proposed. These habitats are populated by a great variety of organisms with numerical superiority of early stages of development of hydrobionts. Therefore, contour biotopes are responsible for the reproduction of many species of plants and animals, including commercialiy ~rnportant species of invertebrate and fish. But as a result of natural physical and chemical processes, the same habitats accumulate many substances that are harmful to living organisms, especially for early ontogenetic stages. So here formed main hotspots, critical ecological zones in seas and oceans, which need to be monitored in the first place. Understanding of the key role of contour biotopes and communities in marine ecological processes development is an ecological imperative. Making of ecological diagnoses, prediction of possible departures from the ecological norm and prevention of serious negative events in the marine environment needs special consideration of contour biotopes and their inhabitants, which are underestimated in traditional marine biological and ecological investigations.
