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The Problem of Dispersal of Marine Littoral Copepods in the Atlantic Ocean, Including Some Redescriptions of Species1)

The Problem of Dispersal of Marine Littoral Copepods in the Atlantic Ocean, Including Some... THE PROBLEM OF DISPERSAL OF MARINE LITTORAL COPEPODS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, INCLUDING SOME REDESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES1) BY HARRY C. YEATMAN University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Harpacticoid copepods occupy an important ecological niche in the relatively shallow coastal waters. They are scavengers of the bottom detritus and as they have a high reproductive rate, they are an important food supply for small fish and other organisms living in shallow water. Deevey (1956 : 154) stated that the small-sized zooplankton species including unidentified harpacticoids of Long Is- land Sound cannot furnish sufficient food for large plankton-feeding fish, but serve as adequate food for young fish and small plankton-feeding fish such as menhaden. For this reason, sounds with their littoral fauna function as important nurseries for young fish. Johnson & Olson (1948) found the harpacticoid, Tisbe jurcelta (Baird) to thrive and increase rapidly in numbers in aquaria and salt-water systems at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Louis Mowbray and Dr. William H. Sut- cliffe, Jr. have shown the author swarms of 1°iJ.be gracilis (T. Scott) in aquaria at the Bermuda Aquarium and the Bermuda Biological Research Station. As John- son & Olson point out, only a moderate http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

The Problem of Dispersal of Marine Littoral Copepods in the Atlantic Ocean, Including Some Redescriptions of Species1)

Yeatman, Harry C.
Crustaceana , Volume 4 (4): 253 – Jan 1, 1962
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© 1962 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE PROBLEM OF DISPERSAL OF MARINE LITTORAL COPEPODS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, INCLUDING SOME REDESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES1) BY HARRY C. YEATMAN University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Harpacticoid copepods occupy an important ecological niche in the relatively shallow coastal waters. They are scavengers of the bottom detritus and as they have a high reproductive rate, they are an important food supply for small fish and other organisms living in shallow water. Deevey (1956 : 154) stated that the small-sized zooplankton species including unidentified harpacticoids of Long Is- land Sound cannot furnish sufficient food for large plankton-feeding fish, but serve as adequate food for young fish and small plankton-feeding fish such as menhaden. For this reason, sounds with their littoral fauna function as important nurseries for young fish. Johnson & Olson (1948) found the harpacticoid, Tisbe jurcelta (Baird) to thrive and increase rapidly in numbers in aquaria and salt-water systems at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Louis Mowbray and Dr. William H. Sut- cliffe, Jr. have shown the author swarms of 1°iJ.be gracilis (T. Scott) in aquaria at the Bermuda Aquarium and the Bermuda Biological Research Station. As John- son & Olson point out, only a moderate

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