A Neuston net of original construction (Zaitsev 1964)
Unlike the traditional methodology, the monitoring of Environmental sentinels
does not require large research vessels, sophisticated equipment, costly cruises, and
it allows to involve in this very exciting and practically important work young
people under the guidance of experienced biologists. In this way, all the edge of the
sea, inaccessible for research vessels, but ecologically extremely important area,
could be monitored. The significance of the environmental education of youth and
training of environmental ethics rules in this case, can not be overestimated.
Acknowledgements I thank my colleagues from the Institute of Marine Biology, whose materials were used in this article. I especially thank Dr. Boris Alexandrov for understanding and
support of my new scientific ideas and for the implementation of them in institutional and
international research projects.
References
Alexandrov B., Zaitsev Y. P. (2016) Ecological sentinels of the Black Sea. Field guide, UNDP,
European union, Project Improving environmental monitoring in the Black Sea, 42 p
Aleyev YG (1986) Ecomorphology. Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 423 p. (in Russian)
Ayzatullin TA, Lebedev V, Khailov CM (1979) The Ocean. Active surfaces and the life.
Hydrometizdat, Leningrad. 192 p. (in Russian)
Bologa AS (1990) Present state of seaweed production along the Romanian Black Sea shore. Vie
Milieu 39(2):105–109
Dediu II (2010) Enciclopedie de Ecologie. S ¸ tiint ¸a, Chis ¸ina ˘u 834. (in Romanian)
Eremenko TI (1969) About underwater observations on the seasonal change of the phytobenthos in
the North-Western part of the Black Sea. In: Marine underwater observations. Nauka, Moscow,
pp 95–104. (in Russian)
Eremenko TI (2006) Macrophytobenthos. Ecologicaly floristic characteristic. In: North-Western
part of the Black Sea: biology and ecology. Naukova dumka, Kiev, pp 209–214. (in Russian)
GESAMP Reports and Studies (1995), #59. The sea-surface microlayer and its role in global
change. WMO, Geneva. 76 p
Konstantinov AS (1986) General hydrobiology. Vis. Skola, Moscow. 472 p. (in Russian)
Milchakova NA (2003) Macrophytobenthos. In: Eremeev VN, Gaevskaya AV (eds) Modern
conditions of biological diversity in near-shore zone of Crimea. Gidrophisica, Sevastopol, pp
152–208. (in Russian)
31 The Marginal Biological Indicators – An Efficient Tool for Ecological. . .
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Unlike the traditional methodology, the monitoring of Environmental sentinels
does not require large research vessels, sophisticated equipment, costly cruises, and
it allows to involve in this very exciting and practically important work young
people under the guidance of experienced biologists. In this way, all the edge of the
sea, inaccessible for research vessels, but ecologically extremely important area,
could be monitored. The significance of the environmental education of youth and
training of environmental ethics rules in this case, can not be overestimated.
Acknowledgements I thank my colleagues from the Institute of Marine Biology, whose materials were used in this article. I especially thank Dr. Boris Alexandrov for understanding and
support of my new scientific ideas and for the implementation of them in institutional and
international research projects.
References
Alexandrov B., Zaitsev Y. P. (2016) Ecological sentinels of the Black Sea. Field guide, UNDP,
European union, Project Improving environmental monitoring in the Black Sea, 42 p
Aleyev YG (1986) Ecomorphology. Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 423 p. (in Russian)
Ayzatullin TA, Lebedev V, Khailov CM (1979) The Ocean. Active surfaces and the life.
Hydrometizdat, Leningrad. 192 p. (in Russian)
Bologa AS (1990) Present state of seaweed production along the Romanian Black Sea shore. Vie
Milieu 39(2):105–109
Dediu II (2010) Enciclopedie de Ecologie. S ¸ tiint ¸a, Chis ¸ina ˘u 834. (in Romanian)
Eremenko TI (1969) About underwater observations on the seasonal change of the phytobenthos in
the North-Western part of the Black Sea. In: Marine underwater observations. Nauka, Moscow,
pp 95–104. (in Russian)
Eremenko TI (2006) Macrophytobenthos. Ecologicaly floristic characteristic. In: North-Western
part of the Black Sea: biology and ecology. Naukova dumka, Kiev, pp 209–214. (in Russian)
GESAMP Reports and Studies (1995), #59. The sea-surface microlayer and its role in global
change. WMO, Geneva. 76 p
Konstantinov AS (1986) General hydrobiology. Vis. Skola, Moscow. 472 p. (in Russian)
Milchakova NA (2003) Macrophytobenthos. In: Eremeev VN, Gaevskaya AV (eds) Modern
conditions of biological diversity in near-shore zone of Crimea. Gidrophisica, Sevastopol, pp
152–208. (in Russian)
31 The Marginal Biological Indicators – An Efficient Tool for Ecological. . .
525