Role of higher aquatic plants in formation of habitat conditions of fish fry feeding in the coastal area

On the basis of studies of the author and literature information the functional role of higher aquatic plants in the coastal biogeocenosis of freshwater ecosystems is analyzed. Biotopic and trophic links of water invertebrates and fish fry inhabiting macrophyte beds are shown. Classical path of organic matter transformation in the water ecosystems "phytoplankton – phytivorous invertebrates – fish" is further supplemented by three more: "bacterioplankton – phytivorous invertebrates – fish", "phytoperiphyton – phytivorous invertebrates – fish" and "vegetative detritus – phytivorous invertebrates – fish" in coastal biotopes overgrown with macrophytes.