OCCURRENCE OF MNEMIOPSIS ALONG THE TURKISH COAST

The presence of Mnemiopsis along the Turkish coast, from the north-eas tern Mediterranean to Istanbul, was investigated with horizontal net t ows during a survey between 28 July and 1 August 1993. From the north- eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, only one station situated of f Kusadasi in the southern Aegean contained Mnemiopsis, the first reco rd of this ctenophore in the Aegean Sea. However, Mnemiopsis was prese nt in all of the eight stations sampled between the Dardanelles and th e Sea of Marmara, with a range of abundance from 0.2-33.9 individuals 100 m(-3).