Spatial Distribution, Population Structure, and Predatory Impact of Gelatinous Predators on Zooplankton Community in Inshore Waters off Crimean Coast of the Black Sea
Journal: Journal of Siberian Federal University Biology
Year: 2021

The study reports the data on the distribution and predatory impact of the gelatinous macroplankton on mesozooplankton in the inshore waters of Crimea in April 2016. In the study areas, gelatinous macroplankton comprised Scyphomedusae Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) and three ctenophore species (Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865, Beroe ovata Bruguire, 1789, and Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776). The biomass of A. aurita dominated everywhere and varied from ~ 62 to 330 g·m‑2 in different