Copepod community structure during upwelling and non-upwelling seasons in coastal waters off Cochin, southwest coast of India

Job N Jemi; Mohamed Hatha A. A.

doi:10.1007/s13131-019-1491-6

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Job N Jemi, Mohamed Hatha A. A.. Copepod community structure during upwelling and non-upwelling seasons in coastal waters off Cochin, southwest coast of India[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(12): 111-117. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1491-6

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Job N Jemi, Mohamed Hatha A. A.. Copepod community structure during upwelling and non-upwelling seasons in coastal waters off Cochin, southwest coast of India[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(12): 111-117. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1491-6

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Copepod community structure during upwelling and non-upwelling seasons in coastal waters off Cochin, southwest coast of India

doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1491-6

School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682016, India

Received Date: 2018-05-04

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Vypeen, an island of Cochin estuarine system, acts as the spawning site of several marine and estuarine fishes. We assumed that, physical process (upwelling) make changes in hydrography and the production of chlorophyll a in coastal waters off Vypeen. These alterations can influence the zooplankton abundance and copepod community structure in that area. For justifying this hypothesis, samples were collected from Vypeen at 10 m and 30 m locations during January (pre-southwest monsoon), August (late-southwest monsoon) and November (post-southwest monsoon) 2014. During August, subsurface water column was cool, nutrient rich and less oxygenated (signatures of upwelling) than in November and January. Maximum concentrations of nitrate and chlorophyll a were recorded during August. In the present study, 15 zooplankton groups were recorded; of which copepods were the most predominant group (73%-90%). Copepod density in the present study ranged between 527.2 ind./m³ and 5 139.2 ind./m³. Totally, 37 copepods species were reported in present study and copepod species richness was higher during January. The abundance of zooplankton and copepods was high in August during late-southwest monsoon. These variations were closely associated with the coastal upwelling in August and weakening of moderate upwelling in November. In SIMPER analysis, it was found that the copepods species distribution was similar within season and dissimilar between the three seasons. Moreover, the higher abundance of upwelling indicator species Temora turbinata was recorded in August, which confirms the signs of seasonal upwelling in Vypeen. The present study emphasized on the influence of hydrographical parameters associated with physical process, in governing the copepod community organization of the Vypeen Island.
- copepods,
- community,
- multivariate analysis,
- monsoon,
- Temora turbinata,
- upwelling,
- zooplankton

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