Horizontal and seasonal distribution of zooplankton biomass and fluorescence from MOCNESS plankton tows in the Florida Straits and the Dry Tortugas
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Horizontal and seasonal distribution of zooplankton biomass and fluorescence from MOCNESS plankton tows in the Florida Straits and the Dry Tortugas

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    Zooplankton biomass and fluorescence from MOCNESS plankton tows in the Florida Straits and the Dry Tortugas
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    Nine biological-oceanographic SEFCAR (South East Florida and Caribbean Recruitment) cruises were conducted over a 2-year period, spring 1989 to spring 1991, along the continental shelf off southeast Florida between the Dry Tortugas and the Upper Florida Keys. A total of 1,140 discrete stratified zooplankton samples including zooplankton biomass (ml) and fluorescence (voltages) data were collected with MOCNESS nets at 253 stations. Horizontal distributions of zooplankton biomass and fluorescence were highly variable spatially and an onshore-offshore pattern was not clearly distinguished. Zooplankton biomass by station varied from 0.05 to 1.5 ml m-3 with mean and standard deviation of 0.57±0.2 ml m-3, and fluorescence varied from 0.35 to 11.5 vol m-3 (2.71±1.9 volt m-3). Mean fluorescence calculated by cruise did not show a seasonal pattern or any effect with abiotic factors, except for the time of the day in which samples were collected. The lack of calibration of fluorescence to chlorophyll was a critical factor precluding the use of these fluorescence data as indicators of primary production. In contrast, a seasonal pattern was observed on the zooplankton biomass over the two-year period, decreasing from spring to summer and increasing from summer to fall. Zooplankton biomass during the winter cruises was highly variable, perhaps due to the different oceanographic conditions and transects between cruises. Mean zooplankton biomass was also useful as an indicator of oceanographic conditions. The highest biomass was registered during cruises in which cyclonic eddies were detected passing through the Lower-Middle Keys and at the Marquesas shelf. Zooplankton biomass was correlated with the presence of eddies and with the depth of the stations, supporting the hypothesis that eddies concentrated planktonic organisms in their interior, enhancing productivity and causing highly variable spatial and temporal distributions of plankton. Zooplankton biomass data may be useful for testing ecological hypotheses and validating mathematical models.
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    by M. M. Criales, C. B. Paris, C. Yeung, D. L. Jones, W. J. Richards, and T. N. Lee.

    "August 2004."

    Online version available in PDF format.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-8).

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