Zooplankton From a Reef System Under the Influence of the Amazon River Plume

Zooplankton From a Reef System Under the Influence of the Amazon River Plume

At the mouth of the Amazon River, a widespread carbonate ecosystem exists below the river plume, generating a hard-bottom reef (∼9500 km2) that includes mainly large sponges but also rhodolith beds. The mesozooplankton associated with the pelagic realm over the reef formation was characterized, cons...

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Main Authors: Sigrid Neumann-Leitão, Pedro A. M. C. Melo, Ralf Schwamborn, Xiomara F. G. Diaz, Lucas G. P. Figueiredo, Andrea P. Silva, Renata P. S. Campelo, Mauro de Melo Júnior, Nuno F. A. C. Melo, Alejandro E. S. F. Costa, Moacyr Araújo, Dóris R. A. Veleda, Rodrigo L. Moura, Fabiano Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
zooplankton
Amazon plume
reef system
copepod functional trait
diversity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00355/full

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