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Invaders Ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi (A. Agassiz) and Beroe ovata Mayer 1912, and Their Influence on the Pelagic Ecosystem of Northeastern Black Sea

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We analyzed the state of pelagic ecosystem of northeastern Black Sea affected by invasion of a new settler Beroe ovata in 1999–2001. Development of B. ovata considerably decreased the population of another invader, Mnemiopsis leidyi, that deformed the Black Sea ecosystem for over a decade. Reduction of M. leidyi population limited its influence on the ecosystem and, consequently, we observed recovering of the main components of the Black Sea pelagic ecosystem—zooplankton and fish as well as their eggs and larvae. The relationships between annual and seasonal variability of the population development and size of the both invaders M. leidyi and B. ovata are discussed.

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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Nakhimovskii pr. 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    T. A. Shiganova, E. I. Musaeva & Yu. V. Bulgakova

  2. Azov Research Institute of Fisheries, ul. Beregovaya 21/2, Rostov-on-Don, 344077, Russia

    Z. A. Mirzoyan & M. L. Martynyuk

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Shiganova, T.A., Musaeva, E.I., Bulgakova, Y.V. et al. Invaders Ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi (A. Agassiz) and Beroe ovata Mayer 1912, and Their Influence on the Pelagic Ecosystem of Northeastern Black Sea. Biology Bulletin 30, 180–190 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023249508158

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