Seasonal occurrence and vertical distribution of appendicularians in Toyama Bay, southern Japan Sea |
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Authors: | Tomita Mika; Shiga Naonobu; Ikeda Tsutomu |
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Institution: | Biological Oceanography Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-Cho, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan |
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Abstract: | To investigate seasonal variation in the community structureof appendicularians, vertical hauls (0500 m) with a Norpacnet were made at an offshore station in Toyama Bay at intervalsof 24 weeks from February 1990 to January 1991. Additionalsamples were collected with MTD nets at 1217 differentdepth layers between the surface and a depth of 600700m at the same position in June, September and December 1986,and March 1992, to examine the vertical distribution of appendicularians.Twenty-one species (including two unidentified species) belongingto five genera were found, and the dominant species were dividedinto three groups by their occurrence period. Oikopleura longicauda,Fritillaria borealis f. typica and F. borealis f. sargassi occurredthroughout most of the year. Fritillaria pellucida, O. fusiformisand O. rufescens were found in summer and autumn. Oikopleuradioica was found in spring and winter. Oikopleura longicaudawas overwhelmingly the most abundant species throughout theyear. This species was always distributed in the upper 100 mdepth, with a peak at a depth of 050 m that correspondedto the peak of chlorophyll a concentration during the day andnight in all seasons. The daynight vertical distributionpatterns of F. borealis f. typica, F. pellucida, O. fusiformisand O. rufescens were similar to that of O. longicauda. Seasonalvariations in abundance of appendicularians are considered tobe the result of biological factors rather than physical factorssuch as temperature and salinity. In particular, O. dioica seemsto be affected by food availability. |
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