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Beiträge zum Mesozooplankton des Nordsylter Wattenmeers
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 34, pages 41–53 (1980)
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Contributions to the mesozooplankton of the northern Wadden Sea of Sylt. From June 1975 to June 1976 temperature, salinity, mesozooplankton (>76 µm), phytoplankton and seston (dry weight, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen) were measured at different stations in the northern Wadden Sea of Sylt (German Bight, North Sea). Maxima of the planktonic copepods, which form the biggest part of the zooplankton, occurred in the summer months from June to September. Larval development from nauplii to adults was observed inAcartia clausi, Acartia discaudata, Centropages hamatus andTemora longicornis; generation times ranged from 3 (Temora longicornis) to 7 1/2 weeks (Centropages hamatus) at ca. 20 °C. Organic carbon produced by zooplankton was about 0.4 g C m−3 year−1 and zooplanktonic carbon decomposed in the area studied amounted to about 1.4 g C m−3 year−1. Meroplanktonic larvae made up ca. 60 % of the organic carbon produced by zooplankton, indicating great influence of the benthos on the water column in this very shallow part of the German Bight.
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Martens, P. Beiträge zum Mesozooplankton des Nordsylter Wattenmeers. Helgolander Meeresunters 34, 41–53 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01983540
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