JOURNAL AND OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

 

Kostylev V. E. In press. Benthic habitat mapping from seabed acoustic surveys: do implicit assumptions hold? In: Li, M.Z., Sherwood, C.R. and Hill, P.R. (eds). Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves.

International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford.

Christensen, O., Kostylev, V., Longva, O., Thorsnes, T., Courtney, R.C. & Gjevik, B. In press. Correlations of geological and biological elements in marine habitat mapping in glaciated areas; field tests from the coast of Møre and Romsdal County, western Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology, vol. 89. pp. 233-249, Trondheim 2009.

Stewart L.K., V.E. Kostylev, A.R. Orpin, 2009. Windows-based software for optimising entropy-based groupings of textural data. Computers & Geosciences 35 (2009) 1552–1556

Kostylev V.E. and C.G. Hannah 2007. Process-Driven Characterization and Mapping of Seabed Habitats. In Todd, B.J., and Greene, H.G., eds., Mapping the Seafloor for Habitat Characterization: Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 47, p. 171-184.

Pickrill, R.A., and Kostylev, V.E., 2007, Habitat mapping and national seafloor mapping strategies in Canada, in Todd, B.J., and Greene, H.G., eds., Mapping the Seafloor for Habitat Characterization: Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 47, p. 483-495.

A. R. Orpin, V. E. Kostylev, 2006. Towards a statistically valid method of textural sea floor characterization of benthic habitats. Marine Geology 225: 209–222.

A. R. Orpin, V. E. Kostylev, 2006. Reply to L.J. Hamilton's comment regarding Orpin and Kostylev (2006)—Towards a statistically valid method of textural sea floor characterization of benthic habitats. Marine Geology 232, 111-113

Kostylev V.E., Erlandsson J., Mak Y.M., and G.A. Williams, 2005. The relative importance of habitat complexity and surface area in assessing biodiversity: fractal application on rocky shores. Ecological Complexity 2(3): 272-286

Erlandsson, J., C.D. McQuaid and V.E. Kostylev, 2005.  Contrasting spatial heterogeneity of sessile organisms within mussel (Perna perna L.) beds in relation to topographic variability. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 314, 79–97. [erratum here]

Kostylev, V. E., B. J. Todd, O. Longva, and P. C. Valentine, 2005. Characterization of benthic habitat on northeastern Georges Bank, Canada. Characterization of benthic habitat on northeastern Georges Bank, Canada. In. P.W. Barnes and J.P. Thomas (eds). Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing. American Fisheries Society Symposium 41: 141 - 152.

Valentine, P. C., B. J. Todd, and V. E. Kostylev, 2005. Regional Habitat Classification as Applied to Marine Sublittoral Environments of Northeastern North America. In P. W. Barnes and J. P. Thomas, (eds). Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Hargrave, B.T., V.E. Kostylev and C. M. Hawkins, 2004. Benthic Epifauna Assemblages, Biomass and Respiration in the Gully Region on the Scotian Shelf, NW Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 270:55-70

Kostylev, V.E., Courtney, R.C., Robert, G., and B.J. Todd, 2003. Stock evaluation of giant scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) using high-resolution acoustics for seabed mapping. Fisheries Research 60: 479–492

Kostylev, V.E. and Erlandsson J. 2002. A fractal approach for detecting spatial hierarchy and structure on mussel beds. Marine Biology 139: 497-506.

Hiscott, R.N., A.E. Aksu, D. Yas, M.A. Kaminski, P.J. Mudie, V.E. Kostylev, J.C. MacDonald, F.I. Isler, A.R. Lord, 2002. Deltas south of the Bosporus Strait record persistent Black Sea outflow to the Marmara Sea since V ka. Marine Geology 190: 95-118.

Kostylev, V.E., Todd, B.J., Fader, G.B.J., Courtney, R.C., Cameron, G.D.M., and R.A. Pickrill, 2001. Benthic habitat mapping on the Scotian Shelf based on multibeam bathymetry, surficial geology and sea floor photographs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 219: 121-137.

Erlandsson, J., Kostylev, V. and E. Rolan-Alvarez, 1999. Mate search and aggregation behavior in the Galician hybrid zone of Littorina saxatilis. J. Evol. Biol., 12: 891-896.

