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Table 1 Dry weight and feeding habit of zooplankton species in the List Tidal Basin (Martens 1975)

From: Zooplankton response to a warmer northern Wadden Sea

Species

Dry weight (μg)

Herbivorous

Carnivorous

Nauplii Centropages hamatus

0.11

X

 

Nauplii Temora longicornis

0.11

X

 

Nauplii Acartia sp.

0.11

X

 

Nauplii Oithona sp.

0.11

X

 

Nauplii Para- and Pseudocalanus sp.

0.11

X

 

Nauplii Balanidae

4.50

X

 

Cypris larvae Balanidae

16.00

X

 

Copepodit Centropages hamatus

2.00

X

 

Copepodit Temora longicornis

2.50

X

 

Copepodit Acartia sp.

1.00

X

 

Copepodit Oithona sp.

0.80

X

 

Copepodit Para- and Pseudocalanus sp.

1.20

X

 

Centropages hamatus adult

15.70

X

 

Temora longicornis adult

18.40

X

 

Acartia sp. adult

6.40

X

 

Oithona similis adult

3.00

 

X

Paracalanus parvus adult

5.10

X

 

Pseudocalanus elongatus adult

14.00

X

 

Harpacticoidea (larvae and adult)

0.80

X

 

Noctiluca scintillans

0.08

X

 

Oikopleura dioica

10.00

X

 

Larvae of Bivalvia

0.08

X

 

Larvae of Gastropoda

2.00

X

 

Trochophora larvae

0.15

X

 

Metratrochophota of Spionidae

0.50

X

 

Metratrochophora of other Polychaeta

0.50

X

 

Nektochaeta of Spionidae

10.60

X

 

Nektochaeta of other Polychaeta

10.60

X

 

Lanice conchilega

12.00

X

 

Magelone papilicornis

5.00

X

 

Ophioplutei

1.20

X

 

Echinoplutei

10.00

X

 

Bipinnaria larvae

10.00

X

 

Larvae of Membranipora sp.

1.00

X

 

Rotatoria

0.07

X

 

Alaurina composite

2.00

 

X

Sagitta sp.

10.00 per mm

 

X

Podon sp.

8.00

 

X

Evadne sp.

3.00

 

X

Zoea larvae

20.00

 

X

Megalopa larvae

50.00

 

X

Rathkea oktopunctata

14.30

 

X

Sarsia tubulosa

14.00

 

X

Pleurobrachia pileus

16.00

 

X

Obelia geniculata

15.20

 

X