Population Characteristics of the Copepod Hulsemann, 1991 off the Crimea Coast (Black Sea)
Journal: Биология моря / Russian Journal of Marine Biology
Year: 2025

Abundance, biomass, and size-age structure of the population, as well as the reserve lipid content of copepodites V, males, and females of the cold-water copepod Hulsemann, 1991, were determined based on the analysis of the field material collected in October 2022 in the deep-sea and shelf areas of the Black Sea off the Crimean Peninsula. It was found that in October 2022, the average abundance and biomass values of (8600 ± 1200 ind./m and 6.5 ± 0.8 g/m, respectively) in the open sea areas incre