Evidence of episodic changes in deep-sea mesozooplankton abundance and composition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 221-239

  Weikert, Horst ^a   Koppelmann, Rolf ^a   Wiegratz, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calanus helgolandicus; Deep sea; Eastern Mediterranean; Eucalanus monachus; Levantine Sea; Zooplankton abundance

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN HABITATS; WATER;

WATER COLUMNS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA; EUCALANUS MONACHUS; MONACHUS;

EID: 0035665277     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00060-4     Document Type: Article

References (89)

1. Direct sampling and in situ observation of a persistent copepod aggregation in the mesopelagic zone of the Santa Barbara Basin
2. Vertical distribution of the standing crop of plankton ad micronekton at three stations in the Northeast Atlantic
3. Low variability in planktonic and micronektonic populations at 1000 m depth in the vicinity of 42°N 17°W; evidence against diel migratory behavior in the majority of species
4. The effects of the geological and physiochemical factors on the distribution of marine plants and animals in the Mediterranean
5. A statistical examination of the catches, numbers and biomass taken by three commonly used plankton nets
6. Seasonal sedimentation of phytodetritus to the deep-sea benthos
7. Are deep-sea holothurians selective deposit feeders?
8. Discrete seasonal reproduction in an abyssal peracarid crustacean
9. Microbial biomass and activities in deep-sea sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean: Trenches are benthic hotspots
10. The vertical distribution of micro- and small mesozooplankton in the Central Red Sea
11. Localisation of zooplankton populations in the Ligurian marine front: Role of ontogenetic migration
12. Daily and seasonal variations in the spatial distribution of zooplankton populations in relation to the physical structure of the Ligurian Sea front
13. Submersible investigaiion of outer Hudson submarine canyon
14. The near-bottom zooplankton at the abyssal BIOTRANS site, northeast Atlantic: Composition, abundance and variability
15. Comparative life histories in the genera Calanus and Neocalanus in high latitudes of the northern hemisphere
16. The annual cycle in quantity and composition of the zooplankton in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: II. The surface to 2000 m
17. The zooplankton of the Eastern Mediterranean (Levantine Sea and Gulf of Sirte)
18. Nutrient sources and primary production in the Eastern Mediterranean
19. Geographical range and taxonomic divergence in North Atlantic Calanus (C. helgolandicus C. finmarchicus and C. glacialis)
20. Geographical variation in Calanus helgolandicus s.l. (Copepoda Calanoida) and evidence of recent speciation of the Black Sea population
21. Relationships between trophic groups in the zooplankton of the Gulf of Aden
22. Long-term photographic, current, and nephleometer observations of manganese nodule environments in the Pacific
23. Contribution a l'étude du cycle biologique des copépodes pélagiques du Golfe de Marseille: 1. l'environnement physique et la composition de la population de copédes
24. Contribution a l'étude du cycle biologique des copépodes pélagiques du Golfe de Marseille: 2. Étude du cylce biologique de quelques espèces caratéristiques
25. A benthic foraminiferal response to the deposition of phytodetritus in the deep sea
26. Epifaunal and shallow infaunal foraminiferal communities at three abyssal NE Atlantic sites subject to differing phytodetritus input regimes
27. Responses of benthic organisms to inputs of organic material to the ocean floor: A review
28. Abrupt changes in the characteristics of Atlantic and Levantine intermediate waters in the Southeastern Levantine Basin
29. Photographic evidence for the rapid flux of particles to the sea floor and their transport down the continental slope
30. Mass species of oceanic phytophagous copepods and their ecology
31. Overwintering of Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus
32. Diapause in the marine copepod, Calanus finmarchicus
33. Comporazione tra lo zooplancton del Golfo di Napoli e del l'Adriatico meridionale presso Dubravnik: I. Copepoda
34. Habitat preference during overwintering and timing of seasonal vertical migration of Calanus finmarchicus
35. The large deep water transient in the Eastern Mediterranean
36. Density and sound speed contrasts in subarctic zooplankton
37. Full-depth zooplankton profiles over the deep bathyal of the NE Atlantic
38. Deep-Arabian Sea mesozooplankton distribution. Intermonsoon, October 1995
