Contents 1 Diel timing and lunar periodicity of larval release by the caryophyllid coral, Euphyllia glabrescens in the Central Philippines 1 Antonio N. Ayop, Filipina B. Sotto, Ethel C. Wagas 2 Preservation, management and rational exploitation of anadara (Anadara broughtonii, Schrenck, 1867) resources in Primorye region of Russia 8 Larisa S. Afeychuk 3 Shallow-water Indo-Pacific black corals (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) from the eastern part of Mactan Island, Cebu, Central Philippines 13 Filipina B. Sotto, Kurt Bryant B. Bacharo, Antonio N. Ayop, Clyde Kristoffer Ceniza, Nico Brian Uy, Pierre Anthony Gwen Abella 4 New data on size composition, age and growth of the bivalve Serripes groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786) in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan 18 Evgeniy E. Borisovets, Roman V. Vlasenko, Dmitriy A. Sokolenko, Yulia O. Nezamutdinova 5 Modern state of the snow crab opilio stock and nearest prospects of its fishery in the western Bering Sea 23 Pavel A. Fedotov, Evgeniy E. Borisovets, Maria O. Chalienko 6 Protozoa in Binh Cang – Nha Trang Bay 27 Vinh Nguyen-Tam, Hai Doan-Nhu 7 Observed thermohaline structure of mesoscale eddies and their controlling effects on the distribution of in situ chlorophyll and suspended particulate matter in the western North Pacific 33 Wei Gao, Zhenyan Wang 8 Isolation and phylogenetic analyis of epiphytic bacteria from mussels collected from the cold seep 39 Wenjie Guo, Jin Zhao, Hongtao Qi, Peng Jiang, Fuchao Li, Ronggui Li 9 Annual variation of tintinnid (Ciliophora, Tintinnida) species richness in Jiaozhou Bay, a temperate bay of west Pacific 41 Meiping Feng, Chaofeng Wang, Guangtao Zhang, Weiding Wang, Henglong Xu, Wuchang Zhang, Tian Xiao 10 Bottom hypoxia in the Bosphorus Eastern Strait (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan/ East Sea) 44 Nina I. Grigoryeva 11 Research of larvae development of Asia-Pacific sea urchins and its importance for science-based aquaculture 47 Salim Sh. Dautov, Tatiana N. Dautova 12 Feeding mode diversity in Octocorallia can reflect their evolutionary determined taxa and morphology diversity 51 Tatiana N. Dautova, Sergey I. Kiyashko 13 Variation of macrofaunal community in a section of the East China Sea: Influence of the Kuroshio 58 Yong Xu, Xinzheng Li 14 Status of environmental factors and milky haemolymph disease of spiny lobster (Panulirus spp.) from lobster farms in the South Central Vietnam 59 Dao Thi Thanh Thuy, Vo Van Nha 15 Effective calcium carbonate biomineralization by marine actinobacterium Brevibacterium lines BS258 64 Yuying Zhu, Ning Ma, Weihua Jin, Shimei Wu, Chaomin Sun 16 Fouling by pelagic Lepadidae (Crustacea) in coastal waters of the South China Sea: comparative analysis 66 Igor N. Iljin, Yury L. Kovalchuk, Oleg P. Poltarukha 17 Temperature and salinity variations in the Bay Lagoon currents based on observation data of the Project name “Spiny lobster aquaculture development in Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia” 70 Nguyen Truong Thanh Hoi, Tran Van Chung, To Duy Thai, Ngo Manh Tien 18 Characteristics of current in Khanh Hoa coastal area from fieldtrips of Vietnam-Russian cooperation during 2010–2011 76 Nguyen Truong Thanh Hoi, Pham Sy Hoan 19 Distribution features of temperature, salinity in Ninh Thuan waters in typical conditions 77 Nguyen Truong Thanh Hoi, Nguyen Duc Thinh, Le Dinh Mau, Pham Xuan Duong, Nguyen Van Tuan, Pham Sy Hoan, Nguyen Chi Cong 20 Comparative analysis of ultrastructure of gametes Stichaeus