First description of shark <i>Isistius brasiliensis </i>(Dalatiidae) in the waters of Russia by Vladimir N. Dolganov

“…Description of rare shark Isistius brasiliensis caught off southern Kuril Islands on July 18, 1978. Morphometric parameters are presented, including counts of dorsal and caudal vertebras, teeth rows, mitral valves, and intestinal helical valve coils.…”
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MODERN VIEWS ON THE CIRCULATION OF HERPES VIRUSES IN THE OKHOTSK SEA STELLER SEA LION (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS, SCHREBER, 1776) by A. A. Derko, A. Yu. Alekseev, K. A. Sharshov, V. N. Burkanov, J. M. Jamalutdinov, G. N. Abdulgalimova, P. M. Ibnumaskhudova

“…The results obtained are in a good agreement with the literature data and indirectly confirm the circulation of herpes viruses in the Steller sea lion of the Kuril Islands, as well as the island Tyulenij. We observe a significant difference in the number of Steller sea lion puppies with the presence of antibodies to gamma‐herpes viruses on the Kuril Islands and the Okhotsk Sea is‐ lands (Р &gt; 99,7). …”
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Water Circulation, Temperature, Salinity, and pCO₂ Distribution in the Surface Layer of the East Kamchatka Current by Andrey Andreev, Irina Pipko

“…The distributions of the temperature, salinity, and pCO₂ in the surface layer of the central Kuril Islands are determined by the location and intensity of the Kuril eddies and the EKC stream jets. …”
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The current state of Russian- Japanese economic and energy relations by B. Z. Buyzheeva, G. B. Taskaliyeva

“…Claims of Japanese on belonging of the South Kuril Islands - Habomai, Shikotan, Kunashir, Iturup is a stumbling block to strengthen the intergovernmental cooperation. …”
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Morphobiological description of deep-sea spotted ratfish <i>Hydrolagus barbouri</i> (Chimaeridae, Chimaeriformes) by Vladimir N. Dolganov

“…Morphological description is given for 31 specimens of spotted ratfish Hydrolagus barbouri caught at northeastern Japan and southern Kuril Islands in the 1980, including both male and female juveniles and adults. …”
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Constructed Territories: Featuring A Fantasy of East Asian Border Disputes by A. Iwashita

“…The author considers practical and historical aspects of territorial conflicts between Japan and neighboring countries, i.e. with Russia on South Kuril islands (Northern territories), with China on Diaoyudao (Senkaku) islands and with Korea on Tokto (Takeshima) island. …”
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THE SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF V. I. ZHADIN AND MODERN MALACOLOGY: IDENTIFICATION KEY FOR FRESHWATER PEARL MUSSELS (BIVALVIA: UNIONOIDA: MARGARITIFERIDAE) OF RUSSIA by Ivan Bolotov, Alexander Makhrov, Ilya Vikhrev, Yulia Bespalaya, Alexey Zotin, Olga Klishko, Mikhail Kabakov

“…There are the European pearl mussel (Margaritifera marga-ritifera) from rivers of the western part of the country, M. dahurica from the catchments of the Amur River, the Razdol'naya River and nearby small rivers, M. middendorffi from Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands, and M. laevis from Sakhalin Island and Kuril Islands. …”
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Notes on the taxonomy of Spiraea aemiliana and related species (Rosaceae) in Russia by Kostikova Vera, Troshkina Victoria

“…Hara subspecies grows on the Islands in the Asian part of Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands). Its distinctive features are small round or spatulate (obovate) lamina and the absence of the inflorescence follicles pubescence, as well as a few metrical characteristics that may be auxiliary in determining the taxon.…”
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CRITICAL REMARKS TO PUBLICATIONS ON REPRODUCTION OF PACIFIC SALMONS IN THE RIVERS OF NORTHERN SAKHALIN ISLAND by A. M. Kaev

“…Results of long-term studies of pink salmon reproduction (spawners run to the rivers, fry downstream migration and adults returns, their survival during the freshwater and marine periods) are widely presented for southern Sakhalin and southern Kuril Islands but were not published until nowadays for northern Sakhalin because of many uncertainties in the data. …”
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A new monotypic genus of cobweb spiders from the Russian Far East (Araneae, Theridiidae) by Yuri M. Marusik, Kirill Y. Eskov

