Cornils, Astrid; Schnack-Schiel, Sigrid B (2018): Seasonal distribution of mesozooplankton in the upper 100 m of the northern Gulf of Aqaba in 2002 and 2003 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (1986-2013), PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.891331
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Published: 2018-06-25 • DOI registered: 2018-07-25
Abstract:
The abundance and composition of the mesozooplankton were studied in the upper 100 m of the northern Gulf of Aqaba over a period of 22 months between February 2002 and December 2003. The samples were collected monthly with a Nansen net of 200 μm mesh size. The abundance of total mesozooplankton ranged between 245 and 3065 ind. m⁻³. Highest densities in 2002 were recorded in spring (March/April) and in autumn (October/November), while several peaks occurred in 2003 with maximum abundance in early summer (June/July). Copepods dominated the mesozooplankton community during the whole sampling period (~79%), followed by mollusc larvae (8%), appendicularians (2.5%) and chaetognaths (2.4%). Within the copepods, calanoids were predominant throughout the sampling period (41–83%). Cyclopoid copepods accounted for 17 to 59%, while harpacticoids occurred only in very low numbers (<1%). Within the calanoid copepods, Clausocalanidae, Paracalanidae and Acartiidae were abundant, accounting for 84 to 98% of the calanoids.
Related to:
Cornils, Astrid (2005): Seasonal dynamics of the copepod population in an oligotrophic environment - the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea) [dissertation]. University of Bremen, Germany
Cornils, Astrid; Niehoff, Barbara; Richter, Claudio; Al-Najjar, Tariq; Schnack-Schiel, Sigrid B (2006): Seasonal abundance and reproduction of clausocalanid copepods in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Journal of Plankton Research, 29(1), 57-70, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbl057
Cornils, Astrid; Schnack-Schiel, Sigrid B; Al-Najjar, Tariq; Badran, Mohammad I; Rasheed, Mohammed Yusef; Manasreh, Riyad; Richter, Claudio (2007): The seasonal cycle of the epipelagic mesozooplankton in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Journal of Marine Systems, 68(1-2), 278-292, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.01.001
Cornils, Astrid; Schnack-Schiel, Sigrid B; Böer, Marco; Graeve, Martin; Struck, Ulrich; Al-Najjar, Tariq; Richter, Claudio (2007): Feeding of Clausocalanids (Calanoida, Copepoda) on naturally occurring particles in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Marine Biology, 151(4), 1261-1274, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0569-9
Coverage:
Latitude: 29.464000 * Longitude: 34.965000
Date/Time Start: 2002-02-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-12-02T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 50 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 50 m
Event(s):
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Cornils, Astrid | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Comment | Comment | Cornils, Astrid | Day/Night | ||
| 3 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Cornils, Astrid | Geocode | |
| 4 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Cornils, Astrid | ||
| 5 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Cornils, Astrid | ||
| 6 | Comment | Comment | Cornils, Astrid | |||
| 7 | Mesozooplankton | Mesozoopl | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | total |
| 8 | Mesozooplankton, other groups | Mesozoopl oth | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | non-copepods |
| 9 | Copepoda | Copepoda | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | total |
| 10 | Oithonidae | Oithonidae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 11 | Oncaeidae | Oncaeidae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 12 | Corycaeidae | Corycaeidae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 13 | Sapphirina spp. | Sapphirina spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 14 | Copilia spp. | Copilia spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 15 | Harpacticoida | Harpacticoida | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 16 | Copepoda, nauplii | Copepoda naup | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | not quantitative |
| 17 | Calanidae, copepodites | Calanidae c | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 18 | Mesocalanus tenuicornis, female | M. tenuicornis f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 19 | Mesocalanus tenuicornis, male | M. tenuicornis m | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 20 | Nannocalanus minor, female | N. minor f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 21 | Nannocalanus minor, male | N. minor m | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 22 | Undinula vulgaris, female | U. vulgaris f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 23 | Undinula vulgaris, male | U. vulgaris m | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 24 | Acrocalanus spp. | Acrocalanus spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 25 | Acrocalanus spp., female | Acrocalanus spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 26 | Calocalanus spp. | Calocalanus spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 27 | Delibus sp. | Delibus sp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males; originally assigned as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Cornils et al. 2007) |
| 28 | Delibus sp., female | Delibus sp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | originally assigned as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Cornils et al. 2007) |
| 29 | Mecynocera clausi | M. clausi | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 30 | Mecynocera clausi, female | M. clausi f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 31 | Paracalanus spp., c4 | Paracalanus spp. c4 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 32 | Paracalanus spp., c5 | Paracalanus spp. c5 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 33 | Paracalanus spp., female | Paracalanus spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 34 | Paracalanus spp., male | Paracalanus spp. m | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 35 | Rhincalanus nasutus | R. nasutus | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 36 | Rhincalanus nasutus, female | R. nasutus f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 37 | Clausocalanidae, c1-c3 | Clausocalanidae c1-c3 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | may include Paracalanus spp., c1-c3 |