Erlandsson, J., Kostylev, V. E. and G. A. Williams, 1999. field technique for estimating the influence of surface complexity on movement tortuosity in the tropical limpet Cellana grata Gould. Ophelia 50 (3): 215-224.

Kostylev, V.E., Erlandsson, J., and K. Johannesson, 1997. Microdistribution of the polymorphic snail Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) in a patchy rocky shore habitat. Ophelia 47 (1): 1 – 12

Erlandsson, J. and V.E. Kostylev, 1995. Trail following, speed, and fractal dimension of movement in a marine prosobranch Littorina littorea, during a mating and a non-mating season. Marine Biology, 122: 87-94.

Kostylev, V.E., 1992. A program for calculation of VonBertalanffy and Gompertz growth equations parameters. In: Matishov, G.G. (Ed.). Application of informatics and statistical methods to hydrobiological investigations of the Barents Sea. Apatity, 29-33. [In Russian]

Kostylev, V.E., 1990. Spatial distribution of Mytilus edulis color morphs in the Yarnyshnaya bay (the Barents Sea). Kolskii nauchnyi tsentr AN SSSR, Apatity. 9 pp. [in Russian]

Kostylev, V.E., 1989. Status of mussel colonies in the inlet of Zelenetskaya Zapadnaya (1985). In: Chinarina, A.D. (Ed.). Trophic relationships of benthic organisms and benthic fish of the Barents Sea. Kolskii nauchnyi tsentr AN SSSR, Apatity. 92-95. [In Russian]


 

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

V. E. Kostylev, B.J. Todd and J. Shaw 2008. Benthic habitat mapping in Canada – a perspective. THE JOURNAL OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY Vol. 3, No. 2,  p 7 – 12.

 

Foss, M. and Kostylev, V. E. (in prep) Report on the Beaufort Sea benthic epifauna identified from seabed video collected on board CCGS Nahidik, 1 – 12 August 2006. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 5505.

 

Chapman, A.S. and Kostylev V.E. 2007. Distribution, abundance and diversity of benthic species from the Beaufort Sea and Western Amundsen Gulf – a summary of data collected between 1951 and 2000. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 5498, 42 pp.

 

Kostylev, V.E., 2007. Benthic invertebrates, Chapter 3.2. In: Beaufort Sea Strategic Regional Plan of Action. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

 

Kostylev V.E. and B. J. Todd 2006. Observations on Distribution of Benthic Fauna and Habitats of German Bank (Nova Scotia, Canada). In: Presentation and Review of the Benthic Mapping Project in Scallop Fishing Area 29, Southwest Nova Scotia; 16 February 2006. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Proceed. Ser. 2006/047 p 21-24.

2006   Vladimir Kostylev, D. Russell Parrott, and S. Rumbolt. Benthic Analysis of Seafloor Photographs from survey Hart 2004010 in the Strait of Canso. NRCan Open File Report. In press, 85 pp.

Todd, B.J., Kostylev, V.E., and Shaw, J. 2006. Benthic habitat and sun-illuminated seafloor topography, Browns Bank, Scotian Shelf, offshore Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada, Map 2092A, scale 1:100 000.

2004  Kostylev, V.E. Habitat management template for Scotian shelf habitat mapping. Report to Regional Advisory Process. December 2004. Draft, in prep. for publication.

2005 Chapman A. S. and Kostylev V. E. Distribution, abundance, diversity and biomass of benthic species from the Beaufort Sea shelf – a summary of data collected between 1951 and 2000. GSC Open File Report ####.

2004 Rumbolt S.T. and Kostylev, V.E. Geological Survey of Canada database of photo and video surveys of the seabed off Nova Scotia; Open File Report 4939, 339 p.

2004 Kostylev, V. E. and A. S. Chapman. Report on the Beaufort Sea benthic epifauna identified from seabed video collected on board CCGS Nahidik, 4 – 17 August 2004. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 4938, 53pp.

2004 Josenhans, H., E. King and V. E. Kostylev. CSS Hudson Cruise 2003-029: Surficial Geological and Habitat Studies of the Eastern Scotian Shelf. Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report ####.

