Zooplankton of the Sandy Hook Bay Area, N. J.

1 March 1972

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Chesapeake Science

Vol. 13 (1) , 29-39
https://doi.org/10.2307/1350548

Abstract

The distribution and abundance of surface zooplankton in the Sandy Hook Bay area were studied biweekly from May 1969 through May 1970. This embayment is located within the commercially valuable New York Bight. The volumetric mean of the plankton ranged from 0.2–5.3 cc/m³, with a survey mea of 1.8 cc/m³. A maximum crop of 52,002 organisms/m³ was collected in May 1970. Calanoid copepods were the dominant forms recovered in this survey: however, in May, planktonic harpacticoid copepods atypically comprised over 50% of the population. A general salinity classification of the copepods is presented.

Keywords

SURVEY
ZOOPLANKTON
BAY AREA
SANDY HOOK
ATYPICALLY
CC/M3
HOOK BAY

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