Journal
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
Volume 186, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102379
Keywords
Diversity; Abundance; Community composition; Spatial and seasonal variability; Copepods; Qadocerans; Guadalquivir; Gulf of Cadiz
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Funding
- Consejeria de Agricultura, Pesca y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Andalucia
- IEO
- Marie Curie European Reintegration Grant [FP7-People-2009-RG]
- IFAPA -Consejeria de Agricultura, Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible, Junta de Andalucia - European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) [CAD10-29, IFAPA106-2013, FEMP2017.005]
- CAPES
- Science without Borders [99999.013763/2013-00]
- European Funds FEDER [P11-RNM-7467]
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This study provides the first comprehensive description of the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain) marine zooplankton community. To do this we compiled information from a number of surveys and monitoring programs carried out in the area over the last 14 years. Using this time-series of quarterly (3 times per year) resolution, we describe their general composition, spatio-temporal variability and relationship with environmental factors. Zooplankton is dominated by copepods (mainly Clausocalanus, Paracalanus, Oncaea and Oithona), except in warm periods, when outbreaks of cladocerans (mainly Penilia avirostris but also Podon intermedius and Pleopis polyphemoides) outnumber copepods, accounting for more than 80% of total abundance on occasion. Zooplankton diversity was found to be higher in deeper waters while the density of most taxa (but not their abundance) decreased towards the ocean. On top of this general coast-ocean pattern a north-south gradient could also be distinguished resulting in three distinct zones. In relation to environmental structuring, mesoscale processes, sea surface temperature, winds, river runoff and primary productivity were identified as main factors shaping this zonation. Overall, zooplankton abundance showed a decreasing trend during the study period (2001-2015), caused by a drop of summer abundances, that was mainly driven by cladocerans.
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