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Zoology

TÜBİTAK

1998

Black Sea

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Some Observations On Gastric Emptying In The Black Sea Whiting,Merlangius Merlangus Euxinus, (N. 1840) Fed On Natural Prey, Kadir Seyhan, N. Selda Başçinar, Ertug Düzgüneş Jan 1998

Some Observations On Gastric Emptying In The Black Sea Whiting,Merlangius Merlangus Euxinus, (N. 1840) Fed On Natural Prey, Kadir Seyhan, N. Selda Başçinar, Ertug Düzgüneş

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In this study a new perspective on the feeding physiology of whiting, Merlangius merlangus euxinus, N. 1840 was investigated. The effects of the skin of the prey, double feeding and prey type on the gastric emptying rate (GER) of whiting fed on natural prey, namely anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicholus) and mussels ( Mytilus galloprovincialis), were investigated. Return of appetite was also studied. It was found that in laboratory conditions, whiting (48.0±8.30 g, n=12) had consumed about 10.2% of its body weight in mussels and return of appetite was found to be approximately 30 h. The effect of the skin of …


Fluctuation Of Dominant Mesozooplankton Species In The Black Sea, North Sea And The Baltic Sea: Is A General Trend Recognisable?, Ulrich Niermann, Ferit Bi̇ngel, Güner Ergün Jan 1998

Fluctuation Of Dominant Mesozooplankton Species In The Black Sea, North Sea And The Baltic Sea: Is A General Trend Recognisable?, Ulrich Niermann, Ferit Bi̇ngel, Güner Ergün

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The distribution and fluctation of dominant pelagic species>300µ(Copepoda, Chaetognatha, Scyhozoa, Ctenophora and ichthyoplankton) of the southern Black Sea were compared with that of dominant species of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in relation to oceanographic and environmental features. In all three seas, similar changes in the zooplankton composition took place at the end of the 1980's, and the beginning of the 1990's. - decreasing or increasing abundances of certain species, - occurrence of new species (North Sea: Muggiaea atlantica Lusitanean fish species; Black Sea: Mnemiopsis leidyl), - changes with respect to onset and duration of the bloom …