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As a result of matter and energy accumulation in the marine contour (marginal) biotopes, communities of plants and animals (contourobionts) adapted to specific conditions of these edges of the sea are developed. Because of numerical superiority of early ontogenetic stages of aquatic organisms, contour biotopes and communities are responsible for the reproduction of many organisms, including commercially important species. Due to natural physical and chemical processes, in the same biotopes accumulate different substances, harmful for living organisms. In consequence of this, the main critical zones of the sea are forming just here and first victims are among contourobionts, figuratively named “Environmental sentinels”. They need to be monitored in the first place.
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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.
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Zaitsev, Y.P. (2018). The Marginal Biological Indicators – An Efficient Tool for Ecological Monitoring of the Marine Environment. In: Finkl, C., Makowski, C. (eds) Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences. Coastal Research Library, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57577-3_31
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