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Continued Table 1
Zooplankton
St. 1 (Al-Faw)
St. 2 (Ras Al-Bisha)
St. 3 (Al-Musab)
July 2009
March 2010
July 2009
March 2010
July 2009
March 2010
Oncaea conifera
-
-
-
1
216
-
Corycaeus
-
-
39
-
686
46
Total of Poecilostomatida
-
39
1
902
46
Nauplii
1703
138
3199
4
2614
252
Total of Copepods
11827
9413
30368
51
18386
1725
Cirriped larvae
584
103
790
16
588
23
Megaloba
1
1
79
109
65
-
Mysis of shrimp
49
-
79
-
65
-
Zoea of crab
-
-
-
-
-
6
Amphipods
-
-
-
-
1
-
Ostracods
-
59
-
3
33
-
Chydorus (Cladocera)
-
1
-
-
-
-
Crustacea
12461
9577
31316
179
19148
1754
Bivalve
3796
-
-
-
6765
92
Gastropoda
-
41
-
-
294
-
Rotifers
-
276
158
1
163
-
Polychaet larvae
97
-
474
1
261
23
Polychaet adult
-
-
39
-
-
23
Appendicularia
195
-
513
1
556
526
Fish larvae
1
1
1
2
65
-
Fish eggs
-
-
237
1
131
-
Sagitta
146
-
118
-
163
23
Jelly fish
-
-
-
-
1
-
Total of zooplankton
16696
9895
32856
185
27547
2441
Range
185 – 32856 (ind./m
3
)
Average
14937 (ind./m
3
)
Table 2 Density of zooplankton (ind./m
3
) at Khour Abdulla (Buoy 5, 13 and 29) and Umm Qaser Port stations during study period
Zooplankton
St. 4 (Buoy 5)
St. 5 (Buoy 13)
St. 6 (Buoy 29)
St. 7 (Umm Qaser Port)
July 2009 March 2010 July 2009 March 2010 July 2009 March 2010 July 2009
March 2010
Diaptomidae
61
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Acartia
sp.
61
82
-
22
32
-
16
-
A. pacifica
73
-
412
-
96
221
78
2347
A. (Acartiella) faoensis
-
-
-
-
-
87
-
-
Pseudodiaptomus
sp.
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
70
Bestiolina arabica
-
-
-
-
-
26
78
-
Parvocalanus crosirus
-
244
-
109
-
-
-
-
Labidocera
-
61
1
33
-
10
-
51
Monstrillidae
121
-
108
-
-
-
-
-
Paracalanidae
109
1102
1093
-
225
-
297
-
Eucalanus subcrassus
1
51
161
11
11
-
-
-
Clausocalanus
-
204
-
98
-
-
94
245
Acrocalanus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
105
Clytomnstera
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Temora turbinata
-
61
-
-
-
-
-
-
Copepodite stages
557
2489
1649
1674
439
-
469
222
Total of Calanoida
983
4295
3424
1947
803
344
1033
3040
Oithona
sp.
36
61
179
120
-
-
-
Other Cyclopoids
618
877
90
175
11
-
-
-
