Composition and abundance of zooplankton groups from a coral reef lagoon in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during an annual cycle

Álvarez Cadena, José N.; Ordóñez López, Uriel; Almaral Mendivil, Alma Rosa; Uicab Sabido, Amira

dc.creator	Álvarez Cadena, José N.
dc.creator	Ordóñez López, Uriel
dc.creator	Almaral Mendivil, Alma Rosa
dc.creator	Uicab Sabido, Amira
dc.date	2007-10-11
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-03T15:30:06Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-03T15:30:06Z
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5481
dc.identifier	10.15517/rbt.v57i3.5481
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/26819
dc.description	Zooplankton sampling was carried out monthly from January to December 1990 at station A near the coastline, and station B near the reef barrier, in a tropical coral reef lagoon in the Mexican Caribbean Sea. Samplings were made at midnight, near surface, with a conical net (mouth 0.40 m, mesh 330 ?m) for 10 min. Salinity varied from 35.1 to 36.3 psu and temperature from 26.3 to 30.2 °C. The Bray-Curtis test applied to these results has defined two seasons: the dry season from November to May, and the wet season from June to October. A total of 37 zooplankton groups were found. Copepods were the most abundant contributing 49.0% of the total capture with Acartia espinata, Calanopia americana and Farranula gracilis as the most numerous. In the total zooplankton, however, cirripeds captured in only 15 samples of 24 were second in abundance (20.9%). Decapods, present all year-round and more abundant during the wet season, were third and contributed 19.2%. The rest of the groups were scarce and only amphipods (2.4%) and larvaceans (2.0%) were relatively abundant. The abundance of captured organisms correlated with the abiotic factors measured, thus, in the dry season, abundance was lower (mean 7.3 orgs/m3), while in the wet season the mean catch was 36.8 orgs/m3.	en-US
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en-US
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2014 International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation	en-US
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 57 (3) September 2009	en-US
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 57 (3) September 2009	es-ES
dc.source	Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 57 (3) September 2009	pt-PT
dc.source	2215-2075
dc.source	0034-7744
dc.source	10.15517/rbt.v57i3
dc.title	Composition and abundance of zooplankton groups from a coral reef lagoon in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during an annual cycle	en-US
dc.title	Composition and abundance of zooplankton groups from a coral reef lagoon in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during an annual cycle	es-ES
dc.type	artículo original
dc.coverage	CRC	en-US

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