Skip to main content

Table 1 Seasonal mean zooplankton abundance (N m−3), consisting of calanoid copepods and cirriped nauplii, in the Kiel Canal in the years 2007–2012

From: Food-limited growth of larval Atlantic herring Clupea harengus recurrently observed in a coastal nursery area

 

Eurytemora affinis

Acartia tonsa

Pseudocalanus elongatus

Temora longicornis

Centropages hamatus

Cirriped nauplii

2007

8144 ± 10,314

1287 ± 2655

167 ± 130

32 ± 47

48 ± 85

3127 ± 3773

2008

466 ± 454

535 ± 712

58 ± 35

5 ± 7

8 ± 7

4046 ± 5620

2009

27,618 ± 26,485

5398 ± 5551

3605 ± 5617

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

9650 ± 12,403

2010

11,644 ± 10,445

2378 ± 1029

22 ± 36

5 ± 16

0 ± 0

3663 ± 6520

2011

44,445 ± 49,774

3004 ± 2329

563 ± 777

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

9843 ± 9373

2012

17,823 ± 19,147

458 ± 500

226 ± 308

5 ± 16

0 ± 0

2248 ± 3042

  1. The time frame used for calculation corresponds to availability of larval growth data. Numbers after ± indicate standard deviations