title: CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF FISH COMMUNITIES IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF SOUTHWESTERN CRIMEA, EXAMPLE OF KAZACH’YA BAY
abstract: The results of long-term ichthyological research in one of the largest bays on the southwestern coast of the Crimea, Kazach’ya Bay, are presented. The fish fauna includes 83 species belonging to 59 genera in 41 families, and according to this parameter it ranks top among bays of Sevastopol. The ecological and faunal composition of the fish population is analyzed. Marine fishes dominate in terms of diversity, contributing about 90 % to the total number of species, while the rest are relict Ponto-
journal: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences