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In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 32(2010), 1, Seite 97-98, 1464-3774
In: volume:32
In: year:2010
In: number:1
In: pages:97-98
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  • 2
    In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 31(2009), 6, Seite 669-686, 1464-3774
    In: volume:31
    In: year:2009
    In: number:6
    In: pages:669-686
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    In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 31(2009), 9, Seite 1027-1043, 1464-3774
    In: volume:31
    In: year:2009
    In: number:9
    In: pages:1027-1043
    Description / Table of Contents: The oncaeid genus Epicalymma comprises small copepod species usually living at meso- and bathypelagic depth layers in oceanic areas. The genus had previously been assumed to be absent from the Red Sea, due to the unusually high deep-sea temperatures and salinities in this area. In the present account a new species, Epicalymma bulbosa, is described from the Red Sea, which appears to be the only representative of the genus in the region. The new species is the smallest Epicalymma species so far recorded, with a total body length of ~0.32 and ~0.29 mm in the female and male, respectively. Apart from its small size, it differs from all known Epicalymma species by an extremely long exopodal seta on P5 in both sexes, and by a free exopod segment of P5 and a very long and basally swollen spinule on the syncoxa of the maxilliped in the female. In contrast to other Epicalymma species, which are distributed between 500 and 〉2500 m depth, the new species occurred much shallower (100-750 m) in the Red Sea, which may be interpretated as an avoidance mechanism of the unfavourable environmental conditions in the deep Red Sea. The taxonomic status of the new species within the genus Epicalymma is discussed and the few available ecological data on Epicalymma species in the world ocean are summarized.
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  • 4
    In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 30(2008), 12, Seite 1329-1342, 1464-3774
    In: volume:30
    In: year:2008
    In: number:12
    In: pages:1329-1342
    Description / Table of Contents: Zooplankton trade-offs to maximize fitness in highly dynamic environments such as estuaries have long been a question of central importance for understanding the ecology and evolution of estuarine populations. We present here the first comprehensive data set on the population dynamics of the copepod Eurytemmora affinis obtained from 50 h high-frequency sampling in the Seine estuary during spring. Maximum densities of E. affinis were associated with low salinities (0.5-10) and recorded during the ebb in the bottom layer. Vertical variations in population structure were observed between ebb and flood, as well as the spatial distribution of developmental stages. Nauplii were concentrated in the low salinity zone just above salinity 5, and copepodids and adults distributed more widely relative to salinity than nauplii in bottom waters, whereas the opposite pattern was observed in surface waters. The sex-ratio and the proportion "ovigerous females:non-ovigerous females" appeared to be related to tidal cycle and depth, with higher relative densities of non-ovigerous females in bottom waters and around low tide. The vertical variations noticed during the tidal cycle suggest a strategy by the species to avoid flushing by surface currents, although it may incur a cost due to the greater presence of predators in bottom waters.
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    In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 30(2008), 5, Seite 529-550, 1464-3774
    In: volume:30
    In: year:2008
    In: number:5
    In: pages:529-550
    Description / Table of Contents: The abundance and vertical distribution of microcopepods sampled by nets with 55 My m mesh size was compared for two neighbouring but hydrographically different areas, the Gulf of Aqaba and the northernmost Red Sea, during spring 1999. The vertical structure of the total microcopepod communities differed considerably between the two regimes: In the stratified waters of the Red Sea, calanoids outnumbered oncaeids as well as oithonids at 0- 100 m, whereas oncaeids dominated in all meso- and bathypelagic layers below 100 m deep. In the unusually deep vertically mixed waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, calanoids outnumbered each of the non-calanoid taxa as deep as 250 or 350 m, whereas the oncaeid dominated deep water community was restricted to depth ranges below 400 m. Dominant non-calanoid species in both areas were Oncaea bispinosa, Paroithona pacifica, Oithona simplex, Spinoncaea ivlevi, O. tregoubovi and O. cristata. O. scottodicarloi occurred in exceptionally high numbers in the northern Gulf. Pronounced differences between the two areas were found in the vertical distribution of poecilostomatoid species. By comparing the present results with published data from the central and southern Red Sea and other tropical and warm-temperate oceanic areas, intra- and inter-oceanic differences in the structure of microcopepod communities in oligotrophic areas are discussed. The high abundance and vertically extended range of calanoid copepods during spring appears to be a specific feature of the Gulf of Aqaba, indicating an unusual vertical succession in the trophodynamic structure of the copepod fauna in this area.
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    In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 30(2008), 6, Seite 655-672, 1464-3774
    In: volume:30
    In: year:2008
    In: number:6
    In: pages:655-672
    Description / Table of Contents: Abundance, distribution, population structure, lipid content, lipid composition and reproductive and feeding activity of Rhincalanus nasutus were studied in the Gulf of Aqaba and in the northern Red Sea during RV "Meteor"-cruise M 44-2 in February/March 1999. Rhincalanus nasutus occurred in higher numbers in the Gulf of Aqaba (585 ind m-2) than in the northern Red Sea (254 ind m-2). Young developmental stages (nauplii, copepodite stages CI and CII) were absent. In the southern Gulf of Aqaba, the bulk of the population developed from stage CV to adult in the course of the 3-week study period. In contrast, immature CV stages dominated at the adjacent stations in the northern Gulf of Aqaba and in the northern Red Sea. Development was associated with the seasonal vertical migration from wintering mid-water layers and initiation of feeding starting as early as beginning of March in the southern Gulf of Aqaba. No upward migration was observed in the northern parts of the Gulf and in the northern Red Sea, where more than 90% of the females remained immature during our study. Lipids were dominated by wax esters in females and CV. The fatty acid and fatty alcohol compositions of females were very similar throughout the study region and period. Major fatty acids were 18:1(n-9), 16:1(n-7), 16:2(n-4) and 20:5(n-3). Our results support the previous reports of a seasonal dormancy of R. nasutus in the Gulf of Aqaba and suggest that the timing of vertical migration, feeding and maturation is closely coupled to the development of the spring bloom in oligotrophic subtropical waters.
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    In: Journal of plankton research, Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, 30(2008), 7, Seite 839-855, 1464-3774
    In: volume:30
    In: year:2008
    In: number:7
    In: pages:839-855
    Description / Table of Contents: The community composition of pelagic copepods near Australia's North West Cape (21° 49'S, 114° 14'E) was studied during the austral summers of 1997/98 and 1998/99. Most sampling occurred at a shallow (20 m) shelf station and a deeper (90 m) shelf-break station, though on four occasions a set of eight stations were occupied on a 36 km cross-shelf transect. During the El Niño conditions prevalent during the austral summer of 1997/98, episodic upwelling occurred causing intermittent high primary production. During the El Niño conditions of 1997/98, there was a little difference between stations in the spring (October-November), but communities differentiated later in the sampling season (December-February) with a more characteristic inshore community developing at the shelf station. In the La Niña conditions of 1998/99, the community at the shelf break was invariant, but the shelf community was mainly offshore copepods as a result of seasonal downwelling during the spring that was later replaced by an inshore community of more widely distributed species. Over 120 species of copepods were identified, of which the most speciose families were the Corycaeidae (22 spp.), Oncaeidae (〉20 spp.), Paracalanidae (15 spp.) and the Oithonidae (11 spp.). Cross-shelf transects confirmed the existence of a distinct inshore community of copepods, dominated by small species of Paracalanidae and Oithonidae, and which was at least twice as abundant as those at the shelf break. In both summers, there was an onshore-offshore gradient in community composition, with the inshore stations characterized by small paracalanid and oithonid species.
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