2004 B.J. Todd, W.A. Rainey, P.R. Girouard, P.C. Valentine, C.B. Chapman, G.D. Middleton, A.A. Boyce, M.S. Uyesugi, V.E. Kostylev, S.T. Rumbolt, S.A. Fromm, S.E. Hynes, P.L. Spencer. Expedition report CCGS Hudson 2003-054: German Bank, Gulf of Maine; Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report. 1 CD-ROM containing a 132-page report in .pdf format.

2003 Todd, B.J., Asprey, K.W., Atkinson, A.S., Blasco, R., Fromm, S., Girouard, P.R., Kostylev, V.E., Longva, O., Lynds, T., Rainey, W.A., Spencer, P.L., Uyesugi, M.S., and Valentine, P.C. Expedition report CCGS Hudson 2002-026: Gulf of Maine. Geological Survey of Canada Open File report 1468, 143 p.

2002 Parrott, D.R., Cranston, R., Li, M., Parsons M.E. and Kostylev V.E. Monitoring and Evaluation of Conditions at the Black Point Ocean Disposal Site Operations to March 2001. Report to Environment Canada by Natural Resources Canada Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic). 165 pp.

2002 Kostylev, V.E. Benthic assemblages and habitats of the Sable Island Gully. In: Advances in Understanding The Gully Ecosystem: A Summary of Research Projects Conducted at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (1999-2001), Edited by Gordon, D.C. and Fenton, D.G. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. #2377

2001 Todd, B.J., Valentine, P.C., Kostylev, V.E., and Pickrill, R.A. Habitat mapping in the Gulf of Maine. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 3995, poster.

2001 Todd, B.J., Boyce, A.A., Chapman, C.B., Kostylev, V.E., Rainey, W.A., Spencer, P.L., and Uyesugi, M.S. Expedition report 2000-047: CCGS Hudson, southern Scotian Shelf. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 3911, 93 p.

2000 Todd, B.J., Kostylev, V.E., Fader, G.B.J., Courtney, R.C., and Pickrill, R.A. Habitat mapping on Browns Bank, Scotian Shelf. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 3930, poster.


 

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

2006   DFO, 2005. Framework for Classification and Characterization of Scotia-Fundy Benthic Habitats. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2005/071. (V. E. Kostylev, R. O’Boyle)

2002 Kostylev V. E. Challenges in habitat classification and mapping. In: Proceedings of benthic habitat Classification Workshop Meeting of the Maritimes Regional Advisory Process. 2002. J. Arbour (Chair), V. E. Kostylev (Ed.), p 72 – 77.

2002 Proceedings of benthic habitat Classification Workshop Meeting of the Maritimes Regional Advisory Process. 2002. J. Arbour (Chair), Edited by V. E. Kostylev. 93pp

1997 Breeze, H., D. Davis, M. Butler and V. Kostylev. Distribution and Status of Deep Sea Corals off Nova Scotia. Marine Issues Committee Special Publication Number 1. Ecology Action Centre.

1996 Kostylev, V.E. Spatial heterogeneity and habitat complexity affecting marine littoral fauna. Ph.D. thesis. Gothenburg University, Gothenburg. 18 pp. + 6 papers. ISBN 91-628-2117-2

 


 

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA PUBLICATIONS

M. Furlong, V.E. Kostylev and A.R. Orpin. 2006 Bathymetry-based model for reconstruction of seabed texture the Scotian-Fundy continental margin. Canadian Hydrographic Conference, Halifax, N.S. June 5 – 9 2006 (presented by V.E. Kostylev).

B.J. Todd, R.A. Pickrill & V.E. Kostylev 2006. Habitat mapping and national sea floor mapping strategies in Canada. Canadian Hydrographic Conference, Halifax, N.S. June 5 – 9 2006 (presented by B.J. Todd).

Smith, S.J., Costello, G., Kostylev, V.E., Lundy, M.J., and Todd, B.J. 2006. Application of multibeam bathymetry and surficial geology to the spatial management of scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) in southwest Nova Scotia. 15th Annual Pectenid Workshop. Journal of Shellfish Research, v. 25, p. 308.

2006   Brian J. Todd, Vladimir E. Kostylev, and Page C. Valentine. Mapping benthic habitats on German Bank, Gulf of Maine. Geohab 2006 (abstracts).

