Nina V. Denisenko

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Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
Academic title: Senior Researcher
Position: Senior Researcher
E-mail: Nina.Denisenko@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 328-13-11, ext. 253
Educational background: Voronezh State University, biology-soil faculty, invertebrate department, 1977
Dissertations: “Distribution and ecology of bryozoans in the Barents Sea and adjacent areas of the Arctic Ocean.” (PhD)
Research interests: Bryozoans, fauna, taxonomy, biogeography, biodiversity, biocenology, zoobenthos.
Field studies: 1982-1998 – Participation in the Russian and international marine and coastal expeditions to the Barents Sea, including the Pechora Sea; 1992, 1994 – Expeditions to the Kara Sea; 1993, 1995, 1998 – International expeditions to the Baltic Sea; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2013 – Expeditions to the White Sea.
Professional membership:
  • Member of the Hydrobiological Society at RAS since 1988 (1989-1999 – chairman of the Kola branch of the Society), http://gboran.ru ;
  • Member of the International Bryozoological Association since 1987 (2013-2019 – member of Scientific Council of the IBA), http://bryozoa.net/iba ;
  • Expert on marine zoobenthos from the Russian side at the Conservation of the Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group (https://www.caff.is) – in the Arctic Council (http://www.arctic-council.org) (2008-present time).
Pedagogical activity: Associated professor at the Murmansk Pedagogical University, Murmansk (1998-2006).
Scientific projects and grants:
  • Project of the Research Council of Norway (120429/730) “Arctic Benthic Fauna – a challenge for research” - 1993-1996;
  • INTAS project 93-1022: “Fluctuations of marine zoobenthos in the Arctic in relation to climate variability” - 1993-1996;
  • Bilateral project in frames cooperation with the Finnish-Russian offshore working group technology “Environmental study in the Pechora sea” - 1992-1998;
  • INTAS project 1489-99. “The Pechora Sea – late Pleistocene paleogeography, present state of the shelf and coastal zone and forecast for the 21st century” - 1999-2002;
  • LOIRA Project: FOCUS 4. Studies of the Structure and Functions of the Biological Components of Marine Ecosystems - 1995-2005;
  • WWF Project: “The Barents Sea ecoregion” - 2001-2002;
  • Project of the Research Council of Norway (152798/730) “Life at the edge: Benthic communities at the Barents Sea ice edge in a changing climate (BASICC)” - 2003-2007;
  • RFBR -18-05-60157 (Arctic) “Centurial changes of bottom ecosystems of the Russian Arctic Seas. Modern state and forecast”.
Individual grants:
  • “Benthic fauna of the southern Kara Sea” (Alfred Wegener Institute of polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Germany) (1999);
  • “An annotated checklist of the bryozoans of the Pechora Sea and Franz Josef Land archipelago”. Norwegian research council. Report APN-434.1913.1. (Akvaplan-niva, Polar Centre, Tromso, Norway (2001);
  • Bilateral cooperation with the Zoological museum of the Copenhagen University (2005-2012) “Diversity and biogeographic patterns of Faroes Bryozoans”;
  • Bilateral project with the Britain Museum of Natural History “The Arctic bryozoans” (2008-2013).
Selected Publications:
  • Bryazgin V.F., Denisenko N.V., Denisenko S.G., Kaluzny E.E., Ryzov B.M.: Animals and plants of the Barents Sea. 1981, Apatity, 190 p. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V. 1990. Distribution and ecology of bryozoans of the Barents Sea. Publisher of the Kola Sci. Centre RAS, Apatity. 156 p.
  • Antipova T.V., Denisenko N.V., Semenov V.N. 1989. Distribution of benthic species and issues of biogeographic regionalization of the Northern Seas. . In: Life and environment of Polar Seas. Leningrad, Nauka, p.146-157.