“…A new theridiid spider, Knoflachia kurilensis gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Kuril Islands (Kunashir). The new genus belongs to the ‘Anelosimus clade (clade 24)’ of Agnarsson (2004). …”
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The attitude of the Japanese to other countries and the Russians to Japan in 2018 by Kazakov O.I

“…Although the share of the Russians sympathizing Japan grew a little, the attitude to the transfer of a part of the Kuril Islands to Japan remains negative in Russia. …”
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Epigeic lichens in thermal habitats on the Southern Kuriles by Alexander K. Ezhkin

“…The paper presents the results of studying soil lichens in areas of thermal habitats on the Kuril Islands, including the features of lichen distribution on the isles. …”
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Dioscorea manchesteri Kvaček, sp. nov., a new fossil species from the early Miocene flora of North Bohemia (Czech Republic) by ZLATKO KVAČEK

“…This perennial climbing vine native to China now grows throughout East Asia (Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Vietnam) in warm temperate to subtropical climate. …”
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Estimation of the air kerma rate from ₁₃₇Cs and ₁₃₄Cs deposited on the ground in the Sakhalin region of Russia after the Fukushima accident by V. P. Ramzaev, A. N. Barkovsky

“…Previous studies conducted by the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) in Sakhalin Region, Russia in 2011–2012 have shown that soils on the southern Kuril Islands were contaminated with 137Cs and 134Cs due to the accident at the Fukushima-1 NPP. …”
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THE TOHOKU TSUNAMI OF 11 MARCH 2011 AS RECORDED ON THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST by G. V. Shevchenko, T. N. Ivelskaya

“…The source region of the catastrophic Tohoku tsunami of 11 March 2011 was near the Russian Far East, thus a warning was issued for threatened coasts of the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. The tsunami was clearly recorded by a number of coastal tide gauges and by bottom pressure stations (including the Russian DART 21401). …”
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A METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION OF TSUNAMI RISK ALONG RUSSIA’s FAR EAST by G.V. Shevchenko, D. E. Zolotukhin, I. N. Tikhonov

“…The verification and testing of the method were carried out using events from the North, Middle and South Kuril Islands – the most tsunami-risk areas of Russia’s Far East. …”
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On the method of detection the number and size of circuli on scales of pink salmon <i>Oncorhynchus gorbuscha</i> by Alexander M. Kaev, Alesya A. Pulkina

“…Numbers of scale circuli are calculated and intercirculi spacings are measured along 3 radii (the longest one and two lateral ones deviated by 15o from the longest) for pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha from the Kurilsky Bay (Iturup Island, southern Kuril Islands) and the Ostrovka and Kura Rivers (southern Sakhalin Island). …”
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Composition of nekton and jellyfishes communities and the results of trawl survey for estimation of abundance of pre-anadromous migrations pink salmon (<i>Oncorhynchus gorbuscha</i... by A. N. Starovoitov, E. V. Gritsay, D. N. Chulchekov

“…As a result, of a trawl survey performed in the Pacific waters of the Kuril Islands within the EEZ of the Russian Federation and outside the external border of the EEZ of the Russian Federation, the abundance and biomass of all representatives of nekton and macroplankton were determined. …”
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Application of interval approach to pattern recognition for identification of preceeding baric structures that determine extreme thermal modes in the South-Kuril area in summer by T. A. Shatilina, G. Sh. Tsitsiashvili, T. V. Radchenkova

“…Warm summer conditions in the South-Kuril area were preceeded by opposite patterns, as AT 500 hPa ridge over the North-West Pacific and high pressure over the Okhotsk Sea, with positive anomalies of H500 height over the North-West Pacific and Kuril Islands.…”
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FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT IN SAKHALIN REGION, RUSSIA, PART 1: 137CS AND 134CS IN GRASSLAND SOILS by V. P. Ramzaev, A. N. Barkovsky, A. V. Gromov, S. A. Ivanov, М. V. Kaduka

“…One of the objectives of the project was to determine the densities of ground contamination by 137Cs and 134Cs on Sakhalin and Kuril Islands that constitute the Sakhalin oblast, an administrative region of Russia. …”
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