2006   Russell Parrott, Michael Parsons, Michael Li, Vladimir Kostylev, John Hughes Clarke, and Kok-Leng Tay. Multidisciplinary Approach to Assess Sediment Transport and Environmental Impacts at an Offshore Disposal Site near Saint John, NB (abstracts).

 

2006. Parrott,D.R., Parsons, M.B., Li, M.Z., Kostylev, V., Hughes Clarke, J.E. and Tay, K-L. 2006. Multidisciplinary approach to assess sediment transport and environmental impacts at an offshore disposal site near Saint John, NB. Atlantic Geoscience Society, Annual Colloquium and Workshops, 2-4 February 2006, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Todd, B.J., Kostylev, V.E., Valentine, P.C., and Longva, O., 2004. Marine Geology and Benthic Habitat Of German Bank, Scotian Shelf, Atlantic Canada. Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004).

2004 Kostylev, V. E., Orpin A. Efficient and statistically valid method of textural sea floor characterization in benthic habitat mapping. AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco (abstracts and poster presentation).

2004 Blasco, S., Bennett, R., Kostylev, V. E., MacKillop, K, Bartlett, J. and Travaglini, P. Beaufort Sea Seabed Environmental and Geotechnical Research Related to Offshore Hydrocarbon Development. In: GNWT Geoscience Forum. Yellowknife November 2004. (abstract).

2004 D.R. Parrott, M.B. Parsons, M.Z. Li, V.E. Kostylev, J.E. Hughes Clarke, A. Duxfield, Tay, K-L. Integrated Techniques for Monitoring of an Offshore Disposal Site in a Dynamic Tidal Environment. In: 31st annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Charlottetown PEI, 24-27 October 2004. (abstract).

2004 D.R. Parrott, M.B. Parsons, M.Z. Li, V. Kostylev, J.E. Hughes Clarke, A. Duxfield, K-L. Tay. Integrated Repetitive Multibeam Bathymetry and Geophysical Surveys of an Offshore Disposal Site. In: EAGE Near Surface 2004, Utrecht The Netherlands 6-9 September 2004. (abstract).

2004 Russell Parrott, John Hughes Clarke, Michael Li, Vladimir Kostylev, Michael Parsons, Anya Duxfield. Application of a suite of techniques to seafloor characterization at offshore disposal sites. In: Seafloor Characterization Workshop 16-18 UVIC/CHS/QTC Feb 2004. Sidney BC (abstract).

2004 D.R. Parrott, M.B. Parsons, M.Z. Li, V. Kostylev, J.E. Hughes Clarke, A. Duxfield. Integrated Repetitive Multibeam Bathymetry and Geophysical Surveys of an Offshore Disposal Site. Near Surface 2004 - 10th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Utrecht, The Netherlands 6-9 Sept 2004 (abstract).

2004 Kostylev V. E. Benthic habitat mapping on Scotian shelf. 3rd annual GeoHab meeting, Galway, Ireland. (presentation and abstract).

2004 Kostylev V.E. Presentation of habitat mapping at ICES Working group on benthic habitat mapping, Brest (France), March 2004. (presentation and abstract).

2003 Kostylev V.E. Benthic habitat mapping – linking biology and geology. In: Report of the Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping. Sandy Hook, USA, 1 – 4 April 2003. ICES CM 2003/E:08

2002 Kostylev, V.E., Todd, B.J., Longva, O., and Valentine, P.C., Characterization of benthic habitat on Georges Bank [abs.]: Symposium on Effects of Fishing Activities on Benthic Habitats; Linking Geology, Biology, Socioeconomics, and Management, Tampa, FL, November 12-14, 2002.

2002 Valentine, P.C., Todd, B.J., and Kostylev, V.E., A regional approach to marine sublittoral habitat classification; an example for northeastern North America [abs.]: GeoHab, Marine Geological Habitat meeting, Moss Landing, CA, May 1-3, 2002

2002 Valentine, P.C., Todd, B.J., and Kostylev, V.E., Regional habitat classification as applied to the marine sublittoral of northeastern North America [abs.]: Symposium on Effects of Fishing Activities on Benthic Habitats; Linking Geology, Biology, Socioeconomics, and Management, Tampa, FL, November 12-14, 2002

2001 Kostylev, V.E., Courtney, R.C., Robert, G., and Todd, B.J. Use of high-resolution acoustics and habitat information for improving stock evaluation of giant scallop (Placopecten magellanicus). In Abstracts, Geological Association of Canada – Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Vol. 26, p. 80.

