title: [Annual cycle of nanophytoplankton in coastal waters of the Barents Sea].
abstract: The seasonal dynamics of biomass and size structure of nanophytoplankton in the Central Murman (off the southern coast of the Barents Sea) are described according to the results of six-year continuous observations. The pattern of the annual successional cycle indicates that the nanophytoplankton community as a structural unit of coastal pelagic algocenoses represents a specific integrated ecological group of primary producers. The issue of a major contribution of nanoalgae to the total biomass and production of the autotrophic component of coastal ecosystems in Arctic seas is discussed.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Druzhkova
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Makarevich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D018533:Biomass; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000254:growth & development*; D012621:Seasons; D012623:Seawater