White Sea Biological Station "Kartesh"

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Peter Lezin

Ph.D.

White Sea Biological Station
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaya nab., 1
199034, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Tel: +7(812) 7140097
Fax: +7(812) 7140444
E-mail: lpa72@mail.ru
Websites: http://www.zin.ru/projects/blr/index.html

Research interests: mollusk behaviour, filtration activity, larval development of mollusks, shell colour polymorphism, byssus, computer modelling.

Education:
Diploma of the Higher Education, St.Petersburg State University, Biological and Soil Sciences Faculty, Invertebrate Zoology Department.

Main research areas:
The studies on the mussel Mytilus edulis aggregations (druses) are performed together with Vyacheslav V. Khalaman (WSBS) with special emphasis on the aggregation behaviour and 3-D structure of the druses. The original experimental methods are applied successfully in the studies on the intraspecific and interspecific competition and behavioural peculiarities of the aquatic animals in the fouling communities in the White Sea (RFBR grants №03-04-49701-а and №06-04-48789).

The larval development of the bivalves is studied for the last years together with Lyudmila P. Flyachinskaya (WSBS). The original computer modeling method was developed, based on the microscopy slides of the animals, which allows creating 3-D models of the larval bivalve shells (Flyachinskaya, Lezin, 2006). New data on the larval development were obtained for several White Sea bivalve mollusk species. The revision of the bivalve mollusk fauna is performed, and several new species were already defined for the White Sea fauna. The illustrated atlas of the White Sea bivalve mollusk larva will come soon. These studies were supported by grants of St.Petersburg Scientific Center (2006) and RFBR (№ 07-04-00854).

The filtration activity of the sessile species (mollusks, ascidians, sponges and bryozoans) of the White Sea is studied. The original methods of the filtration flow registering were developed together with Vyacheslav V. Khalaman (WSBS) and Natalia N. Shunatova (St.Petersburg State University).

