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Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands). The distribution of Eurytemora affinis: effect of oxygen?
Appeltans, W.; Hannouti, A.; Van Damme, S.; Soetaert, K.; Vanthomme, R.; Tackx, M. (2003). Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands). The distribution of Eurytemora affinis: effect of oxygen? J. Plankton Res. 25(11): 1441-1445. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbg101
In: Journal of Plankton Research. Oxford University Press: New York,. ISSN 0142-7873; e-ISSN 1464-3774
Peer reviewed article  
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    Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Open Marine Archive 77456 [ download pdf ]
Keywords
    Chemical elements > Nonmetals > Atmospheric gases > Oxygen > Dissolved gases > Dissolved oxygen
    Distribution > Geographical distribution
    Properties > Chemical properties > Salinity
    Water > Brackish water
    Water bodies > Coastal waters > Coastal landforms > Coastal inlets > Estuaries
    Calanoida [WoRMS]; Copepoda [WoRMS]; Eurytemora affinis (Poppe, 1880) [WoRMS]
    ANE, Netherlands [Marine Regions]; Belgium, Schelde R. [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Authors  Top | Dataset 
  • Appeltans, W.
  • Hannouti, A.
  • Van Damme, S.
  • Soetaert, K.
  • Vanthomme, R.
  • Tackx, M.
Abstract
    During the 1990s, a spatial shift of the population of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda, Calanoida) from brackish water towards lower salinities in the Schelde estuary coincided with an increase in oxygen concentration in the freshwater zone. Other ecological and hydrodynamic factors potentially influencing the spatial distribution of the species did not change significantly in either zone, which suggests that the E. affinis population actively responded to the change in oxygen concentration.
Dataset
  • OMES: Monitoring zooplankton in the Zeeschelde
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