Table 2 Abundance (mean ± standard deviation) and relative abundance (%) of copepods sampled at reef edges and channels off the Tamandaré reefs (northeastern Brazil) in November 2015 and March 2016. Some species have been separated into adults and juveniles (J)

Temora spp. Baird, 1850

13 ± 33

< 0.1

8 ± 21

0.2

1.6

0.5687

Labidocera spp. Dahl F, 1894

9 ± 37

< 0.1

< 1

< 0.1

9.0

0.9641

Labidocera spp. Dahl F, 1894 (J)

443 ± 857

2.5

36 ± 92

1.1

12.3

0.0232

Ectinosomatidae Sars G.O., 1903

45 ± 61

0.2

11 ± 14

0.3

4.1

0.1281

Monstrilloida Dana, 1849

4 ± 16

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Farranula spp. Wilson C.B., 1932

1 ± 6

< 0.1

< 1 ± < 1

< 0.1

1.0

0.6019

Farranula spp. Wilson C.B., 1932 (J)

1 ± 6

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1892 (J)

NE

216 ± 320

1.2

37 ± 124

1.1

5.8

0.0110

Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888

N

69 ± 107

0.3

< 1 ± < 1

< 0 .1

69.0

0.0250

Paracalanus quasimodo Bowman, 1971

NE

65 ± 118

0.3

7 ± 17

0.2

9.3

0.1892

Paracalanus spp. Boeck, 1865 (J)

NE

140 ± 165

0.8

38 ± 79

1.1

3.7

0.1081

Parvocalanus crassirostris(Dahl F., 1894)

NE

4386 ± 4481

25.0

726 ± 1541

22.3

6.0

0.0001

Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894) (J)

NE

1756 ± 2394

10.0

125 ± 272

3.8

14.0

0.0010

Acrocalanus spp. Giesbrecht, 1888

N

0.8 ± 3

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Acrocalanus longicornis Giesbrecht, 1888

N

5 ± 20

< 0.1

1 ± 5

< 0.1

5.0

0.9641

Centropages velificatus (Oliveira, 1947)

N

1 ± 4

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Centropages spp. (Dana, 1849) (J)

N

< 1 ± 1

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Pseudodiaptomus acutus (Dahl F., 1894)

E

253 ± 312

1.4

20 ± 39

0.6

12.7

0.0002

Pseudodiaptomus spp. Herrick, 1884 (J)

E

74 ± 89

0.4

18 ± 40

0.5

4.1

0.1308

Temora stylifera (Dana, 1849)

N

0.9 ± 3

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849)

NE

20 ± 56

0.1

1 ± 4

< 0.1

20.0

0.4191

Acartia (odontacartia) lilljeborgi Giesbrecht, 1889

E

88 ± 176

0.5

54 ± 75

1.6

1.6

0.6422

Acartiasp. Giesbrecht, 1889 (J)

E

5 ± 13

< 0.1

5 ± 14

0.1

1.0

0.7153

Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891

NE

1996 ± 3474

11.3

187 ± 287

5.7

10.7

0.0004

Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893

NE

194 ± 163

1.1

86 ± 221

2.6

2.3

0.0015

Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913) 

NE

2293 ± 4065

13.0

712 ± 196

21.9

3.2

0.0174

Oithona simplex Farran, 1913

N

< 1 ± 2

< 0.1

NP

0.3173

Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945

E

2 ± 7

< 0.1

2 ± 5

< 0.1

1.0

0.0358

Oithona spp. Baird, 1843 (J)

NE

2629 ± 2663

14.9

615 ± 718

18.9

4.3

0.0032

Harpacticoida Sars M., 1903

R

10 ± 25

< 0.1

2 ± 6

< 0.1

5.0

0.0358

Harpacticidae Dana, 1846

R

97 ± 91

0.5

10 ± 19

0.3

9.7

0.0013

Longipediidae Boeck, 1865

R

41 ± 38

0.2

4 ± 8

0.1

10.3

0.0013

Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1847)

NE

656 ± 693

3.7

65 ± 99

2.0

10.1

0.0000

Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1847) (J)

NE

1082 ± 1678

6.1

60 ± 118

1.8

18.0

0.0123

Laophontidae Scott T., 1904

R

7 ± 29

< 0.1

3 ± 11

< 0.1

2.3

0.0539

Porcellidiidae Boeck, 1865

R

17 ± 36

0.1

4 ± 15

0.1

4.3

0.5148

Tegastidae Sars G.O., 1904

R

50 ± 117

0.2

7 ± 28

0.2

7.1

0.0920

Tisbidae Stebbing, 1910

R

6 ± 19

< 0.1

1 ± 3

< 0.1

6.0

0.3173

Thalestridae Sars G.O., 1905

R

19 ± 50

0.1

< 1 ± 2

< 0.1

19.0

0.4658

Harpacticoida Sars M., 1903 (J)

R

742 ± 652

4.2

379 ± 1033

11.6

2.0

0.0011

Macrosetella gracilis (Dana, 1847)

N

< 1 ± 3

< 0.1

8 ± 19

0.2

0.1

0.0371

Ditrichocorycaeus amazonicus (Dahl F., 1894)

N

1 ± 5

< 0.1

< 1

< 0.1

1.0

0.6019

Onychocorycaeus giesbrechti (Dahl F., 1894)

N

< 1 ± 3

< 0.1

1 ± 2

< 0.1

1.0

0.3416

Corycaeus spp. Dahl F., 1894 (J)

N

80 ± 174

0.1

6 ± 11

0.4

13.3

0.1702

Total

17,537 ± 17,767

100.0

3249 ± 4155

100.0

5.4

0.0013