Trophic Assemblages of the Rocky Intertidal Zone in Vostok Bay, Sea of Japan

Abstract

The ratios between the indices of relative abundance for different trophic life forms have been used to characterize bionomical types of a rocky intertidal zone. It has been shown that the distribution of life forms is determined by the geomorphological peculiarities of the surveyed intertidal areas. A brief critical historical review has been provided of the terms “bionomy” and “bionomical type.”