  • Gontar V.I., Denisenko N.V. 1989. Arctic Ocean Bryozoa. In: Herman Y. (Ed) The Arctic Seas. Climatology, Oceanography, Geology and Biology. New York, VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY. pp.341-372. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0677-1_14
  • Golikov A.N., Anisimova N.A. Golikov A.A., Denisenko N.V.,Kaplina T.V., Menshutkin V.V., Menshutkina N.V., Novikov O.K., Panteleeva N.N., Frolova E.F. 1993. Bottom communities of the Yarnishnaya inlet of the Barents Sea and their seasonal dynamic. Apatity, KSC RAS. 57 p. (In Russian)
  • Matishov G.G., Denisenko N.V., Denisenko S.G. Zuyev A.A., Karamushko O.V., Sochnev O.Ya., Shparkovsky I.A. 1997. Assessment of impact on the environment of the exploring investigations in the Medinskoye-More oil-field in the south-eastern part of the Barents Sea. Murmansk. 84 p. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V., Rachor E., Denisenko S.G. 2003. Benthic fauna of the southern Kara Sea. In: Stein R., Fahl K., Fütterer D.K. , Galimov E.M. , Stepanets O.V. (Eds) Siberian river run-off in the Kara Sea. Characterization, quantification, variability, and environmental significance. Elsevier print, Amsterdam. Proceedings of marine sciences. V. 6:213–236. eBook: 978-0-08-095142-3
  • Larsen T., Boltunov A., Denisenko N., Denisenko S., Gavrilo M., Mokievsky V., Nagoda D., Spiridonov V., von Quillfeldt S. The Barents Sea Ecoregion. A Biodiversity assessment. WWF: Oslo. 2004. 151 p.
  • Vongraven D., Ahrenberg P., Beesven I., Crane K., Denisenko N., Gill M., Gofman V., Grant-Freidman A., Gudmundsson G., Hindrum R., Hopcroft R.R., Iken K., Labansen A., Liubina O.S., Melnikov I.A., Moore S.E., Reist J.D., Stow J., Tchernova J., Ugarte F., Watkins J. 2009. Circumpolar Marine Biodiversity monitoring Plan – background paper. CAFF Circumpolar bideversity monitoring program. CAFF International secretarian. Akureyri, Iceland, N 19, 62 p.
  • Gill M.J., Crane K., Hindrum R., Arneberg P., Bysveen I., Denisenko N.V., Gofman V., Grant-Friedman A., Gudmundsson G., Hopcroft R.R., Iken K., Labansen A., Liubina O.S., Melnikov I.A., Moore S.E., Reist J.D., Sirenko B.I., Stow J., Ugarte F., Vongraven D., Watkins J. 2011. Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (CBMP-MARINE PLAN), CAFF Monitoring Series. Report No.3, April 2011, CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland. ISBN 1. 978-9979-9778-7-2. 160 с.
  • Josefson A.B., Mokievsky V. Bergmann M., Blicher M. E., Bluhm B., Cochrane S., Denisenko N.V., Hasemann Ch.,. Jørgensen L. L., Klages M., Schewe I., Sejr M. K., Soltwedel Th., Wesławski J.M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk M. 2013. Marine invertebrates. In: Arctic Biodiversity Assessment: Status and Trends in Arctic Biodiversity. Akureyri: CAFF. с. 277-309.
  • Denisenko N.V. 1983. Distribution of bryozoans in the tidal zone of the Dalnezelenetskaya inlet (the Eastern Murman). In: Research of biology, morphology and physiology of hydrobionts., Apatity, KSC RAS. P.3-11. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V. 1984. To the method of determining of bryozoans biomass // Zoological Journal. Vol.62, N 11. P.1729-1731. (In Russian, Introduction in English)
  • Denisenko N.V. 1984. Species composition and occurrence of bryozoans in the tidal zone of some bays of the Eastern Murman. In: Benthos of the Barents Sea. Apatity, KSC RAS, p.71-79. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V., Denisenko S.G. 1992. Forming of the fouling communities in the frontier biogeographic areas. In: Theoretical aspects to study of water ecosystems. Apatity, 1992, p.75-84. (In Russian)
  • Larsen L.-H., Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V., Evensent A.: The environmental status of the south-eastern Barents Sea.- Report for Norsk Hydro. Tromso, 1992, 56 p.
  • Denisenko S.G. Anisimova N.A. Denisenko N.V. Jukov E.I. 1993. Occurence and functional structure of zoobenthos. In: Hydrobiology investigation in the Baydaratskaya Bay of the Kara Sea. Apatity. p.30-49. (In Russian )
  • Luppova E.N., Anisimova N.A., Denisenko N.V., Frolowa E.A. 1993. The bottom biocenoses of the Franz Josef Land. In: The environment and ecosystems of the Franz Josef Land (archipelago and shelf). Apatity: Kola Sci. Centre RAS. P.118-142
  • Sandler H., Andersin A.-B., Denisenko N., Denisenko S. 1993, Zoobenthos community structure in the Pechora Sea. In: Pechora Sea ecological studies in 1992. Report B3, Helsinki, Finnish-Russian offshore technology working group p. 32-39.
