Latest Diversity Trend and Seasonal Abundance of Population of Zooplankton (Holoplankton) Communities in the South Caspian Sea, Iran

	Latest Diversity Trend and Seasonal Abundance of Population of Zooplankton (Holoplankton) Communities in the South Caspian Sea, Iran
Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences
مقاله 15، دوره 13، شماره 2، تیر 2014، صفحه 437-448
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22092/ijfs.2018.114368
نویسندگان
M Rowshan Tabari^* ؛ S. M. R Fatemi؛ R Pourgholam؛ R Mousavi Nadoushan
چکیده
Seasonal variations of zooplankton communities were studied in the southern Caspian Sea for 4 successive seasons and 8 transects with 5 stations from 5 to 100 m depths which sampled during 2009. The zooplankton population constituted of 73.33% copepods, 24.21% rotifers, 2.23% cladocerans and 0.23% protozoans. Copepods were dominant at all stations with a density between 1456±531 ind. m-3 (Transect 8) to 4524±1215 ind. m-3 (transect 2). The predominant species of copepods was Acartia tonsa constituting 99.50% of all copepod populations. They were most abundant during warm months of summer in the upper layers (surface to 20 m depth) while rotifers replaced them during cold season. The maximum density of zooplankton was observed in the west decreasing towards the eastern parts of the sea.
کلیدواژه‌ها
zooplankton؛ Caspian Sea؛ Copepods؛ Rotifers؛ Acartia tonsa

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