Contents

Doklady Biological Sciences

Vol. 471, No. 1, 2016

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Doklady Biological Sciences ISSN 0012-4966.

Physiology

Non-invasive Evaluation of the Kinematic Activity of the Intact Left Ventricle of the Heart

Academician L. A. Bockeria, O. L. Bockeria, V. A. Shvartz, L. A. Glushko, T. G. Le and A. S. Satyukova p. 255  abstract

General Biology

Larval Development of Brachiopod Coptothyris Grayi (Davidson, 1852) (Brachiopoda, Rhynchonelliformea)

T. V. Kuzmina, E. N. Temereva and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. V. Malakhov p. 258  abstract

Summer Molting of Bowhead Whales Balaena Mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758, of the Okhotsk Sea Population

O. F. Chernova, O. V. Shpak, A. B. Kiladze, V. S. Azarova and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. V. Rozhnov p. 261  abstract

The First Finding of Asian Black Bear (Carnivora, Ursidae, Ursus (Euarctos) thibetanus G. Cuvier, 1823) in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Eurasia

P. A. Kosintsev, M. P. Tiunov, D. O. Gimranov and V. S. Panov p. 266  abstract

Epiphytic Bacterial Communities of the Alga Fucus vesiculosus in Oil-Contaminated Water Areas of the Barents Sea

D. V. Pugovkin, A. Liaimer and J. B. Jensen p. 269  abstract

Ontogenetic and Evolutionary Trends in the Tooth Enamel Features in Craseomys Voles (Arvicolinae, Rodentia)

M. A. Fominykh, S. V. Zykov and A. V. Borodin p. 272  abstract

The Japanese Tree Frog (Hyla japonica), One of the Most Cold-Resistant Species of Amphibians

D. I. Berman, E. N. Meshcheryakova and N. A. Bulakhova p. 276  abstract

Bioenergetics of Arctic Marine Poikilothermic Animals

L. I. Karamushko p. 280  abstract

Communities of Bacteria and Viruses in Waters of the Gulf of Ob and Taz Estuary

M. A. Pavlova, P. R. Makarevich and T. I. Shirokolobova p. 284  abstract

Distribution of Serotonin and FMRF-Amide in the Nervous System of Different Zooidal Types of Cheilostome Bryozoa: A Case Study of Arctonula arctica

K. M. Serova, A. E. Vishnyakov, O. V. Zaitseva and A. N. Ostrovsky p. 288  abstract

Hair Microstructure of the First Time Found Calf of Woolly Rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis

O. F. Chernova, A. V. Protopopov, T. V. Perfilova, I. V. Kirillova and G. G. Boeskorov p. 291  abstract

Western Siberia Rivers and the Boundaries between Chromosomal Races of the Common Shrew (Sorex araneus L. Lipotyphla, Mammalia)

B. I. Sheftel, T. B. Demidova and V. O. Burskaya p. 296  abstract

The First Finding of a Rhinoceros of the Genus Stephanorhinus in Arctic Asia

I. V. Kirillova, O. F. Chernova, V. V. Kukarskikh, F. K. Shidlovskiy and O. G. Zanina p. 300  abstract