Research area:

patterns of formation of primary production, phytoplankton biomass, its taxonomic composition, and size structure;

phytoplankton consumption by microzooplankton;

structural and functional characteristics of marine microalgae in cultures under various environmental conditions;

assessment of water quality using marine microalgae–biotests.

 

References:

Stelmakh L., Kovrigina N., Gorbunova T. Phytoplankton seasonal dynamics under conditions of climate change and anthropogenic pollution in the western coastal waters of the Black Sea (Sevastopol region). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023, vol. 11, iss. 3, art. no. 569 (14 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11030569

 

Stelmakh L. V., Mansurova I. M., Gorbunova T. L., Alatartseva O. S. Toxicity effects of copper on two species of marine diatoms microalgae and two species of dinoflagellates. Ecologica Montenegrina, 2022, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 55–68. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.58.6

 

Stelmakh L. V. Features of the structural and functional characteristics of the diatom alga Pseudosolenia calcar-avis. Inland Water Biology, 2022, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 315–323. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082922030154

 

Yunev O., Carstensen J., Stelmakh L., Belokopytov V., Suslin V. Temporal changes of phytoplankton biomass in the western Black Sea shelf waters: Evaluation by satellite data (1998–2018). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2022, vol. 271, art. no. 107865 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107865

 

Stelmakh L. V., Mansurova I. M. Physiological mechanism of dinoflagellate survival under a biogenic limitation. Inland Water Biology, 2021, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 222–230. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082921020140

 

Stelmakh L., Kovrigina N. Phytoplankton growth rate and microzooplankton grazing under conditions of climatic changes and anthropogenic pollution in the coastal waters of the Black Sea (Sevastopol region). Water, 2021, vol. 13, iss. 22, art. no. 3230 (13 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223230

 

Yunev O. A., Carstensen J., Stelmakh L. V., Belokopytov V. N., Suslin V. V. Reconsideration of the phytoplankton seasonality in the open Black Sea. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2021, vol. 6, iss. 1, pp. 51–59. https://doi/org/10.1002/lol2.10178

 

Stelmakh L., Kovrigina N., Gorbunova T. Phytoplankton adaptation strategies under the influence of climatic changes and anthropogenic pressure on the Black Sea coastal ecosystems on the example Sevastopol Bay. Ecologica Montenegrina, 2020, vol. 37, pp. 34–42. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.37.5

 

Stelmakh L. V., Stepanova O. A. Effect of viral infection on the functioning and lysis of Black Sea microalgae Tetraselmis viridis (Chlorophyta) and Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyta). Inland Water Biology, 2020, vol. 13, iss. 3, pp. 417–424. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082920020303

 

Stelmakh L. V. The organic carbon-to-chlorophyll ratio as a necessary parameter for estimating the Black Sea phytoplankton biomass from satellite data. Proceedings of SPIE : 26^th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 2020, vol. 11560, art. no. 115602M (6 p.). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2572831

 

Stelmakh L., Gorbunova T. Effect of phytoplankton adaptation on the distribution of its biomass and chlorophyll a concentration in the surface layer of the Black Sea. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 2019, vol. 48, iss. 4, pp. 404–414. https://doi.org/10.2478/ohs-2019-0035

 

Stelmakh L., Gorbunova T. Emiliania huxleyi blooms in the Black Sea: Influence of abiotic and biotic factors. Botanica, 2018, vol. 24, iss. 2, pp. 172–184. https://doi.org/10.2478/botlit-2018-0017

 

Stelmakh L. V., Gorbunova T. I. Carbon-to-chlorophyll-a ratio in the phytoplankton of the Black Sea surface layer: Variability and regulatory factors. Ecologica Montenegrina, 2018, vol. 17, pp. 60–73. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2018.17.8