2001 Todd, B.J., Kostylev, V.E., Courtney, R.C., Fader, G.B.J., and Pickrill, R.A. Habitat mapping on the southern Scotian Shelf: integrating geoscience and benthic ecology. In Abstracts, Geological Association of Canada – Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Vol. 26, p. 149.

2000 Todd, B.J., Kostylev, V.E., Fader, G.B.J., Courtney, R.C., and Pickrill, R.A.New approaches to benthic habitat mapping integrating multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, surficial geology and sea floor photographs: a case study from the Scotian Shelf, Atlantic Canada. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2000 Annual Science Conference, Bruges, Belgium, paper CM 2000/T:16, 15 p.

1999 Courtney, R.C., Todd, B.J., and Kostylev, V.E. Acoustic characterization of a fishing bank. In Abstracts, Acoustics Week in Canada, October 18-19, 1999, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,

1995 Kostylev, V.E. Assessing habitat complexity on a mussel bed using fractals. In: Guerra, A, E. Rolan and F. Rocha (eds). In: Abstracts of 12th International Malacological Congress. Vigo, 1995. 202-203.

1994 Erlandsson, J., and Kostylev, V.E. Mate searching in a marine prosobranch, Littorina littorea: trail following and fractal dimension of movement. In: Fourth International symposium on littorinid biology. Roscoff 19-25 September 1993. Cah. Biol. Mar. 35: 244-245.

1990 Malachov, O.P., and Kostylev, V.E. A method for registration of bivalve mollusks’ movement activity with the use of personal computer. In: Reports theses of 10th conference on evolutionary physiology. Leningrad, p. 99 - 100. [In Russian]

1989 Kostylev, V.E., and Denisenko S.G. To the assessment of mussel resources in the Eastern Murman intertidal zone. In: Reports theses of 4th Scientific Conference on problems of forecasting. Murmansk, p.109 - 111. [In Russian]

1988 Gudimov, A.V., Kostylev, V.E.Growth rates of the Barents Sea mussels in cages and in laboratory conditions. In: Symposium on sea invertebrates’ ontogenesis. Theses of reports. Vladivostok. pp. 22-23. [In Russian]

1988 Denisenko, S.G., Kostylev, V.E., Alexandrov, S.V., Malachov, O.P., and Opalev, M.L. Sublittoral populations of Mytilus edulis in mouth of the White Sea. In: Resources and biological basis for rational utilization of commercial invertebrates. Vladivostok, p.66 - 67. [In Russian]

1988 Kostylev, V.E. Results of rearing blue mussels in cages in Dalnezelenetskaya bay. In: Ecology, biological productivity and aquaculture problems of the Barents Sea. Reports theses. Murmansk, p. 291 - 293. [In Russian]

1987 Gaidenok, N.D., and Kostylev, V.E.Formal description of demographic population structure of Mytilus edulis from Eastern Murman. In: Annotated collection of reports of young scientists. Sevastopol. pp. 26-27. [In Russian]

1987 Kostylev, V.E. Results of the study into spatial distribution of Mytilus edulis in Zelenetskaya Zapadnaya bay, Barents Sea. In: Problems of Quaternary palaeoecology and palaeogeography of northern seas. Theses of reports. Apatity, p.61-62. [In Russian]

1986 Denisenko, S.G., Kostylev, V.E., Gudimova, E.N., and Luppova, E.N., Main directions and results of ecological investigations of the Barents Sea invertebrates in relation to fishery and aquaculture. In: Theses of reports of 4th Conference on commercial invertebrates. Sevastopol. pp. 7-9. [In Russian]

1985 Kostylev, V.E. Distribution and preliminary estimation of Modiolus modiolus stock in the Seven Islands region (Eastern Murman) of the Barents Sea. In: Investigation and rational usage of northern seas and biological resources of North Atlantics. Murmansk, p 34-35. [In Russian]