{"title":"Dr. Valentina Savvichna Markevich’s 90th anniversary","authors":"M. Cherepanova, E.B. Volynetz","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_8","url":null,"abstract":"On August 15, 2022 Valentina Savvichna Markevich celebrated her 90th anniversary. She is a well-known scientist, Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy, a unique specialist in the study of spores and pollen from the Far East Cretaceous deposits and just a wonderful person.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"1 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":"114860744","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":"Bioindicator features and life cycle of freshwater algae Hydrurus foetidus (Villars) Trevisan","authors":"L. Medvedeva","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_6","url":null,"abstract":"The freshwater algae Hydrurus foetidus (Villars) Trevisan is considered to be a bioindicator of water quality. This paper describes the life cycle of the algae from the Kedrovaya River (south of Primorsky Krai).","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"8 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":"125231800","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":"Paleogenomics (short review)","authors":"G.I. Chelomina","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_7","url":null,"abstract":"Paleogenomics is known as the whole genome analysis of ancient DNA (aDNA). This paper provides a brief overview of the achievements of paleogenomics, including its history and research methods. In particular, issues of human evolution, hominid (Neanderthal, Denisovans) and modern morphological type humans hybridization, transcontinental migrations of ancient humans from Siberia to America, migrations of peoples of the Yamnaya culture in the vast Eurasian steppes, the origin both of the extinct (Etruscans, Scythians) and of the modern (Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau populations, Avars) peoples are discussed from the perspective of paleogenomic data, domestication of animals and plants, impacts of climate change on biodiversity, conservation biology and taxonomy, and evolution of pathogens. The prospects of evolutionary medicine, aDNA methylation, the use of aDNA from sediments and ephippial eggs, as well as the possibility of restoring extinct species are discussed as directions for the future development of paleogenomics.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"61 27 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":"131510243","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}
Y. Gluschenko, S. G. Surmach, I. Maslova, V. P. Shokhrin
{"title":"On the probability of restoring a mute swan (Cygnus olor) nesting group in Primorsky Krai","authors":"Y. Gluschenko, S. G. Surmach, I. Maslova, V. P. Shokhrin","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_3","url":null,"abstract":"Due to an increased number of mute swan, Cygnus olor, records in Primorsky Krai, this paper discusses current regional status of this species and the prospects to restore its nesting groups in Lake Khanka and in the lower reaches of the Tumen River, which were lost in the first half of the 20th century. It is shown that the increase in the number of mute swans during migration both in the Russian and the North Korean sectors of the Tumen River Estuary transboundary wetland is not due to the general increasing of the eastern population of the species, but to the redistribution of birds on wintering grounds. The partial shift of the wintering group from traditional places located on the Chinese coast of the Yellow Sea to the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula also had a positive effect on the strength of the Northeast China – Korean Peninsula flyway of mute swans, which passes through southern Primorye with a key stopover site in the lower reaches of the Tumen River. The positive role of the Khasansky Nature Park in the conservation of this species is shown, as well as its management shortcomings, which, when overcome, will increase the chances of restoring a nesting group of mute swans there. Lake Khanka is located outside the main migration route of the species, therefore the authors think it is unlikely for a nesting group to appear there any time soon.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"69 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":"134252239","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}
E. Barabanshchikov, A. A. Balanov, A. Semenchenko, L. Prozorova
{"title":"Fish species in need of conservation in Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East (for the regional Red Data Book update)","authors":"E. Barabanshchikov, A. A. Balanov, A. Semenchenko, L. Prozorova","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_5","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the results of long-term monitoring of the freshwater and coastal marine ichthyofauna of Primorsky Krai, the list of rare fish species in need of protection for the new version of the regional Red Data Book has been critically revised. The new list includes only two threatened species – Sakhalin sturgeon, Acipenser mikadoi, and Sakhalin taimen, Parahucho perryi, which were also listed in the Federal Red Data Book published in 2021. The other 29 fish species listed in the former Red Data Book of Primorsky Krai (2005) were removed from the list for various reasons, which are discussed in detail in this publication.","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":"125584800","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":"Albian