{"title":"Big value of a small natural monument of regional signifi cance Mys Devich’y Peski (Primorsky Krai, Russia)","authors":"I. Maslova, V. Barkalov, I. P. Polyakov","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_2_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_2_3","url":null,"abstract":"This is the fi rst biota description of the regional nature monument Mys Devich’y Peski, located on the west coast of Lake Khanka (Primorsky Krai, Russia). The Amur softshell turtle Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt, 1857) and a large bivalve mollusk Lanceolaria chankensis Moskvicheva, 1973, listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation, inhabit the coastal waters, while Oxytropis chankaensis Jurtz., a coastal endemic of Lake Khanka, grows on the sandy beaches. This natural monument is one of the few places of successful breeding of the Amur softshell turtle after the catastrophic rise of water in the lake. The local group of P. maackii is dominated by mature individuals of medium size with a track width of 190–229 mm. Average number of tracks of these reptiles per 1 km of coastline is 38.2, maximum is 60 (n = 109). We have noted a high number of predators – raccoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) and otters Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758, ravaging turtle clutches.The geographical location of the Mys Devich’y Peski natural monument should be clarifi ed in its cadastral case, and the monument should be assigned with a zoological profi le.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132601541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern mammal fauna of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and the Bastak Nature Reserve","authors":"A. Averin","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_2_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_2_1","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the literature and our own information, the most complete list of the modern theriofauna of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast was compiled, including 68 species and subspecies. Sixty species and subspecies are found in the Bastak Nature Reserve; 12 of which are listed in the Red Data Book of the region and two in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation. Four species are new for the fauna of the reserve (Amur hedgehog, spotted deer, domestic dog and cat). Another addition is the synanthropic subspecies of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus norvegicus). For the fi rst time, lists are given separately for the clusters of the reserve. Negative changes in the theriofauna of the JAO since the 1930s are described – introduction of eight alien species and subspecies and extinction of four native species and subspecies, three of which are included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (Amur leopard, dhole, long-tailed goral).","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114727571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 5th Symposium of the Benthological Society of Asia: future perspectives and new official name of the Society","authors":"L. Prozorova","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_6","url":null,"abstract":"A brief history of the Benthological Society of Asia, beginning in 1998 with the Aquatic Entomological Societies in East Asia, is presented. The work of the 5th BSA Symposium and the results of the two latest meetings of the Executive Board of the society are covered. From January 1, 2023 the official name of the BSA became the Asian Society for Hydrobiology. Prof. Y. J. Bae was elected as the 6th President of the society until December 31, 2024. The expected date for the 6th Symposium of Asian Society for Hydrobiology is July 2–5, 2024. Changes in the structure and nominations, the publication of an international journal, the preparation of a new homepage and other measures to renew the society were proposed.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114357681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dr. Vladimir Ivanovich Golov’s 85th anniversary","authors":"E. A. Zharikova, O. M. Golodnaya","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_5","url":null,"abstract":"On March 6, 2022 Vladimir Ivanovich Golov celebrated his 85th anniversary. He is a well-known scientist, Doctor of Biology, a leading specialist in the study of biogeochemistry, agrochemistry and soil fertility in the Russian Far East.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125067920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steppe polecat Mustela (Putorius) eversmanii Lesson, 1827 in the Amur Region","authors":"V. G. Yudin","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_2","url":null,"abstract":"Steppe polecat, Mustela eversmanii Lesson, 1827 is rare throughout most of its European and Russian range. In the Russian Far East, the distribution of this polecat is limited to the southwest of the Zeya-Bureya Plain. This species is listed in the Red Data Book of the Amur Region as an endangered species. Until the 1970th the steppe polecat was a commercial species and had a high population, which then dropped drastically during the intensive development of virgin and fallow lands. Conservation of the Amur population of the steppe polecat requires a complete ban on hunting for small mustelids in the south of the Amur Region as well as restoration of its natural habitats.