Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters
Monthly sampling during daytime was carried out in 2007-2011 at Bandar Al-Khyran (23.51oN, 58.72oE) which is the largest semi-enclosed bay on the southern end of the Sea of Oman with about 4 km2 in surface area and an average depth of 10 m. Zooplankton were represented by Copepoda (79%), Cladocera (...
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doaj-595eaee988794ae1a081da68596aa3a32020-11-25T02:52:42ZengSultan Qaboos UniversityJournal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences2410-10602410-10792014-01-01190375010.24200/jams.vol19iss0pp37-50681Zooplankton of Oman Coastal WatersSergey A. Piontkovski0Asila Al-Maawali1Ward Al-Muna Al-Manthri2Khalid Al-Hashmi3Elena A. Popova4College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of OmanMarine Science Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, P.O. Box 227, Sultanate of OmanCollege of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of OmanCollege of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of OmanInstitute of Biology of the Southern Seas, 2 Nakhmov av.-Crimea 99011, Sevastopol, UkraineMonthly sampling during daytime was carried out in 2007-2011 at Bandar Al-Khyran (23.51oN, 58.72oE) which is the largest semi-enclosed bay on the southern end of the Sea of Oman with about 4 km2 in surface area and an average depth of 10 m. Zooplankton were represented by Copepoda (79%), Cladocera (9%), Oikopleuriddae (7%), Chaetognatha (3%), and Decapoda (~2%) comprising the major part of the total zooplankton abundance. Among copepods, 27 species constituted ~75% of total copepod abundance. Changes of copepod abundance have not had a pronounced seasonal pattern. Instead, a multiple peak structure in monthly fluctuations was observed, on the level of genera as well as the abundance of species. Amplitudes and timing of the copepod peak abundance were markedly different during the studied years.https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/jams/article/view/697copepods, zooplankton, the arabian sea. |
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Sergey A. Piontkovski Asila Al-Maawali Ward Al-Muna Al-Manthri Khalid Al-Hashmi Elena A. Popova |
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Sergey A. Piontkovski Asila Al-Maawali Ward Al-Muna Al-Manthri Khalid Al-Hashmi Elena A. Popova Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences copepods, zooplankton, the arabian sea. |
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Sergey A. Piontkovski Asila Al-Maawali Ward Al-Muna Al-Manthri Khalid Al-Hashmi Elena A. Popova |
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Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters |
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Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters |
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Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters |
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Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters |
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Zooplankton of Oman Coastal Waters |
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zooplankton of oman coastal waters |
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Sultan Qaboos University |
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Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences |
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2410-1060 2410-1079 |
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Monthly sampling during daytime was carried out in 2007-2011 at Bandar Al-Khyran (23.51oN, 58.72oE) which is the largest semi-enclosed bay on the southern end of the Sea of Oman with about 4 km2 in surface area and an average depth of 10 m. Zooplankton were represented by Copepoda (79%), Cladocera (9%), Oikopleuriddae (7%), Chaetognatha (3%), and Decapoda (~2%) comprising the major part of the total zooplankton abundance. Among copepods, 27 species constituted ~75% of total copepod abundance. Changes of copepod abundance have not had a pronounced seasonal pattern. Instead, a multiple peak structure in monthly fluctuations was observed, on the level of genera as well as the abundance of species. Amplitudes and timing of the copepod peak abundance were markedly different during the studied years. |
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copepods, zooplankton, the arabian sea. |
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