Species Diversity and Abundance Distribution of Pelagic Siphonophores in Nan Wan Bay of Taiwan, China, in Late Autumn and Early Winter

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摘要 ZooplanktonsurveyswerecarriedoutonNovember2-3andDecember8-10,2001at12stationsintheNanWanBayofTaiwan,China.Altogether92quantitativezooplanktonsampleswerecollectedfromsubsurfacewaterandbottomwaterlayerswithtwoconicalplanktonnets(180cminlength,45cminopeningdiameter,333μmand200μminmeshsize).Atotalof31speciesofSiphonophoreswereidentified,amongthem7speciesarenewrecordsinthewatersaroundTaiwanIsland,ofwhichRocaceacymbiformisisanewrecordinChina.DominatedbyChelophyesappendiculata,Bassiabassensis,Diphyesbojani,Diphyesdispar,AbylopsiseschscholtziandChelophyescontorta,thesespeciesaccountedforover76%and63%ofthetotalabundanceinNovemberandDecember.ThespeciesnumberandSiphonophoresabundanceinDecember(25species,1.99inds/m3)weremorethanthoseinNovember(19species,0.438inds/m3),andtheyweremoreinthesurfacewaterlayerthaninthebottomlayeratmostsamplingstations.Inearlywinter,theoffshorehighsalinitywatermasswasamainfactorinfluencingthedistribution.ThesamplingefficiencyfortwoplanktonnetsisdiscussedandtheseasonalvariationofspeciesnumberandabundanceintheNanWanBayiscomparedwiththatintheneighboringwaters.
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出处 《海洋通报:英文版》 2005年2期
出版日期 2005年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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