  • Denisenko S.G., Luppova E.N., Denisenko N.V., Frolova E.A., Alekseev V.V. 1995. Quantitative distribution and benthic communities structure in the Prinovozemelsky shelf of the Barents Sea. - In: Environment conditions and ecosystems of Novaya Zemlya. Archipelago and shelf. Apatity, Kola Sci. Сentre, P. 66-79. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko S. G., Denisenko N.V., Dahle S. 1995. Baseline Russian investigations of the bottom fauna in the south-eastern part of the Barents Sea. – In.: Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters. Elsevier, Amsterdam. P.293-302.
  • Denisenko S.G. Denisenko N., Matishov D., Savinova T. 1995.The Environmental status of the South-Eastern Barents Sea. Literature survey. Norsk Hydro AS, Report 352, Tromso, 55 p.
  • Denisenko N., Denisenko S., Sandler H., Andersin A.-B. 1996. Zoobenthos in the Pechora Bay in 1995. Pechora Bay ecological studies in 1995. Report B8. Helsinki, Finnish-Russian offshore technology working group. P.34-56.
  • Denisenko N.V. 1996. Structure and distribution of bryozoans in the south-eastern part of the Barents Sea. In: Biegeocenoses glaitial shelfs of the Western Arctic, Apatity, Kola Sci.Centre Rus. Ac.of Sci., 1996, p.224-237. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N., Denisenko S., Sandler H., Andersin A.-B. 1996. Zoobenthos in the Cheshkaya Bay in 1995. Report B 11. Heelsinki, Finnish-Russian offshore technology working group. P. 41-66.
  • Denisenko N., Denisenko S., Sandler H. 1996. Zoobenthos of the Ob Bay in 1995. In: Ob Bay Ecological Studies in 1995. Report B 15, Helsinki, Finnish-Russian offshore technology working group. pp. 23-37
  • Denisenko N.V., Denisenko S.G. 1996. Fauna structure and quantitative distribution of benthos. In: Ecosystems, resourses and anthropogenic pollution in the Pechora Sea. Apatity, Kola Sci.Centre Rus. Ac.of Sci. P.61-72. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V., Frolova E.A., Anisimova N.A., Sandler H., Dahle S. 1997. Current state of the bottom fauna and structure of bottom communities in the Pechora Sea. Natural conditions of the Kara and Barents Sea. Oslo, Norsk Polarinstitutt Rapportserie, N 97. Pp. 390-395.
  • Denisenko N. 1998. Notes to the bryozoa fauna in the area north of the Spitsbergen archipelago. Berichte zur Polarforschung, V. 287, P. 57-62.
  • Dahle S., Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V., Cochrane S. 1998. Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea //Sarsia 83:183-210 https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1998.10413681
  • Denisenko S.G., Anisimova N.A., Denisenko N.V. 1998. Modern zoobenthos studies of the coastal areas in the southern part of the Kara Sea // Doklady Akademii nauk. V.363 (5), p. 710-713.
  • Denisenko N., Groenland L., Sandler H. 1998. General principles of environment impact assessment and planning of monitoring. Ecological Studies in 1992-1995. Report B 13. Helsinki, Finnish-Russian offshore technology working group. P. 223-238.
  • Denisenko S., Sandler H., Denisenko N., Andersin a. 1998. Zoobenthos baseline studies in the Pechora sea and Adjacent Bays. Pechora Sea Ecological Studies in 1992-1995. Report B 13. Helsinki, Finnish-Russian offshore technology working group. Pp. 83-144.
  • Denisenko S.G., Sandler H., Denisenko N.V., Rachor E. 1999. Current state of zoobenthos in two estuarine bays of the Barents and Kara Seas // ICES Journal of Marine Science 56(S):187-193. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1999.0633
  • Denisenko N.V. Faunal composition and long-term changes of Bryozoans in Yarnishnaya Inlet (Barents Sea). Modern Benthos of the western Arctic. Apatity. 2000: 230-245 (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V. To the bryozoans fauna of the Cheshskaya Bay. Modern Benthos of the western Arctic. Apatity. 2000: 245-253. (In Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V. 2001.An annotated check-list of the bryozoans of the Pechora Sea and Franz Josef Land archipelago. Report APN-434.1913.1. Tromso. Akvaplan-niva. 41 p.
  • Dolotov Yu.S., Filatov N.N., Nemova N.N., Shevchenko V.P., Rimskii-Korsakov N.A.,Denisenko N.V., Kutcheva I.P. Platonov A.N., Demina L.L., Zdorovennov R.E., Kovalenko V.N. Studies of the water and suspended matter dynamics, anthropogenic pollution and ecosystem living conditions in the estuaries (from the example of the Karelian coast of the White Sea)//Oceanology. 2002. v.42 Suppl. Issue, 1. P. 135-147.
  • Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V., Lehtonen K., Laine A.O. 2003. Macrozoobenthos of the Pechora Sea (SE Barents Sea): Community structure and spatial distribution in relation to environmental conditions // Marine Ecology Progress Series, 258:109–123.https://doi.org/10.3354/meps258109
  • Matishov G.G., Malki P., Gronlund L., Sandler H., Makarevich P., Drujkov N.N., Larionov, V.V., Kuznetsov, L.L. Lehtonen K., Andersin, A.-B., Denisenko N.V. 2003. Ecological studies in the Pechora Sea as the first experience of multi-years monitoring of the arctic system. Proceedings of the international conference of explorations of gas and oil fields on the shelf of the Barents Sea. Murmansk. P. 23-28.
  • Denisenko N.V., Denisenko S.G., Lehtonen K., Andersin A.-B., Sandler H. 2007. Zoobenthos of the Cheshskaya Bay (southeastern Barents Sea): Spatial distribution and community structure in relation to environmental factors // Polar Biology 30(6):735-746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0232-4
  • Dolotov Yu.S., Filatov N.N., Shevchenko V.P., Nemova N.N., Denisenko N.V., Kutcheva I.P., Boyarinov P.M., Petrov M.P., Lifshits B.H., Platonov A.V., Demina L.L., Kukharev V.I., Kovalenko V.N., Zdorovennov O.E., Rat'kova T.P., Sergeeva O.N., Novigatskiy A.N., Pautova L.A., Filip'eva N.V., Nuting E.-M., Lorenzen H. 2005.Monitoring of tidal situations in estuaries of Karelian coast in the White Sea // Water resources. 32(6):670-688.
  • Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V., Dahle S., Cochrane S.J. 2005. The zoobenthos of the Pechora Sea: a comparative study// Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung. V. 501, p.55-74. (in Russian)
  • Denisenko N.V., Denisenko S.G., Lehtonen K., Andersin A.-B., Sandler H. 2007. Zoobenthos of the Cheshskaya Bay (southeastern Barents Sea): Spatial distribution and community structure in relation to environmental factors // Polar Biology 30(6):735-746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0232-4
  • Kuklinsky P., Taylor P., Denisenko N. 2007. Arctic cheilostome bryozoan species of the genus Escharoides // Journal of Natural History, 41:219-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601162878
  • Dolotov Yu.S., Filatov N.N., Shevchenko V.P., Petrov M.P., Tostikov A.V., Zdorovennov R.E., Platonov A.V., Filippov A.S., Bushuev K.L., Kutcheva I.P., Denisenko N.V., Stein R., Saukel C. Multidisciplinary studies in Onega Bay of the White Sea and estuary of the Onega river during summer period// Oceanology, 2008, v.48, N2: 276-289.
  • Denisenko N.V. 2008. Bryozoans of the Chukchi Sea and Bering Straiht In: Fauna and zoogeography of zoobenthos of the Chukchi Sea. Sirenko B., Vasilenko S. (eds) Researches of the fauna of seas. V. 61(69). p.163-201 (in Russian)
  • Denisenko N. V., Kuklinski, P. 2008. Historical development of research and current state of bryozoan diversity in the Chukchi Sea //Annals of Bryozoology 2: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans. Dublin: International Bryozoology Association. Trinity College, Dublin p. 35-50.
  • Denisenko N.V. 2009. Composition and distribution of sublittoral zoobenthos in Kemskaya Bay of the White Sea // Oceanology, 49(6): 788-800. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.763944
  • Denisenko N.V. 2009. New species and new records of rare ctenostome bryozoans of the genus ALCYONIDIUM in the Russian Arctic Seas// Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 313 (4), p.419-426.
  • Denisenko N.V. 2009. Bryozoans (BRYOZOA). In: Sirenko B., Vasilenko S. (eds) Ecosystems and bioresources of the Chukchi sea and adjacent areas. Explorations of the fauna of the seas. Т. 64(72). P.163-184.
  • Denisenko N.V.2010.The description and prediction of benthic biodiversity in high arctic and freshwater-dominated marine areas: The southern Onega Bay (the White Sea) // Marine Pollution Bulletin, 61(4-6): 224-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.02.017
  • Denisenko N.V. Bryozoans of the East Siberian Sea: history of research and current knowledge of diversity // Annals of Bryozoology 3: International Bryozoology Association:Trinity College, Dublin., 2011. C. 1–15
  • Denisenko N. V., Thomsen E., Tendal O. S. 2013. Bryozoan epifauna on brachiopods from the Faroe Islands (NE Atlantic) // Froskaparrit (Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoensis)/ V. 60. P. 96-113.
