Table 1 Abundance (mean ± standard deviation) and relative abundance (%) of micro- and mesozooplankton groups sampled at reef edges and channels off the Tamandaré reefs (northeastern Brazil) in November 2015 and March 2016

CILIOPHORA

Tintinnopsis fimbriata Meunier (1919)

12 ± 33

< 0.1

2 ± 8

< 0.1

6.0

0.5024

Favella ehrenbergii Jorgensen (1924)

272 ± 438

0.3

96 ± 127

0.9

2.8

0.5452

FORAMINIFERA

18,921 ± 31,914

24.3

198 ± 274

1.9

95.6

0.0000

CNIDARIA

Hydromedusae

82 ± 133

0.1

15 ± 25

0.1

5.5

0.1527

NEMATODA

97 ± 126

0.1

< 1 ± 1

< 0.1

97.0

0.0078

ANNELIDA

Polychaeta (larvae)

1074 ± 1357

1.3

134 ± 143

1.3

8.0

0.0041

MOLLUSCA

Gastropoda (veliger)

6525 ± 6413

8.4

714 ± 681

7.1

9.1

0.0047

Bivalvia (veliger)

502 ± 478

0.6

159 ± 287

1.5

3.2

0.0011

Bivalvia

20 ± 31

< 0.1

14 ± 37

0.1

1.4

0.8561

CRUSTACEA

Copepoda (adults and juveniles)

17,537 ± 17,767

21.8

3249 ± 4155

32.5

5.4

0.0013

Copepoda (nauplii)

28,523 ± 29,770

36.7

4631 ± 6616

46.3

6.2

0.0029

Cirripedia (nauplii)

1643 ± 2459

2.1

78 ± 68

0.7

21.1

0.0028

Cirripedia (cypris)

21 ± 56

< 0.1

4 ± 15

< 0.1

5.3

0.5058

Ostracoda

159 ± 263

0.2

< 1 ± 1

< 0.1

159.0

0.0036

Decapoda (larvae)

284 ± 350

0.3

14 ± 28

0.1

20.3

0.0001

Decapoda (nauplii)

NP

4 ± 10

< 0.1

0.0

0.0737

Stomatopoda (larvae)

64 ± 135

< 0.1

10 ± 20

0.1

6.4

0.8043

Porcellanidae (zoea)

19 ± 59

< 0.1

< 1 ± 2

< 0.1

19.0

0.2511

Brachyura (zoea)

115 ± 171

0.1

18 ± 39

0.1

6.4

0.0424

Amphipoda

24 ± 51

< 0.1

1 ± 2

< 0.1

24.0

0.9620

Cumacea

1 ± 5

< 0.1

11 ± 37

0.1

0.1

0.0914

Isopoda (manca)

541 ± 663

0.6

40 ± 41

0.4

13.5

0.0000

CHAETOGNATHA

1 ± 4

< 0.1

1 ± 5

< 0.1

1.0

0.3093

CHORDATA

APPENDICULARIA

Oikopleura spp.

783 ± 569

1.0

550 ± 1133

5.5

1.4

0.0102

Teleostei (eggs)

23 ± 51

< 0.1

18 ± 22

0.1

1.3

0.2077

Teleostei (larvae)

325 ± 646

0.4

8 ± 28

< 0.1

40.6

0.0027

TOTAL

60,042 ± 60,808

100

6732 ± 7851

100

8.9

0.0005