Sampling studies on Mnemiopsis and Beroe spp in the Black Sea

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Sampling studies on Mnemiopsis and Beroe spp in
the Black Sea Erhan Mutlu Institute of Marine
Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylul University,
Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey erhan.mutlu_at_deu.edu.tr
who used to work for IMS-METU acknowledged
for the present work funded by projects of NATO
and TUBITAK
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Cruises for the gelatinous A total of 11 cruises
were conducted in the Black Sea. 8 cruises
before 3 cruises after appearance of the Beroe Of
the 8 cruises, 3 in summer within TEEZ 3 in
spring mostly in entire western part 2 in winter
on the shelf of TEZZ Latter cruises all in
TEEZ 1 in summer 1 in autumn And 1 in Spring All
cruises and funded by NATO and TUBITAK projects
ruling usage of data in their agreement Last
three cruises still under direction for TUBITAK
project In all cruises, total numbers and wet
weight of the indivduals were determined on board
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June 1991 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-100 m _at_ 58
Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the bottom _at_ 10
St. type of tow vertical haul tow speed- 1.5
knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Black Sea Database, Sesame
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January 1992 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-100 m _at_ 24
Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the bottom _at_ 50
St. type of tow vertical haul tow speed- 1.5
knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Black Sea Database, Sesame
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July 1992 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 126 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 17 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Black Sea Database, Sesame
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April 1993 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 36 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 14 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Sesame
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August 1993 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 126 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 26 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Sesame
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February 1994 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 19 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 54 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Sesame
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April/May 1994 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 67 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 18 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Black Sea Database, Sesame
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March/April 1995 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 76 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 31 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Black Sea Database, Sesame
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June 2006 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita, Beroe
ovata)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 52 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 13 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Sesame
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October 2006 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita, Beroe
ovata)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 54 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 18 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets,
Sesame
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May 2007 BROAD TAXONOMIC-IDENTIFICATION
gelatinous Zoplankton (Mnemiopsis leidyi,
Pleurobrachia pileus and Aurelia aurita, Beroe
ovata)
BIOLOGICAL DATA Net type- Hensen net mesh size-
300 µm net mouth diameter- 0.70 m upper and lower
range of the net sampling- Offshore 0-depth m of
H2S _at_ 72 Stations Inshore 0-depth 2 above the
bottom _at_ 21 St. type of tow vertical haul tow
speed- 1.5 knots
STORAGE-MEDIUM ASCII files, Excell worksheets
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