Guidelines for quality control of the Black Sea: Microphytobenthos. Ed. by A. V. Gaevskaya. 2015. 19 pls. 4 tabs. 176 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.- In Russian, with abstract in English and Latin nomenclature.

This book consists of methodical recommendations for sampling, treatment, laboratory processing and different kinds of analysis of the Black Sea benthic microalgae. It is recommended to apply the indication capabilities of microphytes for assessment the environmental stressors impact upon quantitative indices, distribution pattern and taxonomic structure of taxocenes. Application of different structural indices and non-parametric methods including taxonomic distinctness indices (TaxDI) for assessment of biodiversity features and condition of main components of microphytobenthic assemblages in different environment had discussed.

The Annexes are comprised of the list of references using for taxonomical identification of species, algorithms for approximation the shape of cells by geometric figures, formulas and correction factors for calculation of volume and surface area of unicellular microalgae and a check-list of microphytobenthos (cyanobacteria, Ochrophyta, Dinophyta, Cryptophyta, Haptophyta, Bigyra, Euglenozoa, Protozoa, lncertae, Sedis, Chlorophyta), and an updated list of benthic diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from the north-western part of the Black Sea.