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Zooplankton distribution in South-Atlantic anticyclonic circulation
waters
Yu. A. Zagorodnyaya, V. Ê. Moryakova
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, 2 Nahimov Avenue, Sevastopol 99011,
Ukraine
Summary
Results of zooplankton research within a region from the equator to 17° S.
Lat between 25 and 31° W. Long, are discussed as being conducted in complex with
hydro-logical and hydro-optical studies.
It is shown that the region of concern contains relatively poor waters, and only
the equatorial part and the southern trade-wind current zone are marked to have
higher quantitative characteristics. The investigation of vertical distribution
of micro-zooplankton shows that its maxima are confined to turbidity and
thermocline horizons (correlation factor being 0.54). Micro-zooplankton
distribution in the euphotic layer is related to phytoplankton development
(correlation factor is 0.54), its occurrence under the photic zone is associated
with bacteria distribution (correlation factor amounts to 0.71).
Ekologiya morya. - 1982. - Iss.10. - pp.3-11.
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