Trophological studies of ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi conducted in the Caspian Sea more often included species at later stage development, as a result, juveniles, metamorphic larvae and were ignored. Ctenophore is known to start feeding since moment larva emerges from egg. Studying availability food resources their size range allowed trace certain dependence diet ctenophore, determine which dev...

The influential predatory role of the lobate comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi has largely been attributed to the generation of a hydrodynamically silent feeding current to entrain and initiate high encounter rates with prey. However, for high encounter rates to translate to high ingestion rates, M. leidyi must effectively capture the entrained prey. To investigate the capture mechanisms, we rec...

Aim. Analysis of the distribution and status ctenophores В eroe ovata Mnemiopsis leidyi , assessment parameters their interaction in Middle Caspian Sea. Material Methods. The material was obtained western eastern parts Sea September–October 2022. Large were collected using a big cone plankton net with 0.5 m 2 opening 500 μm, mesh size. number size large determined immediately after collection, ...

The effect of temperature on the main feeding parameters of Mnemiopsis leidyi from the southern Caspian Sea was studied in 2002. The clearance rates and daily rations were estimated from laboratory experiments in a wide range of temperatures from 12 to 27 ?C for M. leidyi of 12?17 mm in length. Clearance rate values changed from 52.5 to 107.3 ml ind-1 h-1. The coefficient Q10 in temperature 12 ...