This book is prepared jointly by the Institute of Oceanology， Chinese Academy of Sciences （IOCAS， Qingdao） and A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology， Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences （IMB FEB RAS， Vladivostok） as an outcomeof collaboration in the field of marine ecology and biodiversity studies. It covers various topics of ecosystem research， biodiversity， biogeography， environmental safety of the East China， Yellow and Japan seas， focusing on the common problems in both countries. In this book， we have tried to cover a wide range of biological oceanographic issues and invited leading scientists to present comprehensive review papers. We hope that this book would beuseful not only by national researchers， but is of broad interest for neighboring countries and world wide.
PREFACE
Chapter 1 Biodiversity in the Sea of Japan: more than a century of Russian research Andrey V. Adrianov, Konstantin A. Lutaenko
Chapter 2 Status of marine biodiversity of the China seas LIU Rui-Yu （J. Y. LIU）
Chapter 3 Modern problems of environmental safety of the Far Eastern seas of Russian Federation Andrey V. Adrianov
Chapter 4 Zooplankton functional groups in the Yellow Sea SUN Song, HUO Yuan-Zi, SUN Xiao-Xia
Chapter 5 Diversity of potentially toxic microalgae on the east coast of Russia Tatiana Yu. Orlova
Chapter 6 Toxic algae and phycotoxins in the coastal waters of China YU Ren-Cheng, GAO Yan, LUO Xuan, SONG Jing-Jing, ZHOU Ming-Jiang
Chapter 7 Phytoplankton community and primary productivity in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea SUN Xiao-Xia, ZHENG Shan, LUO Xuan, WEN Fei
Chapter 8 Nemertean biodiversity in the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas Alexei V. Chernyshev
Chapter 9 Advance of the study on the macrobenthos from the Yellow Sea and East China Sea LI Xin-Zheng, WANG Hong-Fa, ZHANG Bao-Lin, MA Lin, ZHANG Li, WANG Jin-Bao, DONG Dong, KOU Qi, PENG Song-Yao, SUI Ji-Xing, GAN Zhi-Bin, XU Peng, HUANG Hui
Chapter 10 Biodiversity and biogeographical patterns of bivalve mollusks in the Sea of Japan Konstantin A. Lutaenko, Ronald G. Noseworthy
Chapter 11 The biogeography of cold water bivalves in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea ZHANG Jun-Long, XU Feng-Shan
Chapter 12 Species composition and distribution of echinoderms in the Yellow Sea XIAO Ning, LIAO Yu-Lin
Chapter 13 Marine fouling plants in Dalian and Bayuquan seaports （China） Eduard A. Titlyanov, Tamara V. Titlyanova
Chapter 14 Biodiversity and zoogeography of fish in the Yellow Sea with emphasis on dominant species NING Ping, LIU Jing
Chapter 15 DNA barcoding: A molecular tool to observe zooplankton in the Jiaozhou Bay WANG Min-Xiao, SUN Song, LI Chao-Lun, SUN Xiao-Xia, CHENG Fang-Ping
Prof. O.G. Kussakin， the famous Russian carcinologistand marine biologist， published 5-volume monograph onthe isopods of the Northern Hemisphere including data onthe Sea of Japan （last volume: Kussakin， 2003）. The latestresearches show that the Russian waters of the Sea of Japanare inhabited by 91 species of isopods belonging to 48genera， 22 families and 7 suborders （Golovan， Malyutina，2010）. E.I. Schornikov （2006）， based on long-term studies，presented an annotated checklist of 194 species ofostracodsfrom Peter the Great Bay. Some ostracod researcheswere devoted to the fauna of South Korea as results ofjoint Korean-Russian collaboration （Lee et al.， 2000;Chavtur et al.， 2007）.
1.1. Budnikova and R.G. Bezrukov（2008） summarized data on the taxonomic composition，abundance and local distribution of amphipods in Peter theGreat Bay and enumerated 349 species collected in a depthrange of 7-280 m.The Russian bivalve molluscan fauna ofthe northwesternPacific was first summarized in a comprehensive book byScarlato （1981）， and then in annotated （but not illustrated）catalogues by A.I. Kafanov （1991） and Yu.l. Kantor andA.V Sysoev （2005）. Three atlases with selected species fromthe Sea of Japan appeared in the 1990s-2000s （Bogdanov，Sirenko， 1993; Yavnov， 2000; Evseev， Yakovlev， 2006）. K.A.Lutaenko and R.G. Noseworthy （2012） published a catalogueof the recent bivalve mollusks of the continental coast of theSea of Japan （from Busan in the south to Tatarsky Strait inthe north）. The catalogue is illustrated in color and contains367 species and subspecies belonging to 57 families. Foreach species， the regional province-wise distribution inKorea and in the historical region of Primorye in Russia，for two areas-southern and middle/northern Primorye， isgiven along with verified zonal-geographical characteristicsand taxonomic and/or distributional notes. Bivalve mollusksof Yeongil Bay in South Korea were studied jointly byRussian and Korean malacologists （Lutaenko et al.， 2003）.lna series ofpapers， YV Gulbin （2004， 2006） and VV Gulbinand E.M. Chaban （2007） summarized the gastropod faunasof Peter the Great Bay， Moneron Island and the entire area ofthe Russian waters of the Sea of Japan. A total of 332 speciesand subspecies of gastropods are known for Russian watersof the Sea of Japan.
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