The head of the group, Dmitry L. Lajus, told us how their scientific activities are going on and what they managed to achieve during the project: Now we are at the equator of the Russian Science Foundation grant 19-14-00092 entitled “Wasp waist” of the Northern Sea Ecosystems: Long-Term Dynamics, Population Structure and Trophic Relationships of […]

June is the beginning of our field work on stickleback. At this time, the fish come inshore for spawning, which is the most important period of its life cycle and, therefore, the most interesting and informative period for our research. This June, we plan to focus on studying of stickleback to find their home – […]

On July the 1st members of “Fertoing” company have set a sea level-cymometer hydrometeorological fast of the system of automated hydrometeorological monitoring (HMF SAHM “ERS Belomorskaia”) of their own design. Data on the sea level and waving from HMF SAHM “ERS Belomorskaia” are freely available for use for educational and scientific purposes only. Data can be accessed remotely via https://sagm.fertoing.ru. […]

It’s now the hot time for field practice at our marine biological station: the first shift of the field course for first year’s students is over, the new shift is starting. Although all the educational activities on Sredniy Island are exciting, this particular course brings very special memories for all the biology students at SPbU. […]

In January and March of this year, two expeditions to the Srednii island took place. Despite the severe winter conditions, scientists from the departments of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology and Invertebrate Zoology were exploring how the inhabitants of the White Sea live during winter, under the ice cover. The expedition members express their special thanks to […]

For the first time in six years the Scientific Session of ERS “Belomorskaia” was held. The conference was reborn in a new format, first of all, becoming a platform for students to present their work, carried out at the ERS. The event attracted a large number of participants from the Faculty of Biology, the Institute of Earth […]

Dear colleagues! Here you can download the abstracts of the Ist Student Scientific session of Saint Petersburg State University Educational and research station “Belomorskaia”!

Dear colleagues! We would like to remind you that the first annual student scientific session of Saint Petersburg State University educational and research station “Belomorskaia” will be held on 10th February 2017 from 11.00 till 17.00 at the Hydrobiological museum of the SPbSU Ichthyology and Hydrobiology department located at 16 line of Vasilievsky Island 29 […]

Dear colleagues! Please note that the first annual student scientific session of Saint Petersburg State University educational and research station “Belomorskaia” will be held on 10th February 2017 from 11.00 till 17.00 at the Hydrobiological museum of the SPbSU Ichthyology and Hydrobiology department located at 16 line of Vasilievsky Island 29 (outbuilding in the yard). […]

Dear colleagues! We would like to remind you that the 1st annual Studentscienific session of Saint Petersburg State University educational and research station “Belomorskaia” will be held on 10th February 2017 from 11.00 till 17.00 in the Twelve Collegia located at Universitetskaia nab., 7/9, auditorium 140.   Due to the reqiuests of students and their […]

With the congratulations on recent holidays we would like to remind you that only five days are left to register for the student session.

Dear colleagues! We invite you to participate in the first annual student scientific session of Saint Petersburg State University educational and research station “Belomorskaia” which will be held on 10th February 2017 from 11.00 till 17.00 in the Twelve Collegia located at Universitetskaia nab., 7/9, auditorium 140. The main format of the 2017 session – poster presentations. […]

What serious issues write about our station: a view from the outside. http://www.nkj.ru/open/29634/

  In the very beginning of this year’s field season, G.S. Sliusarev – professor of the Invertebrate Zoology department – took a picture of a beautiful flower. Later, the flower turned out to be Siberian Fawn Lily (Erythronium sibiricum) – a member of Liliaceae family, included in the Red Book of Russia. Interesting findings to you!

In August young biologists from Portugal, France, Albania and Malaysia joined the summer field course for SPbU MSc students. During 3 weeks at Educational Research Station they were getting familiar with the diversity of invertebrates in the White Sea, main trends in their evolution and patterns of ecological adaptations. Sampling at mudflat and rocky intertidal, kelp […]

  Hooray!!! Our web site has finally started to operate and is ready to appear before the world. There is still a lot of work to be done but most part of it is behind us now. Help us to make it better! Your comments and ideas are welcomed at the site.mbs.spbu@gmail.com.