Caribbean Zooplankton. Part I. Siphonophora, Heteropoda, Copepoda, Euphausiacea, Chaetognatha and Salpidae. Part II. Thecosomata.

Plankton and hydrographic data collected during 8 cruises in the oceanic Caribbean, adjacent waters, Florida Straits, and Gulf of Mexico were analyzed for species occurrence, relative abundance, and horizontal and vertical distribution in relation to water masses. Plankton was sampled in horizontal...

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Main Authors: Michel, H B, Foyo, Maria, Haagensen, D A
Other Authors: ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE MIAMI FL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*ZOOPLANKTON
*CARIBBEAN SEA
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TEMPERATURE
OCEAN CURRENTS
OCEAN SURFACE
STATISTICAL DATA
DEPTH
SAMPLING
MARINE BIOLOGY
TROPICAL REGIONS
FLORIDA STRAIT
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
MEXICO GULF
MOLLUSCA
SALINITY
SEA WATER
INDICATORS
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
UPWELLING
Water masses
Yucatan Channel
Pteropods
Siphonophora
Copepoda
Euphausids
Chaelognatha
Salpidae
Heteropoda
Thecosomata
WUNR083060
North Atlantic Deep Water
North Atlantic
Copepods
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA036019
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA036019
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Summary:Plankton and hydrographic data collected during 8 cruises in the oceanic Caribbean, adjacent waters, Florida Straits, and Gulf of Mexico were analyzed for species occurrence, relative abundance, and horizontal and vertical distribution in relation to water masses. Plankton was sampled in horizontal tows at several levels between surface and bottom. Because over 400 pelagic copepod species occur in the area, 20 species common in major portions of the water column were individually counted and the remainder enumerated as totals of calanoids, harpacticoids and cyclopoids; cyclopoids almost equal calanoids numerically. Greatest numbers occurred in Tropical Surface Water and Subtropical Underwater, but many species are essentially restricted to Subantarctic Intermediate and North Atlantic Deep Water. Animals were most abundant in the central Caribbean and the Central American bight. Hydrographic and biological data showed upwelling off Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Reliable indicators of upwelling, coastal and oceanic waters, and possibly even movement of North Atlantic Central Water into the Caribbean were found among copepods, thecosomes and chaetognaths. Errata sheet inserted.

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