Diel and seasonal changes in the macrozooplankton community of a tropical estuary in Northeastern Brazil



Título del documento: Diel and seasonal changes in the macrozooplankton community of a tropical estuary in Northeastern Brazil
Revista: Revista brasileira de zoologia
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000281041
ISSN: 0101-8175
Autores: 1



Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Oceanografia, Recife, Pernambuco. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Sep
Volumen: 20
Número: 3
Paginación: 439-446
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Studies were carried out to assess the macrozooplankton small-scale temporal and spatial variability at three stations in three hours intervals, during 24 hours in July 1996 (rainy season) and December 1996 (dry season). A plankton net 300µm mesh size was hauled at surface during three minutes. Water samples for salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH were taken simultaneously with the zooplankton samples. Sixty-five macrozooplankton taxa were registered. Copepoda constituted the most common taxon and comprised 58% of the total zooplankton counts. Brachyuran zoeae, cirripedian larvae, Larvacea (Oikopleura dioica Fol, 1872), and Gastropoda veligers were abundant at some tidal cycles, mainly during the night. Species diversity average was 2.0 bits.ind-1. The mean density ranged from 23 ind.m-3 to 5,201 ind.m-3. The rainy season presented greater numerical abundance. A regular temporal zooplankton cycle was not observed. Instead, there was a large stochastic variation between samples
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Biología acuática,
Zoología,
Zooplancton,
Estuarios,
Composición de la comunidad,
Abundancia,
Variaciones diurnas,
Variabilidad espacial,
Brasil
Keyword: Biology,
Aquatic biology,
Zoology,
Zooplankton,
Estuaries,
Community composition,
Abundance,
Diel variation,
Spatial variability,
Brazil
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