Analysis of six groups of zooplankton in samples taken in 1978/79 at the proposed OTEC site in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Tampa Bay

Technical Report · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5730670

Flock, M E; Hopkins, T L

Continued analysis has been made of the 33 zooplankton collections made at the proposed OTEC site in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa Bay. Six groups of zooplankton - siphonophores (Calycophora), pteropods (Thecosomata), chaetognaths, thaliaceans, euphausiids and amphipods were quantitatively investigated. Numbers and biomass were determined for all taxa and diurnal, seasonal and depth trends were discussed. Considering the present study and the previous investigation of the copepod population, this proposed OTEC site is probably one of the faunistically better known locales in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA); University of South Florida, St. Petersburg (USA). Dept. of Marine Science
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5730670
• Report Number(s): LBL-12674-Vol.1; ON: DE82005146
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
14 SOLAR ENERGY
GULF OF MEXICO
ZOOPLANKTON
ABUNDANCE
BIOMASS
DAILY VARIATIONS
DEPTH
POPULATIONS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARIBBEAN SEA
DIMENSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
PLANKTON
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
VARIATIONS
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