Research area:

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

benthic fauna ecology;

Protozoa ecology;

methods of ecological data analysis and computer modeling.

 

Membership in editorial boards, scientific communities, and other organizations:

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Journal of Oceanological Research;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Oceanology;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal University Proceedings. Volga Region. Natural Sciences.

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Azovsky A. I., Esaulov A. S., Saburova M. A., Garlitska L. A., Portnova D. A., Prokina K. I., Zagumyonnyi D. G., Tikhonenkov D. V., Mazei N. G., Udalov A. A., Chikina M. V., Mokievsky V. O., Li X., Zhang W., Medvedev A. F., Grum-Grzhimaylo O. A., Bubnova E. N., Plotnikov A. O., Ivanovskii A. A., Tsyganov A. N., Saldaev D. A., Polikarpov I. G., Chernyshov V. A., Babeshko K. V., Burkovsky I. V., Mazei Yu. A. Polar micro- and meiobenthos is resistant to prolonged light limitation: Mesocosm shading experiment in the White Sea intertidal. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2026, vol. 594, art. 152149 (13 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2025.152149

 

Azovsky A. I., Udalov A. A. Food-dependent migratory behavior of benthic harpacticoid Heterolaophonte minuta: An experimental approach and computer simulation. Marine Environmental Research, 2026, vol. 213, art. 107622 (9 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107622

 

Rudneva E. V., Azovsky A. I., Udalov A. A., Zalota A. K., Chikina M. V. Changes in the communities in the southwestern Kara Sea as a result of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) invasion. Oceanology, 2025, vol. 65, iss. 2, pp. 250–259. https://doi.org/10.1134/s0001437024701108

 

Azovsky A. I., Chikina M. V., Kolobov M. Y., Naumov A. D., Udalov A. A. Spatiotemporal dynamics of subarctic intertidal macrobenthos: Going their own ways. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2024, vol. 104, art. e32. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315424000237

 

Vorobjeva L. V., Reshetov I. S., Azovsky A. I., Kovatcheva N. P., Chertoprud E. S. Patterns of macrozoobenthos distribution in some rivers of European Russia and adjacent regions. Biology Bulletin, 2023, vol. 50, iss. 8, pp. 1758–1781. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1062359023080320

 

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. 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. 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. e12704 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12704