Stomolophus meleagris (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomaea) en dos lagunas costeras de Oaxaca, México

Abstract

GIVE THE IMPORTANCE AND NUMERICAL DOMINANCE OF STOMOLOPHUS MELEAGRIS AG. (SCYPHOZOA: RHIZOSTOMEAE) IN THE ZOOPLANKTON FROM COASTAL LAGOON OF OAXACA, MEXICO, A PARTICULAR STUDY ON ITS BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION BY VOLUME AND WET WEIGHT, WAS CARRIED OUT IN TREE SEASONS OF THE YEARS. IN MAY THERE WERE - 1 IND/ 100 M3 OF S. MELEAGRIS WHEREAS IN AUGUST ITS DENSITY REACHED 12 TO 42 IND/ 100 M3 IN LOCALITIES CHARACTERIZED BY MARINE CONDITIONS AND 8 TO 14 IND/ 100 M3 MEASURING 100 MM HIGH, 284 GR WET WEIGTH AND 280 CC OF VOLUME, GIVING A LINEAL CORRELATION (R°) OF 0.99.