%0 Journal Article %A Terentyev, A. S. %D 2003 %I Begell House %N 4 %P 6 %R 10.1615/HydrobJ.v39.i4.70 %T Influence of Anthropic Silting of Bottom Sediments on the Commercial Settlements of Mussels on the Bank "Tetis-2" (Karkinitskiy Bay of the Black Sea) %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,290c78b07c8d18f5,31c3333d5b7aefa2.html %V 39 %X In the second part of the 1980s, the mussel bank "Tetis-2" was subjected to intensive anthropic silting as a result of which the numbers and biomass of mussels, and also the area of their distribution, essentially decreased. At the thickness of silt of 3 cm, the biocenosis of mussels gave way to the biocenosis of Melinna palmata (Grube) (Polychaeta). The capability of mussels for production and filtration decreased. As a consequence, the process of aging of mussel population was observed. %8 2003-08-01