Gelatinous plankton in the Black Sea
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS |
| Country | Russian Federation  |
| Project | Black Sea FTP 'World Ocean'(Nature of the WO) |
| Time period | 1992-2004 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | The Russian area of the Black Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Zooplankton wet weight biomass; Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column |
| Instruments | Plankton nets |
| Description | |
| Summary | Special investigation with surveys during spring and late summer-early autumn invaders comb-jellies Mnemiopsis leidyi since 1992 and Beroe ovata since its invasion 1999 and indigenous species jelly fish Aurelia aurita and ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus and their effect on the Black Sea ecosystem. |
| Originators | P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS |
| Availability | SeaDataNet licence; academic |
| Contact | Shiganova Tamara (Senior Scientist) |
| Address | P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS |
| Telephone | 7 095 129 23 27 |
| Facsimile | +7(499)124-59-83 |
| shiganov@sio.rssi.ru | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS |
| Local identifier | 36001001 |
| Global identifier | 2509 |
| Last revised | 2009-04-29 |
