Spatial and temporal variations of Penilia avirostris and Evadne tergestina (Crustacea,Branchiopoda) in a Tropical Bay,Brazil |
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Authors: | Marazzo Andrea Valentin Jean L. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratório de Zooplâncton, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CEP: 21949-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil;(2) Laboratório de Zooplâncton, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CEP: 21949-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil |
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Abstract: | We analysed monthly samples collected in Guanabara Bay, with a conical net of 200 m mesh during 1985. The bay was divided into three areas: an outer region (area A), influenced by oceanic waters; an inner region (area C), influenced by fluvial inflow; and a transition region (area B) with intermediate features. Penilia avirostris and Evadne tergestina were observed in the three areas, with greatest densities, however, in the outermost region, which had the highest salinities and lowest temperatures. Penilia avirostris was more abundant in summer (March), a period with the greatest relative densities of nanoplankton. Evadne tergestina was also abundant in summer, but its peak fell in November, a period with a relative increase in microphytoplankton density in the bay. The two species disappeared in winter: Penilia avirostris was absent from May to August, whereas Evadne tergestina disappeared in August and September. |
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Keywords: | zooplankton Cladocera Penilia avirostris Evadne tergestina Guanabara Bay Brazil |
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