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133026786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fauna of the geometrid moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Askold Island 150 years later: historical analysis","authors":"E. A. Beljaev","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_1","url":null,"abstract":"The results of research of the geometrid moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Askold Island (Peter the Great Gulf, Russian Far East) carried out for the first time after about a 150-year break are presented. A review of the fauna is made on the basis of personal materials and revised literature data. A comparative analysis of the old and new lists revealed a low level of their intersection, which can be explained by the instability of island populations of geometrid moths as a result of episodic sharp increases in the number of sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838), leading to significant damage to the vegetation cover of the island. An estimate of the average rate of moth immigration to Askold Island from continental land over 150 years is proposed.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"103 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131359592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The principle of limiting factors as applied to the accumulation of metals by algae","authors":"E. Chernova","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_4","url":null,"abstract":"Cases and possible reasons for the absence of an evident relationship between the content of metals in the environment and seaweeds are discussed based on the literature and original data. A direct proportional relationship between these parameters comes to light only at elevated environmental metal concentrations.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130345589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lichen species in need of protection in Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East (for the regional Red Data Book update)","authors":"I. Skirina, F. V. Skirin, Ilona M. Rodnikova","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2023_1_3","url":null,"abstract":"The list of lichen species in need of protection was revised for the new edition of the Red Data Book of Primorsky Krai. Changes in lichen taxonomy and additions to information on species ecology and distribution were taken into account. The updated list includes 56 lichen species. We justify the need to introduce 6 lichen species into the regional Red Data Book and exclude 16 lichen species. The following species are recommended to be included in the new regional Red Data Book: Scytinium lichenoides, Alectoria sarmentosa, Hypogymnia fujisanensis, Pyxine sibirica, Phaeophyscia pyrrhophora, Umbilicaria deusta. We propose to exclude the following lichens from the regional Red Data Book: Lichenomphalia hudsoniana, Vulpicida viridis, Parmotrema cetratum, Platismatia erosa, Platismatia glauca, Platismatia norvegica, Anzia colpodes, Hypogymnia metaphysodes, Hypogymnia submundata, Lobaria crassior, Lobaria isidiosa, Nephromopsis laureri, Nephromopsis pseudocomplicata, Nephromopsis pallesens, Cetrelia davidiana, Cetrelia nuda.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124439569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Allaguvatova, A. Nikulin, V. Nikulin, V. B. Bagmet, V. V. Shokhrina, A. S. Sterlyagova, L. Gaysina, S. Abdullin
{"title":"New data on cyanobacteria and algae in the Russian Far East","authors":"R. Allaguvatova, A. Nikulin, V. Nikulin, V. B. Bagmet, V. V. Shokhrina, A. S. Sterlyagova, L. Gaysina, S. Abdullin","doi":"10.37102/2782-1978_2021_2_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37102/2782-1978_2021_2_1","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species for the Russian Far East, Anagnostidinema pseudacutissimum (Cyanobacteria) and Pseudomuriella engadinensis (Chlorophyta), were isolated from the forest soil of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast using an integrative approach. It is the first finding of the Cyanobacteria A. pseudacutissimum for the Russian Federation.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123272261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Altai weasel Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811 in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (2011–2021 data)","authors":"A. Averin","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_2","url":null,"abstract":"Altai weasel, Mustela altaica, is listed in the Red Data Books of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Amur Region, Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsky Krai as Transbaikalian weasel, M. altaica raddei Ognev, 1928. It was included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation in 2001, but was not listed in its new version of 2021. This article presents original data on the Altai weasel sightings in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and in the Bastak Nature Reserve separately over the past 10 years, as well as the estimated abundance of the species in the region. Based on these data, it was established that the Altai weasel in the region is endangered. Measures for the protection of the Far Eastern population of the Altai weasel and the restoration of its abundance in the region are proposed. In particular, it is recommended to change the rarity status of the subspecies in the regional Red Data Book from the second category to the first category and to restore the Altai weasel in the Red Data Book of Russia with the rarity status category 1 (an endangered species).","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130547837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}