2013/06/21 by V.I. Gontar
paper · pdf · doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2013.supl.3.84
The fauna of Cheilostomata and Ctenostomata Bryozoa of the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea has been analyzed to evaluate its relationship to salinity of water. The fauna is characterized by the high degree of endemism due to brackish water environments. Barrier salinities, chemical composition of water in the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea and predominantly of marine origin of species and genera of Bryozoa confirm that the formation of bryozoan fauna has been a result of an influence of the barrier salinities. Salinity barrier values can change the subsequent evolution of salinity adaptations.