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Ostracode Research Activities inRUSSIA
Correspondent: L. M. Melnikova <lmelnik@paleo.msk.su>
Abushik, Anna. Anna prepared the papers on Silurian ostracodes and the Early Devonian leperditicopids, both contributed to the monograph on Severnaya Zemlya that will be published in Geodiversitas in Paris. This work was made under the IGCP Project 406 "Circum Arctic Palaeozoic Vertebrates". She is currently working on Silurian ostracodes and Devonian leperditicopids from the Kotelny Island (Novosibirsk Islands, North-East of Russia).
Aladin, Nick. This year I am studing osmoregulation of Ostracoda from the Caspian and Baltic Sea. I am also studing Ostracoda shells from short cores collected from Caspian and Aral Seas and from some carstic lakes in Tatarstan. At present I am still working with about 200 cores from the Aral Sea collected by Russian ecological Survey in 1990-1991.
Chavtur, V.G. I am the Head of Laboratory of Planktonology. During past year I was busy the preparation os some papers on the pelagic ostracods of the subfamilies Halocypridinae and Euconchoecinae from the North Pacific. Besides that, I finished the investigation on the morphological variability of closely related species of the genus Halocypris on the materials from tropical and subtropical zones of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Now I have started preparing a voluminous paper on the revision of the pelagic ostracods of the new tribe Metaconchoecini.
Evdokimova, Irina. Irina prepared the paper on Early Devonian non-leperditicopids contributed to the monograph on Severnaya Zemlya (Russia) that will be published in Geodiversitas in Paris. This work was made under the IGCP Project 406 "Circum Arctic Palaeozoic Vertebrates". Irina is currently working on Frasnian ostracodes from the Main Devonian Field, North-West of the Russian platform (taxonomy, biostratigraphy, palaeoecology), and Devonian ostracodes of Kotelny Island (Novosibirsk Islands, NE Russia).
Kukhtinov-Saratov, D. During 1998 I've done: 1) analysis of possibilities and detail studing of interregional correlation of continental deposits of the Upper Permian and Triassic of Euroasia on the basis of ostracoda fauna; 2) peculiarities and causes of great change in ostracoda fauna at the boundary of the Permian and Triassic were carried out; general caurse of basing of the complexes - change from Darwinula to Suchonella in the first case and full inversion in the second; 3) studing of marine ostracods from the Upper Permian (Kazanian stage) and Moscowian stage of the Southern part of the Russian plate (with student A. Apostolov) was carried out.
Melnikova, Mila. My current research activities include research on Ordovician ostracods of the East-European Platform (Leningrad district, continuing work), Taimyr Peninsula and Middle Asia. I, along with E. D. Michailova, prepared for publication 2 papers in which characteristic and comparison of the Archalyk and Minkuchar ostracods assemlages from the Zeravshan-Gissar Mountain Region are given (based on the key section Shakhriomon -II). The Archalyk assemblage is represented by 15 species and Minkuchar one includes 25 species.
Michailova, Elena. Elena continues to study ostracoda associations, paleoecology, and biostratigraphy of Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian deposits from folded framing of Turan platform.
Neustrueva, Irina. Irina is working on Paleozoic and Mesozoic limnic Ostracoda.
Nikolaeva, Irina. Irina is working on Paleogene ostracodes from the Northern Caucasus region: paleoecology and application in the stratigraphic zonal schems.
Savelieva, Julia. Julia is working on the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene ostracods from Tetis. She is also working on collections of Cretaceous and Paleogene ostracods from Crimea and Turkmenistan (Maly Balkhan).
Schornikov, E.I., Sci., continues his research on ecology, morphology and taxonomy of ostracods. Dr. Schornikov is investigating ostracods in the following topics: 1) monographic research of Paleozoic Bythocytheridae, 2) heterochrony and morphological evolution of ostracods, 3) Ostracoda - indicators of conditions and dynamic of water ecosystems; 4) Ostracoda of Sea of Japan. Dr. Schornikov is working with D. A. Sokolenko, a post-graduate student (see the report below) and with J. A. Pykhtina, a post-graduate student who is studying ostracoda of Candonidae family of the southern Primorye Territory,(Maritime Province).
Sobolev, Dmitryi. Dmitryi completed his Ph.D. on Tournaisian ostracods of the northeastern European part of Russia.
Sokolenko, D.A. I am a post-graduate student currently working on Ostracoda as indicators of conditions and dynamic of water ecosystems (on examples of several areas of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan). I am also working on ostracods as indicators of antropogenic influence in ports of southern Primorye Territory, Russia, and am researching ostracodes of the Sea of Japan.
Tesakova, Ekaterina. Ekaterina is currently writing her Ph.D. on the Jurassic ostracodes of Central parts of Russian platform, which she hopes to complete to September 1999.
Tschizhova, Vera A. My current work is focused on monographical studying of the Tournaisian ostracods of the eastern part of Russian Platform.
Zenkova Galina G. I have prepared for publication 2 papers: 1) ?Silurian Ostracode from the central part of Ufa Amphiteatre? in which ostracode associations from the Landoverian, Wenlock and Lundlow stage of Western slope of the Middle Urals in the central part of Ufa 5Amphiteatre are examined; seven new species are described. 2) ?Pridolian ostracode from the central part of Ufa Amphiteatre, in which ostracode associations from the Pridolian stage of Western slope of the Urals in the central part of Ufa Amphiteatre are examined; seven new species and one known species are described. Biostratigraphic ostracodes subdivisions are distinguished in the Silurian and Lower Devonian beds of this territory and them correlation with provincial zones.
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