nozawai and Stichaeus grigorjewi (Pisces: Stichaeidae) 80 Svetlana Yu. Neznanova 21 Color morphs and life history traits of freckled goatfish Upeneus tragula (Mullidae) 85 Dimitri A. Pavlov, Natal’ya G. Emel’yanova 22 Coastal currents from Da Nang to Binh Thuan area (Vietnam) from a 3-D simulation 90 Pham Xuan Duong, To Duy Thai 23 Salinity variability in the Indonesian seas contributes to modulating the Indonesian Throughflow 91 Shijian Hu, Janet Sprintall 24 Long-term changes of vertical distribution of the intertidal macrobenthic communities in Pervukhina Bay (Kunashir Island, South Kurile Islands) 94 Elena E. Kostina, Alexandra P. Tsurpalo 25 The first data about the intertidal macrobenthic communities in Habomai Islands (Lesser Kuril Ridge) 98 Alexandra P. Tsurpalo, Elena E. Kostina 26 Sustainable exploitation of the Saccharina japonica (laminaria) fields in Primorye (Sea of Japan) by cultivation and revegetation 104 Tatyana N. Krupnova 27 Species richness of the bivalve molluscan fauna of the Sea of Japan: toward an inventory of the entire sea 108 Konstantin A. Lutaenko 28 Potentially toxic algal species, seasonal variability of their quantitative indices and phycotoxin contents in Japanese scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1857) 113 Tatiana A. Mogilnikova, Dmitriy А. Galanin, Tatiana V. Nikulina 29 Phytoplankton of the coastal zone of Aniva Bay: seasonal change of the dominants and quantitative characteristics (Sakhalin Island, Russia) 119 Tatiana V. Nikulina, Tatiana A. Mogilnikova, Elena M. Latkovskaya, Tatiana G. Koreneva, Anna A. Vedernikova 30 Marine ecosystem management using remotely operated vehicles 127 Vyacheslav S. Odintsov, Sergey I. Maslennikov 31 Global environmental changes and possible effects on microalgae communities with emphasis on toxic species and habs on the Russian East coast 131 Tatiana Yu. Orlova 32 Results of studying of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) in the waters of Vietnam 135 Oleg P. Poltarukha 33 Some new data on Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) from estuaries of Vietnam 139 Anna V. Raschepkina, Elena M. Sayenko 34 Planktonic foraminifera of the Sea of Okhotsk: distribution and preservation in the surface sediments 144 Alexandra V. Romanova, Tatyana S. Tarasova 35 Spermatozoon ultrastructure in three fish species of the suborder Scorpaenoidei 148 Natal’ya G. Emel’yanova, Dimitri A. Pavlov 36 Brown filamentous alga Streblonema sp. - a new perspective object for cultivation in controlled conditions for laminaran production 153 Anna A. Skriptsova 37 Importance of biometric analysis for classification of Nassellaria type (Radiolaria) 159 Svetlana V. Tochilina, Lidiya N. Vasilenko, Irina M. Goll (Popova) 38 The content of photosynthetic pigments in deep coralline algal community in the South China Sea 165 Ivan I. Cherbadgy 39 Monitoring of marine ecosystems in the Global Climate Change with special emphasis to the Far Eastern seas 170 Alena V. Moskovtceva 40 Bivalves of the Ba Lai River – one of estuary of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam 178 Elena M. Sayenko, Ngo Xuan Quang, Konstantin A. Lutaenko 41 A new sea star species of the genus Henricia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from the northwestern Sea of Japan and description of a new subgenus 185 Anton Yu. Chichvarkhin, Olga V. Chichvarkhina 42 Structure and taxonomic composition of subtidal macro- and meiobenthic assemblages in the Chayvo Area (the Sea of Okhotsk) 193 Ilya A. Shcherbakov, Nataliya P. Fadeeva, Pavel A. Kireyev