биота российских вод японского моря - Materials of Alexey Shipunov

FOREWORDIn memory of Oleg Grigorievich Kussakinand Vladimir Leonidovich KasyanovThe Russian version of the present volume published in 2004 was the first in a seriesof identification keys Biota of the Russian Waters of the Sea of Japan. The need topublish such kind of books has been pressing for a long time, as it is on the coast of theSea of Japan that many scientific institutions and universities, which conduct complexresearch of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms of the Russian Far East, arelocated. Sixty-seven scientists from nine cities of the Russian Federation and Ukrainetake part in this unique project. Five volumes, devoted to several groups of crustaceans,sea spiders, prokaryotes, phoronids, and brachiopods have been already publishedby now.The keys will comprise all known species of free-living and symbiotic organismsfound in the Russian waters of the Sea of Japan (figs. 1, 2): from the mouth of the Tumen(Tumannaya) River in the south to the northern boundary of the Tatar Strait,going along the line between Tyk Cape (51°45′ N, 141°41′ E) and Yuzhny Cape(51°41′ N, 141°06′ E), and to the western boundary of the La Perouse (Soya) Strait,going along the line between Kuznetsov Cape (46°03′ N, 141°55′ E) and NoshappuCape (45°27′ N, 141°39′ E). In cases of poorly studied groups of organisms, speciesfrom the adjacent water areas of the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk will be included.The first volume of the key Biota of the Russian Waters of the Sea of Japan isdevoted to the sea spiders and to four groups of crustaceans (Cladocera, Mysidacea,Leptostraca, and Euphausiacea). The chapter on the Cladocera was written by Irina K.Rivier (I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy ofSciences (RAS), Borok Village) and Larissa S. Shkoldina (Institute of Marine Biology,Far Eastern Branch of the RAS, Vladivostok), the chapters on the Leptostraca andMysidacea, by Viktor V. Petryashov (Zoological Institute, RAS, St.-Petersburg), thechapter on the Euphasiacea, by Viktor V. Petryashov, Artur G. Pogodin (Institute ofMarine Biology, Vladivostok), and Boris M. Borisov (Far Eastern Regional HydrometeorologicalResearch Institute, Vladovostok), and the chapter on the Pycnogonida, byElena P. Turpaeva (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, Moscow).The Russian version was edited by Oleg G. Kussakin, Vladimir L. Kasyanov,Vladimir G. Chavtur, and Alexey V. Chernyshev. The preparation for publication beganunder the supervision of Oleg G. Kussakin, who, before his death, checked all themanuscripts and began to write a chapter on isopods. On the initiative of Vladimir L.Kasyanov, Director of the IMB, Biota… is published in two languages, Russian andEnglish, and only the first volume was not translated. It took two years to prepare theEnglish version, which was also slightly updated by the authors.Translation into English was performed by N.V. Miroshnikova. The dummylayout was made by E.S. Moroz. The Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy ofSciences provided technical support and helped with publication (basic research program"Biodiversity" of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, grantN 06-I-P11-037).Editorial board7