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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2017.35.4.631

Environmental Factors Affecting Zooplankton Community in Gwangyang Bay  

Lee, Eun Hye (Division of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Seo, Min Ho (Marine Ecology Research Center)
Yoon, Yang-Ho (Division of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Choi, Sang-Duk (Division of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Soh, Ho Young (Division of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.35, no.4, 2017 , pp. 631-639 More about this Journal
Abstract
The relationship between the environmental factors (water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a concentration, Noctiluca scintillans density, Diatoms and Dinoflagellates densities) and the zooplankton community was investigated. Zooplankton were seasonally collected at 11 stations of Gwangyang Bay from November 2015 to July 2016. A mean abundance ranged from 544 to $19,753indiv.\;m^{-3}$. The maximum abundance was observed to be $40,000indiv.\;m^{-3}$ in July and the minimum occurred in November with $412indiv.\;m^{-3}$. The zooplankton consisted of 35 taxa, which is dominated by Paracalanus parvus s. l., Corycaeus spp., Oithona spp., Acartia omorii, A. ohtsukai, Centropages abdominalis, unidentified harpacticoids. The result of the Redundancy Analysis (RDA) conducted between the zooplankton and the environmental factors showed that the spring-autumn, summer and winter are separated. The summer was closely related to temperature and diatom density, while the winter was linked to salinity and N. scintillans density (p<0.05).
Keywords
Gwangyang bay; zooplankton; RDA analysis; environmental factors; species succession;
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