Research area:

theoretical problems of ecology (structure of communities, biodiversity);

benthic fauna ecology;

Protozoa ecology;

methods of ecological data analysis and computer modeling.

 

References:

Azovsky A. I., Naumov A. D., Savchenko O. N. Long-term dynamics of subarctic intertidal macrofauna: Common trends and the role of local environment. Estuaries and Coasts, 2023, vol. 46, iss. 3, pp. 740–756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01177-y

 

Mosharov S. A., Druzhkova E. I., Sazhin A. F., Khlebopashev P. V., Drozdova A. N., Belyaev N. A., Azovsky A. I. Structure and productivity of the phytoplankton community in the southwestern Kara Sea in early summer. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023, vol. 11, iss. 4, art. no. 832 (20 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040832

 

Azovsky A. I., Chertoprud E. S., Garlitska L. A. Community-level spatiotemporal synchrony: New metric and application to White Sea meiobenthic harpacticoids. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2022, vol. 698, pp. 55–68. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14159

 

Azovsky A. I., Chertoprud E. S., Garlitska L. A. Environmental stability and long-term variability of harpacticoid copepod assemblages. Marine Biology, 2022, vol. 169, iss. 5, art. no. 67 (12 p.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04059-2

 

Azovsky A. I., Chertoprud E. S., Saburova M. A. Small-scale spatiotemporal variability and distance–decay relationships in intertidal micro- and meiobenthic assemblages. Marine Ecology, 2022, vol. 43, iss. 4, art. no. e12704 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12704

 

Udalov A., Chikina M., Azovsky A., Basin A., Galkin S., Garlitska L., Khusid T., Kondar D., Korsun S., Kremenetskiy V., Makkaveev P., Portnova D., Sapojnikov Ph., Simakov M., Vedenin A., Mokievsky V. Integrity of benthic assemblages along the arctic estuarine-coastal system. Ecological Indicators, 2021, vol. 121, art. no. 107115 (15 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107115

 

Chertoprud E. S., Frenkel S. E., Novichkova A. A., Sapozhnikov Ph. V., Kalinina O. Y., Chebanova V. V., Azovsky A. I. Harpacticoida (Copepoda) from the pelagic zone of the Sea of Okhotsk: Diversity, spatiotemporal distribution, and role in benthopelagic coupling. Journal of Natural History, 2021, vol. 55, iss. 39–40, pp. 2497–2519. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.2002453

 

Azovsky A. I., Chertoprud E. S. Garlitska L. A., Mazei Yu. A. Tikhonenkov D. V. Does size really matter in biogeography? Patterns and drivers of global distribution of marine micro- and meiofauna. Journal of Biogeography, 2020, vol. 47, iss. 5, pp. 1180–1192. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13771

 

Onipchenko V. G., Kopylova N. A., Kipkeev A. M., Elumeeva T. G., Azovsky A. I., Dudov S. V., Nyaga J. M. Low floristic richness of afro-alpine vegetation of Mount Kenya is related to its small area. Alpine Botany, 2020, vol. 130, iss. 1, pp. 31–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-019-00229-z

 

Novichkova A. A., Chertoprud E. S., Azovsky A. I. Composition, characteristics, and long-term variability of the freshwater microcrustacean fauna of the Faroe Islands. Journal of Natural History, 2020, vol. 53, iss. 30–40, pp. 2449–2465. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2019.1704587

 

Garlitska L. A., Chertoprud E. S., Portnova D. A., Azovsky A. I. Benthic Harpacticoida of the Kara Sea: Species composition and bathymetrically related distribution. Oceanology, 2019, vol. 59, iss. 4, pp. 541–551. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437019040064

 

Azovsky A. I., Kokarev V. N. Stable but fragile: Long-term dynamics of arctic benthic macrofauna in Baydaratskaya Bay (the Kara Sea). Polar Biology, 2019, vol. 42, iss. 7, pp. 1307–1322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02519-y

 

Lyabzina S. N., Lavrukova O. S., Prikhodko A. N., Azovsky A. I., Popov V. L. An insect complex of large animal carcasses and the peculiarities of their decomposition in northern European Russia. Entomological Review, 2019, vol. 99, iss. 4, pp. 473–484. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819040067

 

Azovsky A. I. Robustness of relative diversity metrics to inventory incompleteness: Could we estimate the near imponderable? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018, vol. 27, iss. 10, pp. 1200–1212. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12777

 

Azovsky A. I., Mazei Yu. A. Diversity and distribution of free-living ciliates from high-Arctic Kara Sea sediments. Protist, 2018, vol. 169, iss. 2, pp. 141–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2018.01.001

 

Kokarev V. N., Vedenin A. A., Basin A. B., Azovsky A. I. Erratum to “Taxonomic and functional patterns of macrobenthic communities on a high-Arctic shelf: A case study from the Laptev Sea” [J. Sea Res. 129 (2017) 61–69]. Journal of Sea Research, 2018, vol. 131, pp. 95–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.10.003