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Scientific Review. Biological science
ISSN 2500-3399
ПИ №ФС77-57454

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STORM-CAST MACROPHYTES IN THE CHUPA BAY AND AROUND SONOSTROV ISLAND (GULF OF KANDALAKSHA, WHITE SEA)

Bakhmet I.N. 1 Naumov A.D. 2
1 Institute of Biology Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences
2 Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
At the work the deposits of storm-cast macrophytes in the Chupa bay and around Sonostrov island was estimated. The flora composition was also determined. Storm-cast material is mainly deposited on gently sloping littoral terraces, most often on sand or silt beach sites, where it lies in a fairly wide band all along the shoreline. The material is hardly ever deposited on rocky, especially steeply sloping foreshore. The organic matter deposits on the shores is decreasing with moving off open part of the sea with whole absence in the upper part. The weight of storm-cast organic material in the Chupa Bay may be up to 8 kg per linear metre of shoreline. Total potential storm-cast material stock in the waterbody is estimated at around 324 tons.37 38