INTRODUCTION TO ZOOPLANKTON:
Adaptations to Planktonic Life
- Feeding
- Locomotion
- Vertical Migrations
- Defense
Adaptations of Planktonic Larvae
- Life Cycles and Larval Transport
- Habitat Selection
Physical and Biological Influences on Zooplankton Distribution
- Ocean Currents
- Coastal Waters
- Thermoclines and coastal stratification
- Invisible boundaries
- Cross-shelf transport to nearshore and estuarine areas
- Tides and tidal currents
Coastal Embayments and Estuaries
- Barrier Islands and Coastal Embayments
- Coastal Plain Estuaries
- Estuarine and Coastal Planktonic Food Webs
Planktonic Food Webs
Brief History of Zooplankton Research-
- Methods of collecting zooplankton- old and new
Zooplankton and Environmental Quality
- Hypoxia
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Introduced Invasive Species
- Global Warming
Selected Readings
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IDENTIFICATION AND BIOLOGY OF COMMON ZOOPLANKTON:
Quick Picks. A rapid identification guide to major groups of plankton
Identification
- Phytoplankton
- Protozooplankton
- Cnidarians
- Ctenophores (comb jellies and sea walnuts)
- Rotifers
- Cirripedes (barnacles)
- Cladocerans (water fleas) and ostracods
- Copepods
- Mysids (opossum shrimp)
- Amphipods, isopods, and cumaceans
- Decapods (crabs, shrimps and related crustaceans)
- Stomatopods (mantis shrimps)
- Arachnids and Incidental Insects
- Annelids (polychaete and oligochaete worms, leeches)
- Molluscs (bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods)
- Chaetognaths (arrow worms)
- Echinoderms (starfishes and sea urchins)
- Less common ciliated invertebrate larvae
- Lower chordates (ascidians, larvaceans, salps, and doliolids and lancelets)
- Fishes
APPENDICES:
Appendix I. Collection techniques
Appendix II. Observation tips and techniques
Appendix III. Relaxing, fixing, and preserving zooplankton
Appendix IV. Sample processing and data analysis
Appendix V. References to regional zooplankton surveys
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