title: Ichthyoplankton of The Shelf and Deep Water Areas of the North and Northeast of the Black Sea in The Spring Season
abstract: This paper is focused on the ichthyoplankton species composition and spatial distribution in the Black sea shelf zone and the deepwater regions off Crimean Peninsula and coast of the Caucasus during the spring hydrological season. Recent changes in the hydrological regime of the Black sea induced by the climate warming have led to an extension of the active and productive spawning of the dominant temperate-water species Sprattus sprattus until the end of the spring hydrological season. An intens
journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences