Preliminary data on the near-bottom meso- and macrozooplanktonic fauna from the eastern Bay of Seine: faunistic composition, vertical distribution and density variation
Wang, Z.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Thiébaut, E. (1994). Preliminary data on the near-bottom meso- and macrozooplanktonic fauna from the eastern Bay of Seine: faunistic composition, vertical distribution and density variation. Cah. Biol. Mar. 35(2): 157-176
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723; e-ISSN 2262-3094, more
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- Wang, Z.
- Dauvin, J.-C., more
- Thiébaut, E., more
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| Abstract |
Two series of samples were collected with a new version of the Macer-GIROQ suprabenthic sledge, using 0.5 mm mesh size plankton nets. Chaetognaths, ctenophores and copepods (holoplankton), fish postlarvae, polychaetes and crustacean larvae (meroplankton) were sorted, counted and identified.The most abundant were copepods, the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus, larvae of crustaceans and the polychaete Lanice conchilega, postlarvae of clupeoids, gobiids. Three patterns of density variations were found: (1) dominance of diurnal variations, (2) dominance of tidal advections, (3) a combination of tidal advections and diurnal migrations, e.g. copepods. |
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