Zooplankton in the Huangyan Atoll, South China Sea: A comparison of community structure between the lagoon and seaward reef slope

• Published in: Journal of oceanology and limnology Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1671 - 1680
• Main Authors: Li, Kaizhi, Ke, Zhixin, Tan, Yehui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Science Press 01.09.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Acartia; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic crustaceans; Atolls; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll a; Community composition; Community structure; Copepoda; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; fishing boats; Fishing vessels; Human influences; Lagoons; Larvae; Oceanography; Plankton; Reefs; Slope; South China Sea; Species composition; species diversity; Zooplankton; South China Sea; community composition; atoll; South China Sea; zooplankton; abundance

Relatively few studies have investigated the community structure of zooplankton in the atolls of the central South China Sea. Zooplankton were sampled at nine stations within the lagoon and four facing the seaward reef-slope in the Huangyan Atoll during May 2015. Lagoonal samples contained 48 zoopla...