Diel and seasonal changes in the macrozooplankton community of a tropical estuary in Northeastern Brazil

AUTOR(ES)

Silva, Tâmara de Almeida e, Neumann-Leitão, Sigrid, Schwamborn, Ralf, Gusmão, Lúcia Maria de Oliveira, Nascimento-Vieira, Dilma Aguiar do

FONTE

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003-09

RESUMO

Studies were carried out to assess the macrozooplankton small-scale temporal and spatial variability at three stations in three hours intervals, during 24 hours in July 1996 (rainy season) and December 1996 (dry season). A plankton net 300µm mesh size was hauled at surface during three minutes. Water samples for salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH were taken simultaneously with the zooplankton samples. Sixty-five macrozooplankton taxa were registered. Copepoda constituted the most common taxon and comprised 58% of the total zooplankton counts. Brachyuran zoeae, cirripedian larvae, Larvacea (Oikopleura dioica Fol, 1872), and Gastropoda veligers were abundant at some tidal cycles, mainly during the night. Species diversity average was 2.0 bits.ind-1. The mean density ranged from 23 ind.m-3 to 5,201 ind.m-3. The rainy season presented greater numerical abundance. A regular temporal zooplankton cycle was not observed. Instead, there was a large stochastic variation between samples.

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