Composition of the zooplankton community, with emphasis in copepods, in Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica

 

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著者: Brugnoli-Olivera, Ernesto, Díaz-Ferguson, Edgardo, Delfino-Machin, Mariana, Morales- Ramírez, Alvaro, Dominici Arosemena, Arturo
フォーマット: artículo original
状態:Versión publicada
出版日付:2004
その他の書誌記述:The composition of the mesozooplanktonic community was studied in the Punta Morales estuary, Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, during 1997. Oblique plankton hauls were performed during high and low tide using a 280 μm mesh screen net equipped with a flowmeter. The community was characterized by holoplanktonic and meroplanktonic organisms. For the holoplanktonic community, the main groups were copepods (80%) and chaetognaths (16%). The most abundant species were the copepods Acartia lilljeborgii and Paracalanus parvus. A. lilljeborgii is a typical estuarine species that maintains high populations in estuarine systems. Meroplankton was represented mainly by crustacean larvae (66%), and icthyoplankton (18%). The dominance of crustacean larvae and icthyoplankton is an evidence of the ecological importance of the Punta Morales zone
国:Portal de Revistas UCR
機関:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
言語:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/15511
オンライン・アクセス:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15511
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キーワード:abundance
holoplankton
meroplankton
copepods
tropical estuary
abundancia
holoplancton
meroplancton
copepodos
estuario tropical