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served polysaccharide—glycogen. The glycogen content
in polysaccharides, reaching maximum in the just-
caught organisms (76.0—in B. ovata and 86.6% in M.
leidyi) reduced substantially under starvation: to 34.4% -
in B. ovata and 18.3% in M. leidyi. Monosaccharide con-
tent under starvation of ctenophores decreases from
39.9% to 13.5% in B. ovata and from 45.8% to 14.3% in
M. leidyi [22]. Fed ctenophores as M. leidyi, as B. ovata,
with ample being fed have maximal concentrations of
organic matter; therefore, in the time of light-emission
they give the most intensive flash. Studied dependences
of ctenophores light-emission characteristics on food
supply make essential contribution to the exposure of
consistent patterns of trophic cooperations predator-prey,
important at the research of water organisms and ecosys-
tems functioning.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors express sincere gratitude for help in experiments with M.
leidyi to A. N. Khanaychenko, the leading scientist of the IBSS of NAS
of Ukraine.
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