Citation:

PANGAEA.756162, Supplement to: Shushkina, EA; Arnautov, GN (1985): Quantitative distribution of the Medusa Aurelia and its role in the Black Sea ecosystem. Oceanology, 25(1), 102-106

Name: (Table 2) Biomass and size characteristics of Aurelia aurita in the Black Sea as determined from the Argus manned submersible
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Published: 1985 (exact date unknown) • DOI registered: 2011-02-17

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Abstract:

Based on estimate of Aurelia aurita concentration in the Black Sea from the Argus manned submersible in April-May 1984, as well as on author's data and published information on metabolic rate and feeding of medusa, biomass of medusa Aurelia aurita in the epipelagic zone of the Black Sea is estimated to be about 400 million tons of wet weight, and its mean annual production to be 400-900 million tons wet weight or about 1.1-2.5 million tons of organic carbon, equivalent to approximately 1-3% of primary production.

Project(s):

Archive of Ocean Data (ARCOD)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 43.455833 * Median Longitude: 32.332500 * South-bound Latitude: 42.140000 * West-bound Longitude: 27.540000 * North-bound Latitude: 45.760000 * East-bound Longitude: 41.510000

Event(s):

Argus-572 * Latitude: 43.450000 * Longitude: 36.810000 * Location: Black Sea * Method/Device: Water sample (WS)

Argus-575 * Latitude: 42.550000 * Longitude: 39.390000 * Location: Black Sea * Method/Device: Water sample (WS)

Argus-577 * Latitude: 42.140000 * Longitude: 41.510000 * Location: Black Sea * Method/Device: Water sample (WS)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator
1	Event label	Event
2	Latitude of event	Latitude
3	Longitude of event	Longitude
4	Depth, counting	Depth count	m	Shushkina, Elvira A
5	Aurelia aurita	A. aurita	#/m²	Shushkina, Elvira A
6	Aurelia aurita	A. aurita	#/m³	Shushkina, Elvira A
7	Aurelia aurita, biomass, wet mass	A. aurita biom wm	g/m²	Shushkina, Elvira A
8	Aurelia aurita, biomass, wet mass	A. aurita biom wm	g/m³	Shushkina, Elvira A
9	Aurelia aurita, biomass per area, as energy	A. aurita BAE	kcal/m²	Shushkina, Elvira A
10	Aurelia aurita, biomass	A. aurita biom	kcal/m³	Shushkina, Elvira A
11	Mass	Mass	g	Shushkina, Elvira A
12	Mass, as energy	Mass E	cal	Shushkina, Elvira A
13	Diameter	Ø	mm	Shushkina, Elvira A

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

140 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 Depth count [m]	5 A. aurita [#/m²]	6 A. aurita [#/m³]	7 A. aurita biom wm [g/m²]	8 A. aurita biom wm [g/m³]	9 A. aurita BAE [kcal/m²]	10 A. aurita biom [kcal/m³]	11 Mass [g]	12 Mass E [cal]	13 Ø [mm]
Argus-572	43.45	36.81	65	28	0.43	840	12.90	25.2	0.39	50.0	900	100
Argus-575	42.55	39.39	55	17	0.31	510	9.30	15.3	0.28	30.0	900	100
Argus-577	42.14	41.51	80	64	0.80	980	12.20	29.4	0.37	15.3	459	80
Argus-577	42.14	41.51	80	101	1.26	1546	19.30	15.3	0.58	15.3	459	80
Argus-587	43.35	35.85	70	46	0.66	1072	15.30	32.1	0.46	23.3	700	91
Argus-591	42.87	29.35	60	28	0.47	1350	22.50	40.5	0.68	48.2	1446	117
Argus-595	42.42	28.39	80	23	0.29	1440	18.00	43.2	0.54	62.6	1878	128
Argus-600	42.70	27.54	50	50	1.00	891	17.80	26.7	0.53	17.8	534	84
Argus-602	42.76	28.02	75	37	0.49	848	11.30	25.4	0.34	22.9	690	91
Argus-606	43.24	28.58	50	25	0.50	703	14.10	21.1	0.42	28.1	843	98
Argus-606	43.24	28.58	50	22	0.44	861	17.20	25.8	0.52	39.1	1174	109
Argus-609	45.66	30.93	20	31	1.55	347	17.40	10.4	0.52	11.2	536	72
Argus-610	44.57	30.72	60	19	0.32	255	4.25	7.6	0.13	13.6	408	77
Argus-611	45.76	30.90	30	40	1.33	654	21.80	19.6	0.65	16.5	495	82