https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/Andrey%20Zotov

PhD

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

- Estuarine and coastal phytoplankton
- Morpho-functional organization of phytoplankton communities
- Biodiversity

EDUCATION 2002 – 2005 Odessa Branch Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Ukraine Ph.D. in Hydrobiology, diploma: DK 031939, 15 December, 2005 Dissertation title: “Indices of the surface of unicellular algae and their use for structural-functional estimation of phytoplankton” 1999-2002 Post-graduate student; OB IBSS 1990 – 1995 I.I. Mechnikov Odessa State University, Odessa, Ukraine, Specialist (=M.S.) in Biological Sciences with specialization in Hydrobiology Diploma work in Hydrobiology: LG 722097, 28 June, 1995 (Title: “Microphytobenthos artificial substrates of the northwestern Black Sea”) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY 2005 – 2007 Research Associate of the Department of Morpho-functional Ecology, OB IBSS 2002 – 2005 Junior Research Assistant of the Department of Hydrobiology, OB IBSS 1999-2002 Post-graduate student; OB IBSS 1997 – 1999 Leading Engineer of the Department of Hydrobiology, OB IBSS

English

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The dissertation is devoted to development of methods of calculation of the complex of parameters of the surface of unicellular algae, and a substantiation of their use for a structurally functional estimation of phytoplankton using the example of the northwestern part of the Black Sea and adjoining water bodies.