Micro and mesozooplankton composition during winter in Ushuaia and Golondrina Bays (Beagle Channel, Argentina)

The current paper analyses the micro and mesozooplankton in Ushuaia and Golondrina Bays, the first research on these plankton fractions of these areas in wintertime (August 2004). The number of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton taxa was higher in Ushuaia Bay than in Golondrina Bay. Aloricate cilia...

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Autores: Biancalana, Florencia, Barria, Maria Sonia, Hoffmeyer, Monica Susana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/36915
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/36915
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MICROZOOPLANKTON
MESOZOOPLANKTON
USHUIA BAY
GOLONDRINA BAY
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:The current paper analyses the micro and mesozooplankton in Ushuaia and Golondrina Bays, the first research on these plankton fractions of these areas in wintertime (August 2004). The number of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton taxa was higher in Ushuaia Bay than in Golondrina Bay. Aloricate ciliates predominated over tintinnids in microzooplankton and holoplankton over meroplankton in mesozooplankton in both bays. Ctenocalanus citer, Drepanopus forcipatus and Clausocalanus brevipes presented the highest frequency of occurrence. Among the meroplankton. Halicarcinus planatus and Munida gregaria were the most frequent decapod larvae in both bays. The distribution of the different sampling station groups of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton as determined by cluster analysis suggests the influence of natural conditions in each bay and anthropogenic environmental differences between the two bays.