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Community structure of harpacticoid copepods in intertidal and shallow-water habitats of Cat Ba archipelago (Vietnam, South China Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2012

E.S. Chertoprud ,
H. Gheerardyn  and
S. Gómez
E.S. Chertoprud
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Hydrobiology, Leninskie Gory 1, Pavilion 12, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
H. Gheerardyn*
Affiliation:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
S. Gómez
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Joel Montes Camarena s/n, 82040 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Gheerardyn, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesVautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium email: hendrik.gheerardyn@gmail.com
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Abstract

The assemblage structure of harpacticoid copepods inhabiting the soft sediments of littoral and sublittoral areas of Cat Ba archipelago (South China Sea) is analysed. Three basic types of harpacticoid taxocenes were observed in the upper sublittoral. Main dominant species of taxocenes were Amphiascoides sp., Stenhelia latioperculata, Paramphiascella sp., Phyllopodopsyllus sp., Tisbe sp.1 and Amphiascoides sp. In addition, the main characteristics of harpacticoid species composition in littoral rock pools are described. A comparative analysis of shallow-water harpacticoid communities from different biotopes of the tropical region is presented, and shows that harpacticoid diversity and abundance are lowest in muddy sediments. Highest diversity and abundance are found in washed sands and silty sands with detritus. In general, the structure of muddy bottom communities is the most homogeneous throughout the tropics. Mangrove forests have no significant influence on harpacticoid taxocene structure. Harpacticoid associations of washed sands and silty sands with detritus demonstrate greater diversity and are region-specific.

Keywords

biodiversitycompositionharpacticoid copepodsSouth China Seatropical region
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 95 - 105
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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