Publications

Khalaman V.V., Lezin P.A. 2022. The Pumping Rate of the White Sea Sponge Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) (Porifera: Demospongiae). Russian Journal of Marine Biology48 (3), 158-165.
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P.A. 2020. Larval and juvenile development of the Iceland cockle Ciliatocardium ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (Bivalvia: Cardiidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 324(2): 242-251.
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P.A. 2017. Embryonic and larval development of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria L., 1758 (Heterodonta: Myidae) in the White Sea. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol. 14. No.1: 14–20.
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P.A., 2017. Boring bivalve Zirfaea crispata in the White Sea. Larval and juvenile development. Proceedings of XIX Scientific Seminar «Readings in memory of K.M. Derjugin», Saint Petersburg, 2016, p. 5-11. (In Russian).
Exploration, sustainable use and protection of natural resources of the White Sea. Proceedings of the XIII conference, Saint Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS, 2017, 290 p. (In Russian).
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P.A. 2017. Development of the larval and juvenile shell of boring bivalve Zirfaea crispata (Bivalvia, Pholadidae) in the White Sea. Ruthenica. 27(1): 51-58 (In Russian).
Lezin P., Flyachinskaya L. 2015. Shell sculpture formation in bivalves of the genus Hiatella under different temperature conditions . J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK. 95(8), 1621–1627.
Khalaman V.V., Lezin P. A. 2015. Clumping behavior and byssus production as strategies for substrate competition in Mytilus edulis. Invertebrate Biology; 134(1): 38-47.
A variety of interactions in the marine environment. Abstracts volume from the 49 European Marine Biology Symposium, St.-Petersburg, 2014, 116 p.
Tamberg Yu.Yu, Shunatova N.N., Lezin P.A. 2014. Feeding behavior of freshwater bryozoans Cristatella mucedo and Plumatella fungosa (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata). Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 93(3), 508-518 (In Russian with English summary).
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P. A. Hiatella arctica and H. gallicana. 2014. Are they distinct species? A variety of interactions in the marine envrironment. 49th European Marine Biology Symposium; Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Zoological inst. RAS: 85-86.
Shunatova N.N., Lezin P. A. 2014. Bryozoan feeding - Stenolaemates' point of view. A variety of interactions in the marine envrironment. 49th European Marine Biology Symposium; Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Zoological inst. RAS: 13-14.
Lezin P.A. 2013. Locomotor activity of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, V. 317, 3: 309-319. (In Russian).
Kozminskii E.V., Lezin P.A., Fokin M.V. 2010. A Study of Inheritance of White Spots on the Shell of Littorina obtusata (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Russian Journal of Genetics, 46 (12): 1455-1461.
Khalaman V.V., Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P.A. Impact of excretory-secretory products of some fouling organisms on settling of mussel’s larvae (Mytilus edulis L., Bivalvia, Mollusca). // Invertebrate Zoology. 2009. Vol. 6. N1. P. 65-72 (in Russian).
Primakov I.M., Ivanov M.V., Lezin P.A., Kulakowski E.E., Sukhotin A.A. 2008. The Effect of Mussel Aquaculture on Benthic and Plankton Communities in the White Sea. Okeanologia, 48(2), pp. 249-253. (In Russian)
Kozminsky E.V., Lezin P.A., Fokin M.V. 2008. A methodology of studying the inheritance of shell color in mollusks of the genus Littorina (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologicheskij Zhurnal (Russian Journal of Zoology), 87(5): 614-619. (In Russian)
Lezin P.A., Kozminskii E.V. 2008. Color characteristics of Littorina obtusata (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) shells and their use for distinguishing its phenotypic groups. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal (Russian Journal of Zoology), 87(1), pp. 29-35. (In Russian)
Khalaman V.V., Lezin P.A., Galitskaya A.D. 2009. Effect of the excretory-secretory products of some marine invertebrates on byssus production of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Russian journal of Marine Biology, 35(3): 224-229.
Flyachinskaya L. P., Lezin P. A. 2008. Larval and juvenile shell development in the White sea bivalve Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767). Invertebrate Zoology, Vol. 5(1): 39-46. (In Russian with English summary).
Flyachinskaya L. P., Lezin P. A. 2008. Larval and juvenile shell development in bivalve Zirphaea crispata found recently in the White Sea. Proceedings of the 70-th anniversary conference of the White Sea Biological station of MSU. Publ. "Grif and Co", Moscow, 127-130. (In Russian).
Khalaman V.V., Lezin P.A. 2008. Mussels vs. ascidians. Proceedings of the 70-th anniversary conference of the White Sea Biological station of MSU. Publ. "Grif and Co", Moscow, 130-134. (In Russian).
Krapivin V. A., Bakhmet I. N. Lezin P. A. 2008. Investigation of interactions between Nemertine, Malacobdella grossa, (Muller, 1776) and Bivalve mussels Arctica islandica (L., 1767), Bivalvia. Vestnik SPbGU, Ser. 3, N. 4: 47-51. (In Russian with English summary)
Lezin P.A. 2007. The spatial structure of the mussel (Mytilus edulis) aggregations in the White Sea. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal (Russian Journal of Zoology), 86(2): 163-166. (In Russian)
Kozminsky E.V., Lezin P.A. 2007. Forming of polymorphic shell coloration in Littorina obtusata (GASTROPODA: PROSOBRANCHIA). In: E.N. Egorova et al (Editors). Proceedings of the Seventh (XVI) conference on molluscan studies. St-Petersburg. ZIN RAS: 129-131. (In Russian with English summary)
Kozminsky E.V., Lezin P.A. 2007. Distribution of Pigments in the Shell of the Gastropod Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus, 1758). Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 33(4): 238–244. (In Russian)
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lezin P.A. 2007. Forming of larval shell of Modiolus modiolus in the White Sea. In: The study, sustainable use and conservation of natural resources of the White Sea. Proceedings of the Xth International Conference. Arkhangelsk, SGMU: 233-236. (In Russian with English summary)
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lesin P.A. 2007. Development of the larval shell of Modiolus modiolus in the White Sea. In: E.N. Egorova et al (Editors). Proceedings of the Seventh (XVI) conference on molluscan studies. St-Petersburg. ZIN RAS: 269-271. (In Russian with English summary)
Flyachinskaya L.P., Lesin P.A. 2006. Using 3D reconstruction method in the investigations of Bivalvia larval development (by the example of Hiatella arctica L.) . Proc. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci 3: 45-51.
Lesin P.A., Khalaman V.V., Flyachinskaya L.P. 2006. Heterogeneity of the byssal threads in Mytilus edulis L. on different stages of attachment. Proc. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. 310: 107-112.
Kozminskii E.V., Lezin P.A. 2006. Method of color measurements of the elements of color in gastropod shell. Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 32(5):. 316–318. (In Russian)
Lezin P.A., Agatyeva N.A., Khalaman V.V. 2006. A comparative study of pumping activity of some fouling organisms from the White Sea. Biologiya Morya, 32(4): 316-318 (In Russian)
Lezin P.A., Kozminsky E.V. 2006. Investigations of Littorina obtusata (L., 1758) shell polymorphism using the method of color measurements. In: A. B. Tsetlin (Editor). The collected articles on materials of Xth scientific conference of WSBS MGU. Moscow, Grif and K.: 111-114. (In Russian)
Lezin P.A., Flyachinskaya L.P. 2006. The method of computer modeling in bivalve larvae investigations. In: A. B. Tsetlin (Editor). Proceedings of tyhe Xth scientific conference of WSBS MGU. Moscow, Grif and K, pp. 204-206. (In Russian)
Primakov I.M., Lezin P.A., Ivanov M.V., Kulakowski E.E. 2006. The ways of optimization of mussel aquaculture in the White Sea. Moscow. KMK. 72 p. (In Russian)
Lesin P.A., Khalaman V.V. 2005. Pumping activity of certain fouling organisms in White Sea. In: The study, sustainable use and conservation of natural resources of the White Sea. Proceedings of the IXth International Conference, Petrozavodsk: 192-195. (In Russian with English Summary)
Khalaman V.V., Lesin P.A. 2004. Regularities of forming aggregates in mussels (Mytilus edulis) under experimental conditions. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 83(4): 395-401. (in Russian).
Sukhotin A.A., Lajus D.L., Lesin P.A. 2003. Influence of age and size on pumping activity and stress resistance in the marine bivalve Mytilus edulis L. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 284: 129-144
Kulakovskii E.E., Lezin P.A. 2002. Filtration activity of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis (Mytilida, Mytilidae), under the influence of starfish, Asterias rubens (Forcipulata, Asteriidae). (Zoologicheskij Zhurnal) Russian Journal of Zoology, 81(3): 292-298. (In Russian)
Kulakowski E.E., Arakelova K. S., Lesin P. A. 2001. Physiological response of blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. to the distant threat of sea star Asterias rubens L. Proc. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. 289: 117-124.
Kulakowski E.E., Lezin P.A. 1999. Influence of the starfish Asterias rubens (Forcipulata, Asteriidae) on vital activity of the bivalve mollusk—blue mussel Mytilus edulis (Mytilida, Mytilidae). (Zoologicheskij Zhurnal) Russian Journal of Zoology, 78(5): 292-298. (In Russian)