The seasonal and spatial variations of zooplankton community and theircorrelation with environmental factors were studied at nineteen sites in the coastalwater near Luan River Estuary. A total of 25 taxa of zooplankto...The seasonal and spatial variations of zooplankton community and theircorrelation with environmental factors were studied at nineteen sites in the coastalwater near Luan River Estuary. A total of 25 taxa of zooplankton were identified, amongwhich copepods being the most abundant groups (93.6% and 74.9% of totalabundance in spring and summer, respectively). Copepoda species assemblage wasthe same in spring and summer: Paracalanus parvus and Acartia bifilosa being thepredominant species, occupied more than 15% of total copepoda abundance.Zooplankton abundance was higher in spring than in summer, with an average of11 657 ind/m3 and 1549 ind/m3, respectively. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)showed that there was a significant difference of total zooplankton abundance betweenspring and summer (p<0.001). Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that salinity andnutrient were the main environmental factors influencing zooplankton group’sdistribution in spring and summer, respectively.展开更多
文摘The seasonal and spatial variations of zooplankton community and theircorrelation with environmental factors were studied at nineteen sites in the coastalwater near Luan River Estuary. A total of 25 taxa of zooplankton were identified, amongwhich copepods being the most abundant groups (93.6% and 74.9% of totalabundance in spring and summer, respectively). Copepoda species assemblage wasthe same in spring and summer: Paracalanus parvus and Acartia bifilosa being thepredominant species, occupied more than 15% of total copepoda abundance.Zooplankton abundance was higher in spring than in summer, with an average of11 657 ind/m3 and 1549 ind/m3, respectively. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)showed that there was a significant difference of total zooplankton abundance betweenspring and summer (p<0.001). Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that salinity andnutrient were the main environmental factors influencing zooplankton group’sdistribution in spring and summer, respectively.
