BIOLUMINESCENCE AS an index OF THE BLACK SEA CTENOPHORE-ALIEN MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI A.AGASSIZ, 1865 PHYSIOLOGICAL condition
Bioluminescence as an index of the Black Sea ctenophore-alien Mnemiopsis leidyi A.Agassiz, 1865 physiological condition was researched. It was shown that ctenophore light-emission characteristics are changing in the process of ontogenesis and rising proportionally to the organism mass growth. The highest indices of M. leidyi bioluminescence are observed in the summer period. The bioluminescence reaction temperature optimum was revealed under 26 ± 1 ºС and minimum - under 10 ± 1 ºС.