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Journal of Plankton Research 2004 26(6):659-668; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbh061
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Journal of Plankton Research Vol. 26 No. 6 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Spatio-temporal distribution of Oithona similis in the Bornholm Basin (Central Baltic Sea)

Frank C. Hansen*, Christian Möllmann1,2, Ulrike Schütz and Hans-Harald Hinrichsen2

Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde, Seestrasse 15, D-18119 Rostock, Germany, 1 Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Charlottenlund Castle, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark and 2 Leibniz Institute of Marine Science, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany

*Corresponding Author: frank.hansen{at}io-warnemuende.de

Oithona similis is an abundant but poorly studied cyclopoid copepod in the brackish Central Baltic Sea. We describe the spatio-temporal distribution of O. similis in a Central Baltic deep basin (Bornholm Basin) during spring and summer 1999. Using vertically resolving sampling in parallel with hydrographic measurements, we found the copepod to dwell in the permanent halocline characteristic of a Central Baltic deep basin. The habitat of O. similis is thus limited from above by low salinity and from below by low oxygen conditions, both characteristic for the area. Horizontally resolving sampling yielded abundance surfaces which were compared by analysis of variance showing similar patterns among sampling dates. Comparison with flow fields from a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model suggests that the horizontal distribution is primarily the result of circulation in the dwelling depth. The study shows how the physical environment in the area determines the spatial distribution which might affect abundance and production of this copepod.


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