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Michel, H.B., M. Behbehani, D. Herring, M. Arar, M. Shoushani & T. Brakoniecki. (1986). Zooplankton diversity, distribution and abundance in Kuwait waters. Kuwait Bulletin of Marine Science. 8:37-105.
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Michel, H.B., M. Behbehani, D. Herring, M. Arar, M. Shoushani & T. Brakoniecki
1986
Zooplankton diversity, distribution and abundance in Kuwait waters.
Kuwait Bulletin of Marine Science
8:37-105
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Zooplankton samples collected in Kuwait waters between September 1979 and August 1980 with paired 333 mu-m mesh bongo nets and a 110 mu-m mesh net showed a high species diveristy. In many cases, there was no previous record of these species existing in this area. Of the more than 95 species identified, 23 coelenterates, 13 copepods, three chaetognaths, two urochordates, one heteropod, one ostracod and one decapod have never been recorded in the Arabian Gulf before. Copepods constituted over 83% of the total zooplankton counts, followed by larvaceans (7.1%), cladocerans (4.7%), molluscs (2.9%) and chaetognaths (1.2%), while coelenterates, ctenophores and ostracods each formed less than 1% of the total zooplankton population. Coelenterates were not very numerous but their diversity (28 species) was high. The copepods, represented by 40 species, were the most diverse group. Copepods also formed the eight most numerous zooplankton species in Kuwait waters followed by the larvaceans Oikopleura spp. and the cladoceran Penilia avirostris. Marked seasonal flutuations were observed in all parameters measured. Mean surface salinity ranged from 35.1 permill in April to 41.6 permill in October. Mean surface temperature ranged from 15.8 degree C in January to 31.2 degree C in September. Plankton biomass of the bongo net samples varied from 34 mg m-3 in October to 290 mg m-3 in June while biomass determination from the 110 mu-m mesh net varied from 134 mg m-3 in December to 447 mg m-3 in March. Most zooplankton groups reached their maximum abundance during the summer (June-August); some forms produced secondary peaks in fall (October). A few groups and species reached numerical maxima in the spring (March-April).Descriptors: Zooplanktonfigs. 1-13, B1-B30. (Arabic summary).
Zooplankton samples collected in Kuwait waters between September 1979 and August 1980 with paired 333 mu-m mesh bongo nets and a 110 mu-m mesh net showed a high species diveristy. In many cases, there was no previous record of these species existing in this area. Of the more than 95 species identified, 23 coelenterates, 13 copepods, three chaetognaths, two urochordates, one heteropod, one ostracod and one decapod have never been recorded in the Arabian Gulf before. Copepods constituted over 83% of the total zooplankton counts, followed by larvaceans (7.1%), cladocerans (4.7%), molluscs (2.9%) and chaetognaths (1.2%), while coelenterates, ctenophores and ostracods each formed less than 1% of the total zooplankton population. Coelenterates were not very numerous but their diversity (28 species) was high. The copepods, represented by 40 species, were the most diverse group. Copepods also formed the eight most numerous zooplankton species in Kuwait waters followed by the larvaceans Oikopleura spp. and the cladoceran Penilia avirostris. Marked seasonal flutuations were observed in all parameters measured. Mean surface salinity ranged from 35.1 permill in April to 41.6 permill in October. Mean surface temperature ranged from 15.8 degree C in January to 31.2 degree C in September. Plankton biomass of the bongo net samples varied from 34 mg m-3 in October to 290 mg m-3 in June while biomass determination from the 110 mu-m mesh net varied from 134 mg m-3 in December to 447 mg m-3 in March. Most zooplankton groups reached their maximum abundance during the summer (June-August); some forms produced secondary peaks in fall (October). A few groups and species reached numerical maxima in the spring (March-April).Descriptors: Zooplanktonfigs. 1-13, B1-B30. (Arabic summary).
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