Contents

Russian Journal of Marine Biology

Vol. 42, No. 3, 2016

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Marine Biology ISSN 1063-0740.

Long-Term Environmental Impact of an Oil Spill in the Southern Part of Onega Bay, the White Sea

V. V. Andrianov, A. A. Lebedev, N. V. Neverova, L. P. Lukin, T. Ya. Vorobyeva, E. I. Sobko, E. A. Kobelev, T. Yu. Lisitsina, L. A. Samokhina and S. I. Klimov p. 205  abstract

The Distribution of Zooplankton and Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758, in Akademiya Bay, Sea of Okhotsk

V. V. Melnikov and Yu. V. Fedorets p. 216  abstract

The Winter Abundance and Distribution of Birds in Western Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan

I. M. Tiunov and O. A. Burkovsky p. 222  abstract

The Seasonal Dynamics and Distribution of Burrowing Shrimp Larvae of the Infraorders Gebiidea and Axiidea in Amursky and Ussuriysky Bays, the Sea of Japan

D. D. Golubinskaya, O. M. Korn and E. S. Kornienko p. 232  abstract

The Morphofunctional Characterization and Ploidy Levels of the Digestive Gland Cells in Prosobranch Gastropod Mollusks (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda) with Special Reference to Somatic Polyploidy

A. P. Anisimov, N. P. Tokmakova, N. E. Zyumchenko and I. A. Kirsanova p. 243  abstract

Life Cycle of Tetrodotoxin-Producing Bacillus sp. on Solid and Liquid Medium: Light and Electron Microscopy Studies

O. A. Shokur, T. Yu. Magarlamov, D. I. Melnikova, E. A. Gorobets and I. A. Beleneva p. 252  abstract

The Seasonal Dynamics of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in the Digestive Gland of Crenomytilus grayanus (Dunker, 1853) Analyzed by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorometric Detection

P. A. Kameneva, T. Yu. Orlova and A. B. Imbs p. 258  abstract

The Distribution of Macrobenthic Epifauna in the Far Eastern Marine Reserve Based on Remote Underwater Video Data

V. V. Zharikov and V. N. Lysenko p. 266  abstract

Calculation of the Number of Samples Needed to Estimate the Species Richness of a Taxocene

V. V. Sukhanov p. 276  abstract

Synodontidae (Pisces: Aulopiformes), a New Family for Fauna of Russia

V. V. Zemnukhov, E. I. Barabanshchikov and S. V. Turanov p. 279  abstract

Proliferative Potential of Larval Cells of the Mussel Mytilus trossulus and Their Capacity to Differentiate into Myogenic Cells in Culture

M. A. Maiorova and N. A. Odintsova p. 281  abstract