DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF PARACALANUS PARVUS, PARACALANUS CRASSIROSTRIS, AND ACARTIA BIFILOSA (COPEPODA, CALANOIDA) IN THE BOHAI SEA

摘要

Paracalanus parvus, Paracalanus crassirostris, and Acartia bifilosa ar e dominant and widely distributed in the Bohai Sea, and comprise an important part of zooplankton in terms of biomass as well as production rate. In order to understa nd their seasonal distribution and population dynamics, their stage-specific abund ance in different months of the year were analyzed based on the never analyzed yet sa mples collected in 1959. The three species showed clear and remarkable seasonal variat ion in abundance, which maximized in spring and summer, when they formed high biomas s patches or concentrations in the nearshore area. For Paracalanus parvus, two peaks were observed in the annual circle, one in June and the other in September. For Paracalanus crassirostris, one peak occurred in summer and a small one in De cember. The seasonal pattern of Acartia bifilosa was different in different regions. In Bohai Bay it had a two-peak pattern, with the first large peak occurring in May and t he second one in October. In Laizhou Bay, a winter peak in December and January cou ld be observed besides the spring one. The number of generations during the reprodu ctive season for the three species was estimated based on the annual cycle in abundanc e and ambient temperature.