Laboratory of Ecology of Invertebrates

HEAD Valery A. BRYKOV, Cand. Sci. Biol.

STAFF numbers 16, including 4 Cand. Sci.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: Studies of the ecology of common species of molluscs and echinoderms in the context of their reproduction and cultivation.

The Laboratory is engaged in population-ecological analysis of commercial and other common species of molluscs and echinoderms. Long-term monitoring has been established on the dynamics of settling of larvae of the commercially important Pacific mussel Crenomytilus grayanus and the scallop Patinopecten yessoensis.. Investigations into feeding of filter feeding molluscs and their food webs in coastal ecosystem have been recently started.

Phone: 31-14-07