Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
NATO TU Black Sea Project Ecosystem Jodeling as a Management Tool for the Black Sea, ZORI ROSSII, Ukrayna, 15 - 19 Haziran 1997, cilt.47, ss.249-262
The survey was made in off-shore waters of the Black Sea near the Anatolian coast of Turkey during a research cruise of the R/V Bilim (24 Sept - 4 Oct 1996). The biomass of gelatinous macroplankton and the glycogen content in the body of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi were studied at 14 stations. Though the ctenophore still dominated the plankton in terms of biomass (average biomass +/- standard deviation 276 +/- 115 g/m(2)), this estimate was significantly lower than corresponding estimates obtained for the same months in recent years. A simultaneous reduction in the stock of small-sized fodder zooplankton and the large copepod Calanus euxinus indicates this case may be due to a general aggravation of trophic conditions for ctenophores. Data on the ctenophore's body glycogen content varied from 21 to 44 mu g/g fresh weight and accounted for 52.5 +/- 14.2% of total polysaccharide content on average, the condition of M. leidyi observed during the conducted survey corresponded to that expected after a two-day fasting period. Tentative experiments have shown that metabolic rates of the examined ctenophores were notably reduced. The rate of oxygen consumption (R, mu l O-2 . ind(-1) . h(-1)) was 1.7-1.8 less than that which would indicate a sufficient food supply; depending on the estimate of fresh body weight (UT, g) at 12-14 degrees C, it may be described by the following equation: R = 2.50 W-0.83.