39. Temporal changes of deep-sea mesozooplankton abundance in the temperate NE Atlantic and estimates of the carbon budget
40. Modified whirling apparatus for the subsampling of plankton
41. Sex ratio of calanoid copepods in relation to population composition in the northwestern Mediterranean
42. Phosphorus limitation of primary productivity in the Eastern Mediterranean
43. Nutrient dynamics and new production in a warm core eddy from the Eastern Mediterranean
44. Evidence for the seasonal deposition of detritus to the deep-sea floor and its subsequent resuspension
45. Recent changes in deep water formation and spreading in the Mediterranean Sea. A review
46. The definition of oceanographic features in the Mediterranean Sea using satellite visible and infrared imagery
47. Bacterial standing stock and consumption of organic carbon in the benthic boundary layer of the abyssal North Atlantic
48. Bacteria and cyanobacteria associated with phytodetritus in the deep sea
49. The impact of seasonality on the benthos as reflected in the assemblages of deep-sea foraminifera
50. The Eastern Mediterranean in the 80's and in the 90's: The big transition in the intermediate and deep circulations
51. Circulation and hydrography of the Levantine Basin. Results of POEM coordinated experiments 1985-1986
52. A synthesis of the Levantine Basin circulation and hydrography, 1985-1990
53. Zooplankton vertical distribution in relation to the hydrology in the NW Levantine and SE Aegean Seas (spring 1986)
54. Benthic response to the sedimentation of particulate organic matter at the BIOTRANS station, 47°N, 20°W
55. The influence of organisms on the composition of seawater
56. Seasonal deposition of phytodetritus to the deep-sea floor
57. The IOSDL DEEPSEAS programme: Introduction and photographic evidence for the presence and absence of a seasonal input of phytodetritus at contrasting abyssal sites in the northeastern Atlantic
58. Midwater biomass profiles over the Madeira Abyssal Plain and the contribution of copepods
59. Recent changes in Eastern Mediterranean deep waters
60. The logit-analysis method in processing data on the vertical distribution of pelagic organisms
61. Transport and distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll-a by mesoscale eddies in the northeastern Mediterranean
62. Chlorofluoromethane and oxygen in the Eastern Mediterranean
63. Atlantis II Cruise: Uniformity of deep copepod assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea
64. Secondary production in waters influenced by upwelling off the coast of Somalia
65. The Arabian Sea: Mesozooplankton response to seasonal climate in a tropical ocean
66. Coupling of near-bottom pelagic and benthic processes at abyssal depths in the eastern North Pacific Ocean
67. Phytodetritus at the abyssal seafloor across 10° of latitude in the central equatorial Pacific
68. General and applied data on formaldehyd fixation and preservation of marine zooplankton
69. Simultaneous deep and intermediate depth convection in the Northern Levantine Sea, winter 1992
70. Water masses and circulation in the central region of the Eastern Mediterranean: Eastern Ionian, South Aegean and Northwest Levantine, 1986-1987
71. Climatic changes in the Aegean Sea influence the Eastern Mediterranean thermohaline circulation (1986-1997)
72. Phytodetritus on the deep-sea floor in a central oceanic region of the Northeast Atlantic
73. Zooplankton abundance in Australasian waters
74. Seasonality in the deep sea
75. Reproduction and recruitment in deep-sea invertebrate populations in the NE Atlantic: A review of options
76. Sobre la distribución de calanus helgolandicus, Claus (Copepoda, Calanoida) en el Mediterráneo occidental
77. Copepod carcasses in the upwelling region south of Cape Blanc
78. Structure and ecology of mesozooplankton and micronekton
79. Strong variability of bathypelagic zooplankton at a site in the Levantine Sea - A signal of seasonality in a low-latitude deep-sea?
80. Vertical distribution and composition patterns of deep-living zooplankton in the NE Atlantic, the Levantine Sea and the Red Sea: A comparison
81. Mid-water zooplankton profiles from the temperate ocean and partially landlocked seas. A re-evaluation of interoceanic differences
82. Vertical mesozooplankton abundance and distribution in the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea SE of Crete
83. Copepod detritus in the deep sea
84. New developments in the MOCNESS, an apparatus for sampling zooplankton and micronekton
85. The 'Amperina Event': Evidence for long-term change in abyssal ecosystems
86. Hydrography