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Ichthyoplankton of the eastern shelf of Sakhalin Island and its use as an environmental state indicator

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Results of studying ichthyoplankton off the eastern coast of Sakhalin Island in July 2002, are presented. The spatial distribution of the eggs and larvae of almost all encountered species confirms the presence of drift along the coast with a gradual drift of passive migrants from the coast of eastern Sakhalin into the open waters. The most diverse and numerous ichthyoplankton was over the shelf zone to the north of 51°00′; the least diverse, from 50°00′ to 51°00′ N. The minimal proportion of the normally developing eggs of the wall-eyed pollack Theragra chalcogramma and the yellow-finned sole Limanda aspera dominant in catches was recorded over the oil-gas deposits located in the coastal zone of the northeastern shelf. The coincidence of stations (83%) with a high proportion of the dead eggs of these fish species can indicate a similar impact on it of environmental conditions formed in deposit areas.

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Original Russian Text © S.V. Davydova, S.A. Cherkashin, 2007, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 494–505.

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Davydova, S.V., Cherkashin, S.A. Ichthyoplankton of the eastern shelf of Sakhalin Island and its use as an environmental state indicator. J. Ichthyol. 47, 438–448 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945207060033

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