ferns of the Partizansk Coal Basin (Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East)","authors":"E. Volynets","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_4","url":null,"abstract":"A taxonomic study of Albian ferns from the Partizansk Coal Basin of Primorsky Krai was carried out. The Albian Age was an important stratigraphic milestone, when the Early Cretaceous flora changed to the Late Cretaceous flora. It was revealed that typical Mesozoic Onychiopsis predominated in taphocenoses, and representatives of young and evolutionarily advanced taxa Asplenium, Birisia appeared. The taxonomic composition of ferns in the Albian taphocenoses was almost constant from north to south. The vegetation of the Partizansk Basin occupied the coastal plain during Albian time, which was confirmed by the remains of marine and freshwater mollusks, phytofossils, as well as fish.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"31 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":"115295753","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":"Anniversaries in the Editorial Board - Irina Vasilievna Kartavtseva and Marina Vladimirovna Pavlenko","authors":"I. Sheremetyeva, L. Prozorova","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_5","url":null,"abstract":"In July 2022, two members of the editorial board of the journal Biota and Environment of Natural Areas celebrated their anniversaries: July 3 – Irina Vasilievna Kartavtseva, July 16 – Marina Vladimirovna Pavlenko. Both of our wonderful colleagues have been working at the Federal Scientific Center for Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences since the 1970s – since the establishment of the Far Eastern Scientific Center (FESC) of the USSR Academy of Sciences. They are employees of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Zoology and Genetics of the Federal Scientific Center and their scientific experience is approaching half a century.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115145323","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}
V. V. Bogatov, A. A. Goncharov, L. A. Prozorova, L. Borkin, S. Abdullin, A. V. Bogacheva, E. A. Zharikova, I. Kartavtseva, M. Pavlenko, N. G. Razzhigaeva, R.S. Surmach, É. N. Chernova, V. Shulkin
{"title":"In memory of Alexei Nikolaevich Tyurin (1950-2022)","authors":"V. V. Bogatov, A. A. Goncharov, L. A. Prozorova, L. Borkin, S. Abdullin, A. V. Bogacheva, E. A. Zharikova, I. Kartavtseva, M. Pavlenko, N. G. Razzhigaeva, R.S. Surmach, É. N. Chernova, V. Shulkin","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_7","url":null,"abstract":"On September 6, 2022, Aleksey Nikolaevich Tuyrin, the founder and permanent executive secretary of the scientific peer-reviewed journal Biota and Environment of Natural Areas, passed away at the age of 72. During period 1976–2020 he worked at the National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, and then at the Federal Scientific Center of the Far East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Aleksey Nikolaevich devoted his whole life to conservation of the unique nature of Primorsky Krai. All of us, members of the journal’s editorial board, will remember him with gratitude and continue his life’s work.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124779329","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":"Mountain weasel Mustela (Gale) altaica Pallas, 1811 in the Russian Far East","authors":"V. G. Yudin","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_1","url":null,"abstract":"A ubiquitously rare species of the Mustelidae family, the mountain weasel Mustela (Gale) altaica Pallas, 1811, is close in size and body shape to the stoat Mustela (Mustela) erminea Linnaeus, 1758 and the Siberian weasel Mustela (Kolonokus) sibirica Pallas, 1811, which causes difficulties in species identification by non-specialists. However, even taking into account possible errors, data on the mountain weasel hunting indicate a sharp decrease in its abundance and distribution in the Russian Far East in the second half of the 20th century. This is mainly due to the destruction of the species’ habitats and competition with the larger Siberian weasel. Due to these facts, it is proposed to restore the mountain weasel in the Red Data Book of Russia with a rarity status category of 1, as an endangered species.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"184 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132370144","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":"In memory of Evgenia Mironovna Bulakh (1946-2022)","authors":"N. V. Bukharova","doi":"10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25221/2782-1978_2022_3_6","url":null,"abstract":"On July 25, 2022, Evgenia Mironovna Bulakh, a well-known Far Eastern mycologist, an experienced unique specialist and a wonderful person, passed away at the age of 76. From 1973 until her last days she worked at the Federal Scientific Center for Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Evgenia Mironovna devoted her whole life to studying the biodiversity of mushrooms in the Far East, to the study of rare species and mycobiota of nature reserves, as well as popularizing mycological knowledge and educating young professionals. All who knew Evgenia Mironovna Bulakh will remember her not only as a highly qualified mycologist, but also as an extremely enthusiastic, energetic and very kind person.","PeriodicalId":256973,"journal":{"name":"Biota and Environment of Natural Areas","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124902713","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}