Pigment gut contents of copepods and deep phytoplankton maximum in the Western Mediterranean |
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Authors: | Saiz Enric; Alcaraz Miguel |
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Institution: | Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC P° Nacional S/N, 08003 Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | The feeding activity of Centropages typicus in the Western Mediterraneanwas evaluated during the summer stratification period, whena deep phytoplankton and chlorophyll maximum (DCM) develops.The lack of significant day-night differences in gut contentssuggests continuous phytoplankton ingestion, despite nictemeralmigration of this species. Copepods captured in the DCM hadgreater phytoplankton gut contents, both in nocturnal and diurnalsamples. The observed pattern of phytoplankton ingestion andvertical migration implies copepod-mediated upward transportof nutrients, which might contribute to the maintenance of primaryproduction in the photic layers. |
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