Laminaria hyperborea (GUNNERUS) FOSLIE forms a belt between depths of
3-5 m and 15 m in the outer area of the Dalnezelenetskaya Inlet. At on
e locality a biomass of 2.7-19.2 kg/m(2) and a density of 3-40 plants
per m(2) were found. This species seems widespread along the Murman co
ast of the Barents Sea.