Spatiotemporal variations of zooplankton community structure in the oyster (Crassostrea gigas)-macroalgae reef dual ecosystems adjacent to Luanhe River Estuary

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Xu, Min, Zhao, Qi, Wang, Shenzhi, Wang, Yun, Shen, Jiabin, Zhang, Yi, Yang, Linlin, Xu, Kaida, Hou, Xiaolong, Zhang, Yunling, Zhang, Haipeng, Otaki, Takayoshi, Komatsu, Teruhisa, Xu, Yufu
• Other Authors: Pokkathappada, Abdul Azeez, the key R&D Projects of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Monitoring and Restoration Technologies, S&T Program of Hebei
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024
• Subjects: Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308337; https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308337

Majority of macrozooplankton have a wider dietary niche breadth and utilize small invertebrates, microzooplankton and mesozooplankton, so effect on primary production might be through trophic cascading effect. To better understand the ecosystem structure of benthic oyster-macroalgae reefs, we analyz...