  • Denisenko N.V. 2013. Phylum Bryozoa//Sirenko B.I. (ed.) Species list of free-living invertebrates of the Russian Far Eastern Seas. ЗИНРАН. СПб. Исследованияфауныморейт.75(83). С. 178-188.
  • Kuklinsky P., Taylor P., Denisenko N., Berning B. 2013. Atlantic origin of the arctic biota? Evidence from phylogenetic and biogeographical analysis of the cheilostome bryozoan genus Pseudoflustra //PLoS ONE 8(3):e59152https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059152
  • Denisenko N.V. 2014. Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bryozoa // Invertebrate Zoology. V. 11(1). P. 89–98.
  • Denisenko N.V., Grebmeier J.M. 2015. Spatial patterns of bryozoan fauna biodiversity and issues of biogeographic regionalization of the Chukchi Sea. Oceanography (Washington D.C.) 28(3):134-145 https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.62
  • Denisenko N.V. New species of the genus Parasmittina (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata: Smittinidae) from the Chukchi Sea. Zoosystematica Rossica, 2015, 24(2): 303–306 https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2015.24.2.303
  • Denisenko N.V. 2016. Two new species of the genus Turbicellepora Ryland, 1963 (Bryozoa: Celleporidae) found on Lophelia coral from the Greenland slope //Zootaxa, 4066(2):177-182. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4066.2.6
  • Denisenko N.V., Hayward P. J., Tendal O.S., Sørensen J. 2016. Diversity and biogeographic patterns of the bryozoan fauna of the Faroe Islands // Marine Biology Research, 12(4):360-378.https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1148817
  • Denisenko N.V.2016. A new species of the genus Callopora (Bryozoa Cheilostomatida: Calloporidae) from the Barents and Kara Seas// Zoosystematica Rossica, vol.25(2), p. 183-188.https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.183
  • Denisenko N. V. 2018. New Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) species from sublittoral and bathyal zones off the Faroe Islands, with some comments on allied taxa // Zootaxa 4375 (1): 116–126. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.6
  • Denisenko N. V. 2018. A new species of the genus Hincksina (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida: Flustridae) from the Faroe Islands slope // Zoosystematica Rossica, Vol. 27(2), p. 224–228. https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2018.27.2.224
  • Denisenko N.V, Denisenko, S.G., Lehtonen, K. 2019. Distribution of macrozoobenthos in an Arctic estuary (Pechora Bay, SE Barents Sea) during the spring flood period // Polar biology42(9): 1667-1684: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-02452-6
  • Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V, Chaban E.M., Gagaev S.Y., Petryashov V.V., Zhuravleva N.E., Sukhotin A.A. The current status of the macrozoobenthos around the Atlantic walrus haul-outs in the Pechora Sea (SE Barents Sea)(Article) // Polar biology42(9): 1703-1717: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-02455-3
  • Denisenko N.V. 2020. Species richness and the level of knowledge of the bryozoan fauna of the Arctic region. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 324, No. 3, pp. 353–363 https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2020.324.3.353
  • Denisenko S.G., Denisenko N.V. 2021. Zoobenthos of the Barents Sea. In: Lisitsyn A.P. (Ed.) System of the Barents Sea. Moscow, GEOS. P.581-611. https://doi.org/10.29006/978-5-6045110-0-8
  • Denisenko НN.V. 2021. Bryozoans of the Kara Sea: species diversity and patterns of biogeographic composition. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 325, № 2, p. 217–234. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2021.325.2.217
  • Denisenko N.V., Blicher M.E. 2021. Bryozoan diversity, biogeographic patterns and distribution in Greenland waters. Marine Biodiversity, 51, paper N 73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01213-9
  • Denisenko N.V. 2022. New species and new records of Reteporella (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) from Greenland waters. Zootaxa. 5129(4):530-542. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5129.4.3
  • Grischenko A.V., Gordon D.P., Taylor P.D., Kuklinski P., Denisenko N.V., Spenser Jones M.E., Astrovskiy A.N. 2022. Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of the recent species of Rhamphostomella Lorenz, 1886 and Mixtoscutella n. gen. (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) Zootaxa, 5131(1):1-115, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5131.1
  • Denisenko N.V. 2022. Taxonomic structure and endemism of bryozoan fauna of the Arctic region. Paleontological Journal, vol. 7 (в печати)