Trophic relationships in the food chain zooplankton - gelatinous zooplankton in the shelf regions of the Crimean coast of the Black Sea

The seasonal and spatial dynamics of the main trophic characteristics (the food spectrum, the intensity of feeding and ingestion of mesozooplankton by the jellyfish Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus 1758) and ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz 1865 populations were studied in four cruises of RV “Professor Vodyanitski” in the shelf regions of Crimean peninsula in January – Octobers 2016. The whole region was divided in inner (