Microzooplankton: The Trophic Role and Involvement in the Phytoplankton Loss and Bloom-Formation in the Black Sea
Journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Year: 2014

For the first time microzooplankton grazing impact on phytoplankton in the Black Sea was investigated in relation to seasonal and spatial variability. In this work we used scientific evidence obtained in the experiments conducted in the Sevastopol Bay (2006-2010) and in field during the Black Sea expeditions of the R/V Vladimir Parshin (September-October 2005) and the R/V Professor Vodyanitsky (May 2013). In the Sevastopol Bay the ratio between microzooplankton grazing impact and specific rate o