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Fig. 6.19 Trophic relations in the arctic tundra ecosystem ( http://www.arctic-predators.uit.no/
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components. However, all the results of these investigations have mainly a
descriptive character and are oriented on the explanation of particular effects and
processes, explaining only partially the functional features of all ecosystem of the
Okhotsk Sea and, especially, doing no assessment of such important characteristics
as the dependence of ecosystem complexity on the external factors of natural and
anthropogenic origin.
Special attention to the study of the Okhotsk Sea is given by many research
centers of Japan. In particular, the Annual International Symposium on Okhotsk
Sea and Sea Ice were organized during many years in Mombetsu (Hokkaido) by the
Okhotsk Sea and Cold Ocean Research Association and Hokkaido University.