Associations of kelp forest in Ivanovskaya and Drozdovka Bay (Barents Sea, Murman coast)
Sublittoral phytocenoses in the Ivanovskaya and Drozdovka bays (Barents Sea, Murman coast) have been investigated. Modern data of species diversity and the structure of associations of Laminariales in those bays have been given. Phytocenoses of the Drozdovka bay have been grouped for two associations, phytocenoses of the Ivanovskaya bay – for five associations. The high species diversity in the lagoon of the Ivanovskaya bay has been revealed.