| 38 | Clausocalanus spp., c4 | Clausocalanus spp. c4 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 39 | Clausocalanus spp., c5 | Clausocalanus spp. c5 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 40 | Clausocalanus spp., male | Clausocalanus spp. m | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 41 | Clausocalanus minor, female | C. minor f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 42 | Clausocalanus farrani, female | C. farrani f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 43 | Clausocalanus furcatus, female | C. furcatus f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 44 | Ctenocalanus vanus, c4 | C. vanus c4 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 45 | Ctenocalanus vanus, c5 | C. vanus c5 | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 46 | Ctenocalanus vanus, female | C. vanus f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 47 | Ctenocalanus vanus, male | C. vanus m | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 48 | Euchaeta spp. | Euchaeta spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 49 | Euchaeta spp., female | Euchaeta spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 50 | Scolecitrichidae | Scolecitrichidae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males; does not include Macandrewella chelipes |
| 51 | Scolecitrichidae, female | Scolecitrichidae f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | does not include Macandrewella chelipes |
| 52 | Macandrewella chelipes | M. chelipes | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 53 | Macandrewella chelipes, female | M. chelipes f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 54 | Haloptilus spp. | Haloptilus spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 55 | Lucicutia spp. | Lucicutia spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 56 | Lucicutia spp., female | Lucicutia spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 57 | Pleuromamma indica | P. indica | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 58 | Pleuromamma indica, female | P. indica f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 59 | Centropages spp. | Centropages spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 60 | Centropages spp., female | Centropages spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 61 | Temoropia mayumbaensis | T. mayumbaensis | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 62 | Temoropia mayumbaensis, female | T. mayumbaensis f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 63 | Candacia spp. | Candacia spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 64 | Candacia spp., female | Candacia spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 65 | Calanopia elliptica | C. elliptica | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 66 | Calanopia elliptica, female | C. elliptica f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 67 | Pontellina plumata | P. plumata | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 68 | Pontellina plumata, female | P. plumata f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 69 | Pontellidae | Pontellidae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males; not identified |
| 70 | Pontellidae, female | Pontellidae f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | not identified |
| 71 | Acartia spp. | Acartia spp. | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | juvenile copepodite stages and adult males |
| 72 | Acartia spp., female | Acartia spp. f | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 73 | Cnidaria, medusae | Cnidaria medusae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | except Siphonophorae |
| 74 | Siphonophorae | Siphonophorae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 75 | Rotifera | Rotifera | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 76 | Plathelminthes | Plathelminthes | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 77 | Nemertea, pilidium | Nemertea pili | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 78 | Gastropoda, larvae | Gastrop larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | includes Pteropoda |
| 79 | Bivalvia, veliger | Bivalvia veli | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 80 | Cephalopoda, juvenile | Cephalopoda juv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 81 | Polychaeta, larvae | Polychaete larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 82 | Polychaeta, holoplankton | Polychaeta holopl | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | adults |
| 83 | Pseudevadne tergestina | P. tergestina | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 84 | Ostracoda | Ostrac | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 85 | Euphausiidae | Euphausiidae | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 86 | Decapoda, larvae | Decapoda larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 87 | Cirripedia, nauplii | Cirripedia naup | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 88 | Mysida | Mysida | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 89 | Isopoda | Isopoda | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 90 | Amphipoda | Amphipoda | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 91 | Cumacea | Cumacea | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 92 | Chaetognatha | Chaetognatha | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | includes A. regularis, F. enflata, S. pacifica |
| 93 | Aidanosagitta regularis | A. regularis | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | Sagitta regularis |
| 94 | Flaccisagitta enflata | F. enflata | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | Sagitta enflata |
| 95 | Serratosagitta pacifica | S. pacifica | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | Sagitta pacifica |
| 96 | Appendicularia | Appendic | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 97 | Thaliacea | Thaliacea | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 98 | Echinodermata, juvenile | Echinod juv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 99 | Echinodermata, larvae | Echinod larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 100 | Phoronida actinotroch, larvae | P. actinotroch larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 101 | Bryozoa, larvae | Bryozoa larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 102 | Branchiostoma | Branchiostoma | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 103 | Pisces, larvae | Pisces larv | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting | |
| 104 | Pisces, eggs | Pisces eggs | #/m3 | Cornils, Astrid | Counting |
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