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Journal of Plankton Research 2009 31(1):1-17; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbn096
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Spring zooplankton distribution in the Bay of Biscay from 1998 to 2006 in relation with anchovy recruitment

Xabier Irigoien1,3,*, Jose Antonio Fernandes1, Philippe Grosjean2, Kevin Denis2, Aitor Albaina1,2 and Maria Santos1

1 Azti-Tecnalia, Herrera kaia z/g, 20110 Pasajes, Spain 2 University of Mons, Numerical Ecology of Aquatic Systems, 8, Avenue du Champ de Mars, Mons 7000, Belgium

* CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: xirigoien{at}pas.azti.es

Received on May 27, 2008; accepted on September 19, 2008


  Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate whether successive recruitment failures in the anchovy fishery in the Bay of Biscay were due to changes in the zooplankton biomass or composition. Image analysis and automatic recognition were used to analyse zooplankton samples collected during diel egg production method spring surveys from 1998 to 2006. We were not able to detect any trend in zooplankton biomass during this period. The zooplankton spatial distribution showed permanent features with large organisms being more abundant over the shelf break and outer areas. Finally, we found a negative correlation between anchovy recruitment and zooplankton biomass which suggests that the 2002–2006 failures in anchovy recruitment in the Bay of Biscay are not due to a decrease in mesozooplankton biomass.

3 Present Address: Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK

Corresponding editor: Roger Harris


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