Short‐term temporal variation in gelatinous zooplankton populations over 48 hours in a coral reef at R edang I sland, M alaysia

• Published in: Marine ecology (Berlin, West) Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 254 - 260
• Main Authors: Nakajima, Ryota, Lindsay, Dhugal J., Yoshida, Teruaki, Othman, Bin Haji Ross, Toda, Tatsuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2014

Abstract Gelatinous zooplankton abundance and species composition were investigated at 3‐h intervals for a 48‐h period at a fringing reef in M alaysia. A total of 20 gelatinous zooplankton species were observed; the community was dominated by the calycophoran siphonophore D iphyes chamissonis (79.9%...