Research area:

functional morphology of biosynthetic phytosystems. One of the important aspects of the study is the issue of the occupancy of inhabited spaces with a bioorganic substance and the participation of the latter in the metabolism. This group of issues of general ecology and hydrobiology has an outlet in the practice of cultivation of marine algae and the construction of "biopositive" submarine structures.

 

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

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Ekologiya gidrosfery;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Voprosy sovremennoi al'gologii.

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Prazukin A. V., Firsov Yu. K., Latushkin A. A. Zostera noltii Hornemann seagrass as the modulator of habitat within its canopy. Aquatic Botany, 2025, art. no. 103872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2025.103872

 

Prazukin A., Shadrin N., Latushkin A., Anufriieva E. Mats of green filamentous alga Cladophora in the hypersaline Bay Sivash: Distribution, structure, environment-forming role and resource potential. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2025, vol. 82, art. no. 104031 (12 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104031

 

Shadrin N., Latushkin A., Yakovenko V., Prazukin A., Anufriieva E. Daily and other short-term changes in the ecosystem components of the world's largest hypersaline lagoon Bay Sivash (Crimea). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024, vol. 77, art. no. 103643 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103643

 

Ryabushko V. I., Gureeva E. V. , Kapranov S. V., Prazukin A. V., Toichkin A. M., Simokon M. V., Bobko N. I. Element composition of several marine macrophytes (Crimea, Black Sea) and correlations with the element abundances in sediments and seawater. Environmental Research, 2024, vol. 257, art. no. 119380 (14 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119380

 

Prazukin A. V., Anufriieva E. V., Shadrin N. V. Biomass of Cladophora (Chlorophyta, Cladophorales) is a promising resource for agriculture with high benefits for economics and the environment. Aquaculture International, 2024, vol. 32, iss. 3, pp. 3637–3673. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-023-01342-x

 

Prazukin A. V., Lee R. I., Balycheva D. S., Firsov Yu. K., Kholodov V. V. Cladophora (Chlorophyta) as an ecological engineer in hypersaline lake Chersonesskoye: Distribution of diatom algae in the structured space of plant mats. Marine Biological Journal, 2023, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 62–86. https://marine-biology.ru/mbj/article/view/401

 

Balycheva D., Anufriieva E., Lee R., Prazukin A., Shadrin N. Salinity-dependent species richness of Bacillariophyta in hypersaline environments. Water, 2023, vol. 15, iss. 12, art. no. 2252 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122252

 

Shadrin N., Anufriieva E., Latushkin A., Prazukin A., Yakovenko V. Daily rhythms and oxygen balance in the hypersaline lake Moynaki (Crimea). Water, 2022, vol. 14, iss. 22, art. no. 3753 (17 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w14223753

 

Ryabushko V. I., Gureeva E. V., Kapranov S. V., Bobko N. I., Prazukin A. V., Nekhoroshev M. V. Rare earth elements in brown algae of the genus Cystoseira (Phaeophyceae) (Black Sea). European Journal of Phycology, 2022, vol. 57, iss. 4, pp. 433–445. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2021.2016985

 

Prazukin A. V., Lee R. I., Firsov Yu. K., Kapranov S. V. Vertical distribution of epiphytic diatoms in relation to the eelgrass Zostera noltii canopy biomass and height. Aquatic Botany, 2022, vol. 176, art. no. 103466 (12 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103466

 

Prazukin A., Shadrin N., Balycheva D., Firsov Yu., Lee R., Anufriieva E. Cladophora spp. (Chlorophyta) modulate environment and create a habitat for microalgae in hypersaline waters. European Journal of Phycology, 2021, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 231–243. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1814423

 

Prazukin А. V., Firsov Yu. K., Gureeva E. V., Kapranov S. V., Zheleznova S. N., Maoka T., Nekhoroshev M. V. Biomass of green filamentous alga Cladophora (Chlorophyta) from a hypersaline lake in Crimea as a prospective source of lutein and other pigments. Algal Research, 2021, vol. 54, art. no. 102195 (9 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102195