Динамика доли живых Copepoda в планктоне Севастопольской бухты и открытого прибрежья в 2010 – 2011 гг.
Year: 2011

At two stations in coastal waters off Sevastopol (the Black Sea), analysis of the seasonal dynamics of mesozooplankton community and its components (total copepods and the invader Oithona brevicornis) was combined with viability assays. The latter was conducted after staining zooplankton samples with two vital markers – neutral red (NR) and fluorescein diacetate (FDA). It is the first experience of applying FDA in a field study of marine zooplankton. The percentage of live copepods (PLC) was hig