Recent Variations in the Size and Age Structure of the Population of the Horse Mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) on the Southwestern Shelf of Crimea
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Abstract
The influence of the average annual sea surface temperature (SST) on the development of the horse mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus on the southwestern Crimean shelf has been shown. The changes in the main indicators of the population and their relationship with the change in the average annual SST (0.055°С/year) in 2000–2020 have been identified. Against the background of the observed increase in SST in recent years, the state of the horse mackerel population has improved: there has been an increase in the average age and, accordingly, the proportion of larger well-fed individuals, and, in general, the average size and weight of fish. It has been shown that according to the nature of the change in the average annual SST, three periods can be distinguished: 2000−2007, 2008−2013, and 2014−2020.
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The Russian Journal of Marine Biology was founded in 1975 by Alexey V. Zhirmunsky, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Russian Journal of Marine Biology covers a wide range of research and some applied aspects of marine biology as a synthetic science related to various fields of study on marine biota and environment. It presents fundamental research on biological processes at molecular, cellular, organismal, and populational levels in marine organisms. Consideration is given to marine objects as models in life sciences. The journal also publishes papers dedicated to events in Russian and international marine biological science and the history of biology.