Geographical and seasonal variations in biomass and estimated production rates of net zooplankton in Yatsushiro Bay, Japan |
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| Authors: | Miwa Hayashi Shin-ichi Uye |
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| Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The biomass and production rate of net zooplankton were studied at eight stations in Yatsushiro Bay, Japan, monthly from May
2002 to April 2003. Based on environmental conditions, the bay was divided into three regions, viz. northern (average depth,
salinity and chlorophyll a concentration: 11 m, 31.8 and 6.5 μg l−1, respectively), central (30 m, 32.8 and 3.2 μg l−1, respectively) and southern (43 m, 33.4 and 1.9 μg l−1, respectively). Net zooplankton biomass was high in warm months and low in cold ones, with annual averages of 20.2, 38.8
and 16.4 mg C m−3 in the northern, central and southern regions, respectively. Copepods were the most important constituent (>ca. 70% of net
zooplankton biomass) in all regions. The northern region was characterized by the dominance of Oithona spp. in summer and Acartia spp. in winter-spring. In the central region, Microsetella norvegica was most pronounced in summer-fall. In both central and southern regions, Calanus sinicus and Eucalanus spp. dominated in winter-spring and fall, respectively. The annual average net zooplankton secondary production rate was
4.4, 7.5 and 3.9 mg C m−3d−1 in the northern, central and southern region, respectively. Combining the results from the present study with those from
other collaborative works on microzooplankton allowed us to determine the trophic interactions in Yatsushiro Bay. If the secondary
producers depend entirely on phytoplankton for food, their daily carbon requirement is equivalent to 12.5, 21.6 and 19.1%
of the phytoplankton biomass in the respective regions. |
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| Keywords: | Net zooplankton biomass production rate food chain trophic role environmental gradient Yatsushiro Bay |
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