ADAPTIVE ZONE, PETERSEN-TYPE COMMUNITIES, GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE. REPORT 2. APPLIED VALUE OF A NEW CONCEPT ON THE EXAMPLE OF FAUNA OF THE FAR-EASTERN SEAS AND NORTH PACIFIC

The review started in 195 volume of «Izvestiya TINRO» is continued. The most important aspects of a new concept of adaptive zone are illustrated on cited data and results of trawl and plankton surveys collected by Pacific Fish. Res. Center (TINRO) in the FarEastern Seas and North Pacific for several decades. Practical benefits of this concept are shown and prospects of its further application are outlined, as managing of fishery and aquaculture and some issues of agriculture, forestry, hunting, natural nidality, fighting against alien species, weeds, pests and parasites, environmental protection and preservation, and artificial ecosystems creation.