The Black Sea Zooplankton Mortality, Decomposition, and Sedimentation Measurements Using Vital Dye and Short-Term Sediment Traps
Journal: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Year: 2022

The principal objectives of this research are to measure the non-consumptive mortality rate of marine copepod zooplankton and the sedimentation rate of copepod carcasses, using short-term sediment traps, and to reveal a correlation between the rates of the two competitive processes—sedimentation and degradation of the carcasses under turbulent mixing conditions. The traps were moored in Sevastopol Bay and adjacent coastal waters (the Black Sea) during summer and autumn seasons. A simulation mode