Demersal zooplankton communities from tropical habitats in the southwestern Atlantic

Wet biomass of principal plankton components and whole plankton standing stock were assessed in waters of the Heron Island ring reef and surrounding deep lagoon. Biomass of phytoplankton ranged between 30 to 120 mg m−3, without its pronounced depletion over the reef shallows. Picocyanobacteria and prochlorophyte algae contributed over 70% of this biomass. Biomass of bacterioplankton varied between 75 to 340 mg m−3, with its maximum over the reef flat. Biomass of planktonic protozoa's ciliates and zooflagellates ranged between 20 to 110 mg m−3. The daytime biomass of zooplankton varied between 490 to 1590 mg m−3in the deep lagoon in the zone of intense tidal currents. Over the reef shallows, it was 10–20 mg m−3. At night, it rose there up to 800 to 4000 mg m−3as the result of emerging demersal zooplankton from the benthic substrates. The time scale of nocturnal emerging by different taxa was also documented. Biomass of whole demersal zooplankton communities hiding by the daytime in bottom substrates at the reef flat was found to be over 100 g m−2. Problems of nutrition planktivore reef fauna related to the plankton production and abundance are discussed.

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Structure, abundance and biomass size spectra of copepods and other zooplankton communities in upper waters of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean during summer

Journal of Plankton Research ◽

10.1093/plankt/fbt014 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 610-629 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Gustavo A. Thompson ◽

Estela O. Dinofrio ◽

Viviana A. Alder

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Ocean ◽

Southwestern Atlantic ◽

Size Spectra ◽

Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽

Zooplankton Communities

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The impact of biometric parameters of a hydromacrophyte habitat on the structure of zooplankton communities in various types of small water bodies

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies ◽

10.2478/v10009-009-0026-4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Natalia Kuczyńska-Kippen ◽

Barbara Nagengast ◽

Tomasz Joniak

Keyword(s):

Water Bodies ◽

Small Water ◽

Biometric Parameters ◽

Zooplankton Communities ◽

The Impact ◽

Small Water Bodies

The impact of biometric parameters of a hydromacrophyte habitat on the structure of zooplankton communities in various types of small water bodies

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Chemical and Biological Changes in Nelson Lake, Ontario Following Experimental Elevation of Lake pH

Water Quality Research Journal ◽

10.2166/wqrj.1977.014 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 213-232 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

N.D. Yan ◽

W.A. Scheider ◽

P.J. Dillon

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Lake Ontario ◽

Background Concentrations ◽

Precambrian Shield ◽

Metal Levels ◽

Zooplankton Communities ◽

Shield Lakes

Abstract Intensive studies of Nelson Lake, a Sudbury area lake of intermediate pH ~5.7), were begun in 1975. The chemistry of the lake was typical of that of most PreCambrian Shield lakes except that low alkalinities and high sulphate concentrations were observed along with elevated heavy metal levels. After raising the pH of Nelson Lake to 6.4 by addition of Ca(OH)2 and CaCO3, the metals were reduced to background concentrations. Phytoplankton and Zooplankton communities, which at pH of 5.7 were typical of PreCambrian lakes, were not affected by the experimental elevation of lake pH.

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A New Species of Parmaturus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic

Copeia ◽

10.1643/ci-18-152 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 107 (2) ◽

pp. 314 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karla Diamantina De Araújo Soares ◽

Marcelo Rodrigues De Carvalho ◽

Paulo Ricardo Schwingel ◽

Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southwestern Atlantic ◽

A New Species

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Factors affecting the structure of limnetic crustacean zooplankton communities in central Ontario lakes

SIL Proceedings 1922-2010 ◽

10.1080/03680770.1974.11896107 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 635-643 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

W. Gary Sprules

Keyword(s):

Crustacean Zooplankton ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Zooplankton Communities

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A new species of Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, from the Southwestern Atlantic (Crustacea: Brachyura: Atelecyclidae)

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.1590/s0031-10492005001800001 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 45 (18) ◽

pp. 235-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marcos Tavares ◽

Gustavo Augusto S. de Melo

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southwestern Atlantic ◽

A New Species

A new species of Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, is described from off coast of Brazil, namely Trichopeltarion pezzutoi n. sp. The new species is compared to its Atlantic congeners, Trichopeltarion nobile A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, and Trichopeltarion intesi (Crosnier, 1981). The record of T. nobile from Brazil should actually be attributed to T. pezzutoi n. sp. The differences between the genera Trichopeltarion and Peltarion Jacquinot, 1847 are discussed.

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