Dr. Irina A. GALANINA, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (lichens)

Dr. Valentina Y. CHERDANTSEVA, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (mosses and liverworts)

Dr. Evgeniya M. BULAKH, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (fungi)

Dr. Vyatcheslav Y. BARKALOV, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (vascular plants)

Dr. Arkadii S. LELEJ, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (insects)

Dr. Yuri M. MARUSIK, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Magadan (spiders)

Dr. Viktor V. BOGATOV, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (mollusks)

Dr. Dmitry L. PITRUK, Institute of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (fishes)

Dr. Viktor A. KOSTENKO, Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, Vladivostok (amphibians and reptiles)